Over the Rainbow
Harold Arlen with lyrics by E.Y. Harburg
Performed by Ella Fitzgerald
4/4
Intro
| [G#] | [C#/G#] | [F/G#] | [D#7] |
Verse
[G#] [C#]
When all the world is a hopeless jumble,
[G#maj7] [A#m7] [D#7]
And the raindrops tumble all around,
[G#] [Adim7] [A#m7] [A#dim7] [G#] ([A#m7] - [D#7])
Hea - ven opens a magic lane.
[G#] [C#]
When all the clouds darken up the skyway,
[G#maj7] [Gm7] - [C7]
There's a rainbow highway to be found,
[Fm] [C#7] [A#7] [A#m7]
Leading from your window pane.
[G#] [A#m7]
To a place behind the sun,
[G#] [G#dim7] [A#m7] ([D#7])
Just a step beyond the rai - ain.
Chorus
[G#] [Cm] [G#]
Somewhere o-ver the rainbow
|[C#] / [C#maj7] [C#7] ( [Cm7] [G#] [Cm7] [Adim7] )
Way up high,
[C#6] [C#m6] [G#] [Adim7]
There's a land that I heard of,
[A#7] [A#m] [D#7] ( [G#] / [A#m7] [D#7] )
Once in a lul - la - bye.
[G#] [Cm] [G#]
Somewhere o-ver the rainbow,
|[C#] / [C#maj7] [C#7] ( [Cm7] [G#] [Cm7] [Adim7] )
Skies are blue,
[C#6] [C#m6] [G#] [Adim7] [A#7]
And the dreams that you dare to dream,
[A#m] [D#7] [G#]
Really do come true.
Bridge
[G#]
Some-day day I'll wish upon a star,
[A#m7] [D#7] [G#6] ([D#] [C#] [G#] [D#7])
And wake up where the clouds are far behind me. (Where)
[G#]
Where troubles melt like lemon drops,
[Fdim7]
A - way above the chimney tops,
( [A#m6] / [G#m] [Fdim7] ) [A#m7] [D#aug]
That's where you'll find me.
Chorus
[G#] [Cm] [G#7]
Some-where o-ver the rainbow,
[C#] / [C#maj7] [C#7] ( [Cm7] [G#] [Cm7] [Adim7] )
Blue birds fly,
[C#6] [C#m6] [G#] [Adim7]
Birds fly over the rainbow,
[A#7] [A#m] [D#7] ( [G#] [D#7] )
Why then, oh why can't I?
Instrumental
[G#] [Cm] [G#7]
C#/C#maj7 [C#7] ( [Cm7] [G#] [Cm7] [Adim7] )
[C#6] [C#m6] [G#] [Adim7]
[A#7] [A#m] [D#7] ( [G#] [D#7]
Bridge
[G#]
Some-day day I'll wish upon a star,
[A#m7] [D#7] [G#6] ( [D#] [C#] [G#] [D#7] )
And wake up where the clouds are far behind me. (Where)
[D#7] [G#]
Where troubles melt like lemon drops,
[Fdim7]
A - way above the chimney tops,
( [A#m6] / [G#m] [Fdim7] ) [A#m7] [D#aug]
That's where you'll find me.
Chorus
[G#] [Cm] [G#7]
Some-where o-ver the rain-bow,
[C#] / [C#maj7] [C#7] ( [Cm7] [G#] [Cm7] [Adim7] )
Blue birds fly,
[C#6] [C#m6] [G#] [Adim7]
Birds fly over the rainbow,
[A#7] [A#m] [D#7] [G#]
Why, then oh why can't I?
Bridge
[G#]
If happy little bluebirds fly
[A#m7]
Beyond the rainbow
[D#7] [G#6]
Why oh why can't I?
