The Wizard Of Oz - Somewhere Over The Rainbow

by Misc Soundtrack

Chords

4.4 (3)

advanced Tuning: D A D G B E

Version:

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Transpose

Capo

None

Size

100%

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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):

INTRO:

Garl

and

speak

s ov

er th

ese

chord

Verse Chords:

VERSE 1

Somewhere

over the rain-

bow

Way up

high

There's

land that I

heard of

A7 D7 G (G/D D7)

Once in a lullaby

VERSE 2

Somewhere

over the rain

bow

Skies are

blue

And

the

dreams that you

dare to

Dream really

do come

true.

BRIDGE (see tabs that follow)

Some

day I'll wish

upon a

star

Cadd2/G Gmaj7sus4

And wake up where the clouds are far

Be-

hind me

Where

troubles melt like

lemon

drops

A-

way above the chimney tops

That's

where you'll

find

me.

(This tablature should help with the nebulous

bridge section.)

Some...

     [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]G6[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]
|------------------------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-

     [ch]G6[/ch]
|------------------------0-------------------|
|--------------0---------0---------0---------|
|--------------0-------------------0---------|
|---------0---------0---------0---------0----|
|--------------------------------------------|
|----5---------------------------------------|
    hind                 me.

     [ch]Cadd2/G[/ch]
|-----------------------------0--------------|
|-------------------3--------------3---------|
|--------------5---------5--------------5----|
|---------0----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|----5---------------------------------------|
                                      Where

     [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]G6/B[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]
|------------------------0-------------------|
|--------------0---------0---------0---------|
|--------------0-------------------0---------|
|---------0---------0---------0---------0----|
|--------------------------------------------|
|----5---------------------------------------|
   trou  bles melt like le - mon drops  a-

     [ch]F#7[/ch]
|------------------------2-------------------|
|--------------2---------2---------2---------|
|--------------3-------------------3---------|
|---------2---------2---------2---------2----|
|--------------------------------------------|
|----4---------------------------------------|
    way   a  bove  the chim  ney tops that's

     [ch]D/A[/ch]                           [ch]Dmaj7/A[/ch]
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------3---------3---------2---------|
|--------------2---------2---------2---------|
|---------0---------0---------0---------0----|
|----0---------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
   where          you'll

     [ch]D7[/ch] (ritard)         [ch]D6[/ch]
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------1---------0-------------------|
|--------------2-------------------2---------|
|---------0---------0------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|----0---------------------------------------|
    find                 me.

VERSE 3

Somewhere

over the rain

bow

Bluebirds

fly

Birds

fly

over the

rainbow.

Why then, oh,

why can't

INTERLUDE:

     [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]G6[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]
|------------------------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---------------------------------------|

     [ch]G6[/ch]
|------------------------0-------------------|
|--------------0---------0---------0---------|
|--------------0-------------------0---------|
|---------0---------0---------0---------0----|
|--------------------------------------------|
|----5---------------------------------------|

     [ch]Cadd2/G[/ch]
|-----------------------------0--------------|
|-------------------3--------------3---------|
|--------------5---------5--------------5----|
|---------0----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|----5---------------------------------------|
                                       If

     [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]G6[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]
|------------------------0-------------------|
|--------------0---------0---------0---------|
|--------------0-------------------0---------|
|---------0---------0---------0---------0----|
|--------------------------------------------|
|----5---------------------------------------|
    hap  py   lit  tle blue birds fly  be-

yond the rainbow,

why, oh, why can't...

     [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]G6[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]
|------------------------0-------------------|
|--------------0---------0---------0---------|
|--------------0-------------------0---------|
|---------0---------0---------0---------0----|
|--------------------------------------------|
|----5---------------------------------------|
  ...I?

     [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]G6[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]
|------------------------0-------------------|
|--------------0---------0---------0---------|
|--------------0-------------------0---------|
|---------0---------0---------0---------0----|
|--------------------------------------------|
|----5---------------------------------------|

     [ch]G[/ch]
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|----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.