Over the Rainbow

Harold Arlen, E.Y.Harburg

performed by Eva Cassidy

transcribed by John Manning (jgmanning@mindspring.com)

(capo 1st fret)

G >> Em Bm G7(III) C Cm(III) G G7 >> C

Somewhere over the rainbow way up high

C Cm(III) G >> Em Am7 D7sus D7 G C D7

There's a land that I heard of once in a lullaby

G >> Em Bm G7(III) C Cm(III) G G7 >> C

Somewhere over the rainbow skies are blue

C Cm(III) G >> Em Am7 D7sus D7 G C D7

And the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true

Someday I'll wish upon a star

D G >> Em C D7sus D7

and wake up where the clouds are far behind me

Where troubles melt like lemon drops

away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me

G >> Em Bm G7(III) C Cm(III) G G7 >> C

Somewhere over the rainbow skies are blue

C Cm(III) G >> Em Am7 D7sus D7 G

And the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true

If happy little bluebirds fly

D7 C5add9 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 D+ C5add9

E---3------2------3---

B---1------3------3---

G---2------3------5---

D---0------X------5---

A---0------1------3---

E---X------X------3---