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DISCLAIMER:
This arrangement is for guitar. Some of the original orchestration
has colorful chimes that add extra notes to the chord name. While
they give a brightness to the original arrangement, forcing these
into the guitar work would have a negative impact. Therefore, pro-
vided here is the simple underlying arrangement to support a singer
in public performance without drawing too much attention to the
guitar playing. No attempt to force the singer's melody into the
guitar work has been done. For a more modern strummed version,
Israel Kamakawiwo'ole's arrangement is recommended.
TABS are included to help interpret the Bridge.
RECOMMENDED:
Tune the guitar to A440, drop the low E string down to D, place
a capo on 1st fret and follow along with the movie version.
Tabs showing a recommended play style are located at the very
bottom of this submission.
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OVER THE RAINBOW
Music by Harold Arlen, Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg
Sung by actress Judy Garland
Arrangement: RJ Lavallee
MOVIE KEY: Ab (G#)
GUITAR: DROP D TUNING, Capo across 1st fret
Intro Chords (played a bit more brightly, slows as it enters Verse 1):
G6 = 5XXX00
G = 5XX03X
D6 = 0XX20X
D = 0XX2XX
INTRO:
G6 G D6 D G6 G D6 D
Garland speaks over these chords
Verse Chords:
G = 5X000X
Bm = X2443X
G7/B = X2300X
C = X3201X
G/B = X2000X
G7/B = X2300X
C = X3201X
Cm = X3554X
G/D = 0X000X
E7 = 2X010X
A7 = X0202X
D7 = 0XX212
G = 5X043X
G/D = 0X043X
D7 = 0x021X
VERSE 1
G Bm G7/B
Somewhere over the rain-bow
C G/B G7/B
Way up high
C Cm G/D E7
There's a land that I heard of
A7 D7 G (G/D D7)
Once in a lullaby
VERSE 2
G Bm G7/B
Somewhere over the rainbow
C G/B G7/B
Skies are blue
C Cm G/D E7
And the dreams that you dare to
A7 D7 G
Dream really do come true.
BRIDGE (see tabs that follow)
G G6 G
Someday I'll wish upon a star
Cadd2/G Gmaj7sus4
And wake up where the clouds are far
G6 Cadd2/G
Be-hind me
G G6 G
Where troubles melt like lemon drops
F#7
A-way above the chimney tops
D/A Dmaj7/A
That's where you'll
D7 D6
find me.
(This tablature should help with the nebulous
bridge section.)
Some...
G G6 G
|------------------------0-------------------|
|--------------0---------0---------0---------|
|--------------0-------------------0---------|
|---------0---------0---------0---------0----|
|--------------------------------------------|
|----5---------------------------------------|
day I'll wish u - pon a star and
Cadd2/G Gmaj7sus4
|------------------------3-------------------|
|--------------5---------5---------7---------|
|--------------5-------------------5---------|
|---------0---------0---------0---------0----|
|--------------------------------------------|
|----5---------------------------------------|
wake up where the clouds are far be-
G6
|------------------------0-------------------|
|--------------0---------0---------0---------|
|--------------0-------------------0---------|
|---------0---------0---------0---------0----|
|--------------------------------------------|
|----5---------------------------------------|
hind me.
Cadd2/G
|-----------------------------0--------------|
|-------------------3--------------3---------|
|--------------5---------5--------------5----|
|---------0----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|----5---------------------------------------|
Where
G G6/B G
|------------------------0-------------------|
|--------------0---------0---------0---------|
|--------------0-------------------0---------|
|---------0---------0---------0---------0----|
|--------------------------------------------|
|----5---------------------------------------|
trou bles melt like le - mon drops a-
F#7
|------------------------2-------------------|
|--------------2---------2---------2---------|
|--------------3-------------------3---------|
|---------2---------2---------2---------2----|
|--------------------------------------------|
|----4---------------------------------------|
way a bove the chim ney tops that's
D/A Dmaj7/A
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------3---------3---------2---------|
|--------------2---------2---------2---------|
|---------0---------0---------0---------0----|
|----0---------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
where you'll
D7 (ritard) D6
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------1---------0-------------------|
|--------------2-------------------2---------|
|---------0---------0------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|----0---------------------------------------|
find me.
VERSE 3
G Bm G7/B
Somewhere over the rainbow
C G/B G7/B
Bluebirds fly
C Cm G/D E7
Birds fly over the rainbow.
A7 D7 G
Why then, oh, why can't I?
INTERLUDE:
G G6 G
|------------------------0-------------------|
|--------------0---------0---------0---------|
|--------------0-------------------0---------|
|---------0---------0---------0---------0----|
|--------------------------------------------|
|----5---------------------------------------|
Cadd2/G Gmaj7sus4
|------------------------3-------------------|
|--------------5---------5---------7---------|
|--------------5-------------------5---------|
|---------0---------0---------0---------0----|
|--------------------------------------------|
|----5---------------------------------------|
G6
|------------------------0-------------------|
|--------------0---------0---------0---------|
|--------------0-------------------0---------|
|---------0---------0---------0---------0----|
|--------------------------------------------|
|----5---------------------------------------|
Cadd2/G
|-----------------------------0--------------|
|-------------------3--------------3---------|
|--------------5---------5--------------5----|
|---------0----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|----5---------------------------------------|
If
G G6 G
|------------------------0-------------------|
|--------------0---------0---------0---------|
|--------------0-------------------0---------|
|---------0---------0---------0---------0----|
|--------------------------------------------|
|----5---------------------------------------|
hap py lit tle blue birds fly be-
Am
yond the rainbow,
D
why, oh, why can't...
G G6 G
|------------------------0-------------------|
|--------------0---------0---------0---------|
|--------------0-------------------0---------|
|---------0---------0---------0---------0----|
|--------------------------------------------|
|----5---------------------------------------|
...I?
G G6 G
|------------------------0-------------------|
|--------------0---------0---------0---------|
|--------------0-------------------0---------|
|---------0---------0---------0---------0----|
|--------------------------------------------|
|----5---------------------------------------|
G
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|----5---------------------------------------|
RECOMMENDED PLAY STYLE:
|--------------------------------------------|
|-------------------0-------------------0----|
|--------------0---------0---------0---------|
|---------0-------------------0--------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|----5---------------------------------------|
Some________________where______________
|--------------------------------------------|
|-------------------3--------------0---------|
|--------------4---------4---------0---------|
|---------4------------------------3---------|
|----2-----------------------------2---------|
|--------------------------------------------|
O________ver the rain bow
|--------------------------------------------|
|-------------------1-------------------1----|
|--------------0---------0---------0---------|
|---------2-------------------2--------------|
|----3---------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
Way_______up_______________
|--------------------------------------------|
|-------------------0--------------0---------|
|--------------0---------0---------0---------|
|---------0------------------------3---------|
|----2-----------------------------2---------|
|--------------------------------------------|
high____________________________
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------1-------------------4---------|
|--------------0-------------------5---------|
|---------2-------------------5--------------|
|----3-------------------3-------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
There's________ a___________
(a quick but clear arpeggio each time
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------0-------------------0---------|
|--------------0-------------------1---------|
|---------0-------------------0--------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|----0-------------------2-------------------|
land that I dreamed of
from bass string to highest string)
|----------------------------------2---------|
|--------------2-------------------1---------|
|--------------0--------------2--------------|
|---------2----------------------------------|
|----0---------------------------------------|
|------------------------0-------------------|
once in a lull a
slide to with slight ritard
|--------------------------------------------|
|-------------------0----3---------1---------|
|--------------0---------4---------2---------|
|---------0--------------0-------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|----5-------------------0-------------------|
by.
And so forth.