Over The Rainbow Chords & Tabs
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OVER THE RAINBOW/WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD – Israel Kamakawiwo’ole
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Tabbed by: Mike Talbot
Email: miketalbotismyname@gmail.com
Chords:
G D Em C Cadd9 B7 Am7
e|-3----2----0----0----0----2----3-|
b|-0----3----0----1----3----0----1-|
g|-0----2----0----0----0----2----2-|
d|-0----0----2----2----2----1----2-|
a|-2---------2----3----3----2----0-|
E|-3---------0---------------------|
Capo: 5th Fret
Intro:
G D Em C G D Em Cadd9 C
G D C G C B7 Em C
G D
Somewhere over the rainbow
C G
Way up high
C G
And the dreams that you dream of
D Em C
Once in a lullaby
G D
Somewhere over the rainbow
C G
Blue birds fly
C G
And the dreams that you dream of
D Em C
Dreams really do come true
G
Someday I’ll wish upon a star
D Em C
Wake up where the clouds are far behind me
G
Where trouble melts like lemon drops
D Em C
High above the chimney tops that’s where you'll find me
G D C G
Somewhere over the rainbow bluebirds fly
C G D Em C
And the dreams that you dare to, oh why, oh why can't I?
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/i/israel_kamakawiwoole/over_the_rainbow_crd.html ]
G D C G
Well I see trees of green and Red roses too,
C G B7 Em
I'll watch then bloom for me and you
C
And I think to myself
D Em C
What a wonderful world
G D C G
Well I see skies of blue and I see clouds of white
C G
And the brightness of day
B7 Em
I like the dark
C
And I think to myself
D G C G
What a wonderful world
D Em
The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky
D Em
Are also on the faces of people passing by
C G
I see friends shaking hands
C G
Saying, "How do you do?"
C G A7 D
They're really saying, I...I love you
G D C G
I hear babies cry and I watch them grow,
C G
They'll learn much more
B7 Em
Than we'll know
C
And I think to myself
D Em C
What a wonderful world
G
Someday I'll wish upon a star
D Em C
Wake up where the clouds are far behind me
G
Where trouble melts like a-lemon drops
D Em C
High above the chimney tops that’s where you'll find me
G D
Somewhere over the rainbow
C G
Way up high
C G D Em C
And the dreams that you dare to, oh why, oh why can't I?
(He starts playing the intro again and fades out…)