The song Bella Ciao became known worldwide with the success of the Spanish series Money Heist. However, the history of this song goes back to the period of the Second World War, when Fascism was dominating Italy. The resistance group to this regime suffered from the nazi invasion of Italy. The music starts with men saying goodbye to their loved wives to fight against Fascism.
In the following video, you will learn how to play this song in fingerstyle on the guitar. The video shows the score for classical guitar, but also shows the tablature (Tab), so you can see where to find each note on the guitar arm which facilitates a lot.
As a tip, slow down the video speed by clicking on the gear on YouTube. By doing this, you will be able to follow along when you are watching the video and play together. When you are more confident, then just go back to the original speed and play along.
Tutorial Vídeo with Score and Tab
Song Lyrics in Italian
O bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao ciao ciao
Una mattina mi sono alzato
E ho trovato l’invasor
O partigiano portami via
O bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao ciao ciao
O partigiano portami via Che mi sento di morir, ir, ir-
O partigiano Morir, ir, ir Morir-ir Morir-ir
O bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao ciao ciao
O partigiano, giano -ir
O partigiano, giano -ir
Morir, Morir Bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao ciao ciao
O partigiano O bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao ciao ciao
E se muoio da partigiano
Tu mi devi seppellir
E seppellire lassù in montagna
O bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao ciao ciao
E seppellire lassù in montagna
Sotto l’ombra di un bel fior, fior, fior
O partigiano -Ir, morir, morir, morir
Bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao ciao ciao
O partigiano, giano -ir
O partigiano, giano -ir
Bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao ciao ciao
Lyrics in English (Translation)
Goodbye, my Beautiful
One morning I woke up goodbye my Beautiful, goodbye my Beautiful, goodbye my Beautiful, goodbye one morning I woke up and I found the invader.
Oh partisan take me away goodbye my Beautiful, goodbye my Beautiful, goodbye my Beautiful, goodbye oh partisan take me away that
I’m feeling like dying And if I die as a partisan goodbye my Beautiful, goodbye my Beautiful, goodbye my Beautiful, goodbye and if I die as a partisan you must bury me You will bury me over there,
on the mountain goodbye my Beautiful, goodbye my Beautiful, goodbye my Beautiful, goodbye you will bury me over there on the mountain under the shadow of a wonderful flower And all the people passing goodbye my Beautiful,
goodbye, my Beautiful, goodbye my Beautiful, goodbye and all the people passing by will say “what a wonderful flower!”
And this is the flower of the partisan goodbye my Beautiful, goodbye my Beautiful, goodbye my Beautiful, goodbye dead for our freedom and this is the flower of the partisan dead for our
