This catchy Cuban-inspired song reached the top of the charts around the world – even I have heard it 😀 The music notes below are great for beginners on most instruments, enjoy playing “Havana”!
G – B – B G G – E
Havana, ooh na-na
B A B ^C B A
Half of my heart is in
G – B – B G G – E
Havana, ooh-na-na
B A B ^C B A
He took me back to East
G – B – B G G E
Atlanta, na na na
B A B ^C B A G-B-G
Oh, but my heart is in Havana
B A – B A G B-F#
There’s somethin’ ’bout his manners
G-F#-G F# G – E
Havana, ooh na-na
B ^E-^E ^E B B B ^C B A-B
He didn’t walk up with that “how you doin’?”
B A B A G E
(When he came in the room)
B ^E ^E ^E B B B ^C B A B
He said there’s a lot of girls I can do with
B A B A – G E
(But I can’t without you)
B ^E ^E ^E-^E-^F# ^G ^F# ^E ^F#
I knew him forever in a minute
B A – B A G E
(That summer night in June)
B ^E-^E ^E B B ^C-B A B
And papa says he got malo in him
B A B E-E E
He got me feelin’ like
^D-^E ^D-^E-^B-^A-^G ^A-^F#
Ooh ~ ooh ~ ~ ooh ~
^D^D ^D ^D ^D ^E B
I knew it when I met him
B A B A G B F#
I loved him when I left him
B A B E-E E
He got me feelin’ like
^D-^E ^D-^E-^B-^A-^G ^A-^F#
Ooh ~ ooh ~ ~ ooh ~
^D ^D ^D ^D ^D ^E B
And then I had to tell him
^E B B ^G-^F#
I had to go ~
^E ^E-^E-^E-^E-^E
Oh na-na-na-na-na
G – B – B G G – E
Havana, ooh na-na
B A B ^C B A
Half of my heart is in
G – B – B G G – E
Havana, ooh-na-na
B A B ^C B A
He took me back to East
G – B – B G G E
Atlanta, na na na
B A B ^C B A G-B-G
Oh, but my heart is in Havana
B A – B A G B-F#
There’s somethin’ ’bout his manners
G-F#-G F# G – E
Havana, ooh na-na