Chup Chup I Got Away - Marcos Valle

Updated: 2021-02-14

Album: Samba '68 Samba '68 album cover
Song: Chup Chup I Got Away
Artist: Marcos Valle
Links: YouTube

This is basically a re-lyricizing of Marcos Valle's 'Gente', but I noticed that only this version of the song appears in the key of A.

I think the 🐟 analogy is fun

Chords

E7sus A13 Dmaj9 Chup chup bum-dum-gém bum-dum-gém
Bm7 E9 Amaj7 A6 You're gonna cry cause I got away, got away
E7sus A13 Dmaj9 bum-dim-bom Chup chup bum-dum-gém bum-dum-gém
Bm7 E7#9 You're gonna cry cause I got away
Amaj7 Bm7 Don't be a fool baby
C#m7 Dmaj7 don't play it cool,
Em7 A7 Dmaj7 don't you know there are so many
Bm7 E9 Amaj7 fish in the sea
Amaj7 Bm7 There's pretty trouts
C#m7 Dmaj7 some with class and without
Em7 A7 Dmaj7 What an eel likes to feel
Bm7 E9 Amaj7 is no different from me
D#m7b5 G#7b13 Saturday I found you so
C#9 F#13 loving, so warm
Em7 A7 Dmaj9 Sunday you were as cold as can be
G#m7 G#m6 Thought I had you yesterday,
F#maj7 F#6 turned it you swam away
F#m7 B6sus2 Play your game like you feel
B9sus E13 then one day baby we'll
Amaj7 Bm7 just wait and see,
C#m7 Dmaj7 see how smart you will be
Em7 A7 Dmaj7 when you look at your hook
Bm7 E9 Amaj7 and the fish isn't me
[...]
E7sus A13 Dmaj9 Chup chup bum-dum-gém bum-dum-gém
Bm7 E9 Amaj7 A6 You're gonna cry cause I got away, got away
E7sus A13 Dmaj9 Chup chup bum-dum-gém bum-dum-gém
Bm7 E7#9 A7 You're gonna cry cause I got away

This is a by-ear guitar transcription of Chup Chup I Got Away as interpreted by Marcos Valle. There are quite possibly some mistakes in the chords or lyrics, but I tried my best! If you spot a fix or found this helpful, let me know :)

Thanks / Obrigado, and happy playing.