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Thread #48581   Message #730280
Posted By: Tiger
14-Jun-02 - 08:10 PM
Thread Name: Lyr/Chords Req: Over the Rainbow (Harburg, Arlen)
Subject: Lyr/Chords Add: OVER THE RAINBOW (Harburg, Arlen)
Here you go, Slickerbill.......

Great song, drove my father to tears (but what didn't).

I play it in Am (C formation, no capo).
The G+ is what makes the song - I learned it from an old Cliff Edwards (Ukulele Ike) songbook. You could get fancier, but I play it like this:

  e-----| | |x|
A--O--| | | |
D--O--| | | |
G-----|x| | |
B--O--| | | |
E--O--| | | |

Regards.......Tiger

Over The Rainbow - Judy Garland
Lyrics by E.H. (Yip) Harburg, music by Harold Arlen
From the motion picture "The Wizard of Oz", 1939

When all the world is a hopeless jumble,
And the raindrops tumble all around,
Heaven opens a magic lane.
When all the clouds darken up the skyway,
There's a rainbow highway to be found,
Leading from your window pane
To a place behind the sun,
Just a step beyond the rain.

[C]Some-[Am]where [Em]over the [C7]rainbow, [F]'way up [C]high, [C7]
[F]There's [Fm]a [C]land that I [A7]heard of [D7]once in a [G7]lulla-[C]by, [G]
[C]Some-[Am]where, [Em]over the [C7]rainbow, [F]skies are [C]blue, [C7]
[F]And [Fm]the [C]dreams that you [A7]dare to [D7]dream really [G7]do come [C]true.

Somewhere, over the rainbow, bluebirds fly,
Birds fly over the rainbow, why, then, oh, why can't I?