Over The Rainbow
Words & Music:
Harold Arlen & E.Y. Harburg
The original transcription
was by John Manning of Eva Cassidy's cover and it has been further modified by
me to correct some voicings. The
">>" notation means to "walk" from the first chord to
the second. C(3) means to plays
this chord on the 3rd fret, C(1) means to play it on the 1st
fret, etc.
G C
D7sus4 D7 [played as the first line of the
bridge]
G >> Em Bm G7(3) C(3) Cm(3) G G7 >> C [walk up slowly in 10ths]
Somewhere over the rainbow
way-- up--- high,
C(1) Cm(1)
G >> Em
Am7 D7sus4 D7 G C D7
There's a----- land--- that I
heard of once, once in a lullaby.
Somewhere over the rainbow
skies are blue
And the dreams that you dare
to dream really do come true.
BRIDGE:
G
C(add 2)
Someday I'll wish upon a star
and wake up where the
G Em C
D7sus4 D7
Clouds are far behind me.
G
F#7
Where troubles melt like lemon
drops away above the chimney tops,
Bm D+ Am7
D7
That's where you'll find me.
[instrumental/scat break
over the chords for the first two lines of the verse]
Someday I'll wish upon a star
and wake up where the clouds are far behind me.
Where troubles melt like lemon
drops away above the chimney tops,
That's where you'll find me.
Somewhere over the rainbow
skies are blue.
And the dreams that you dare
to dream really do come true.
G
C(add 2) Am7 D7 C9 Ab G
If happy little bluebirds fly
above the rainbow, why, oh, why can't I?
Cm(1) = x
3 1 0 1 x
D+ = x 1 4 4 3 x
C5add9 = x 3 x
0 3 3
D7sus/C = x 3 x 0 3 2
Another way to play the opening line:
G = 3 x x
x 0 x
G/A = x 0 x x 1 x
G/B = x 2 x x 3 x
C = x 3 x
x 5 x
Cm = x 3 x x 4
x