Over The Rainbow Chords

Over the Rainbow
Harold Arlen, E.Y.Harburg
performed by Eva Cassidy
transcribed by John Manning (jgmanning@mindspring.com)
 
Capo 1st fret
 
 
[Intro]
G    Am7    D
 
G    Em   Bm7  G7(III)     Cadd9   Cm7(III) Gmaj9   G7    C
Somewhere over  the rainbow way     up  high
C       Cm7(III) G    Em                 Am7  D7sus   D7   Gadd9 Am7 D/F#
In the         land    that I heard of once    in a lullaby
G    Em   Bm7  G7(III)     C    Cm(III) Gmaj9   G7    C
Somewhere over  the rainbow skies   are blue
C   Cm7(III) G    Em             Am7       D7sus     D7/F#     G   Am7 D7/F#
And the     dreams that you dare to dream    really do come true
 
 
   G                          Am7
Someday I'll wish upon a star
                      D7/F#            Gmaj9      Em  Am7 D6 D7sus2
and wake up where the clouds are far behind me
     G                               F#7
Where troubles melt like lemon drops
                                    Bm    Bm/A#     Am7  D7/F#
away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me
 
 
[Break, then repeat second section]
 
 
G    Em   Bm7   G7(III)     C   Cm(III)  Gmaj9         G7    C
Somewhere over  the rainbow     skies    are blue
C   Cm7(III) G    Em             Am7       D7sus     D7/F#     G
And the     dreams that you dare to dream    really do come true
                              Am7
If happy little bluebirds fly
                          D/F#        Cadd9  Ab(IV)  G(III)
above the rainbow, why oh why can't I?
 
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Notes:
 
This is from the CD "The Other Side" by Chuck Brown and
Eva Cassidy (Liaison Records cbd02263). It's the best cover of
"Over the Rainbow" I've ever heard. Her version has a lovely,
melancholy jazz/blues feel, played on a classical guitar with
a legato fingerpicking style.
 
Roman numerals in parentheses indicated the fret for a barred chord.
 
The "  " notation means to "walk" from the first chord to the second:
 
     G        Em     G7       C
e|---3--------0--|---1--------0---|
B|---0--------0--|---0--1--3--1---|
G|---0--------0--|---0--------0---|
D|---0--------2--|---0--------2---|
A|---2--------2--|---2--0--2--3---|
E|---3---2----0--|---3------------|
 
Unusual chords:
 
   D7sus  Bm/A#  Cadd9   D6    D7sus2
e|---3------x------x------7-------5----|
B|---1------3------3------7-------5----|
G|---2------4------0------7-------5----|
D|---0------4------2------0-------0----|
A|---0------1------3------x-------x----|
E|---x------x------x------x-------x----|
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