Easy tutorial for beginners with some explanations, the tab, the lyrics and the chords to play the song Over the rainbow chords by Israel Kamakawiwoʻole on guitar.
PDF score of Over the rainbow on guitar
Over the rainbow with chords
Chords of Over the rainbow
Here are the few chords you will need to know and master to play the whole song Over the rainbow chords :
When they are mastered, you can continue with the tab.
Choruses 1 and 2 of Over the rainbow by IZ
As you can see on the lyrics part, Over the rainbow starts with the choruses 1 and 2. To play them on guitar, you can continue and read the two next tabs :
Remember that the chords are written above the lyrics so that you can play them at the right time. Therefore, it’s better to play while singing. Chords that are to the right of a phrase (not above a word) are played between the two phrases.
Verse 1 of Over the rainbow with guitar chords
After the to choruses, you have to play the only verse of Over the rainbow chords. You don’t need to know any other new chords on your guitar and you can directly follow the tab :
You can try to play the same song on ukulele Over the rainbow.
Over the rainbow lyrics
The song Over the rainbow chords from Harold Arlen by Israel Kamakawiwoʻole is composed of two choruses and a verse.
The structure of the lyrics is like that:
Chorus 1 – Chorus 2 – Verse 1 – Chorus 2 – Verse 1 – Chorus 1
Chorus 1
Somewhere over the rainbow
Way up high
And the dreams that you dream of
Once in a lullaby, oh
Chorus 2
Somewhere over the rainbow
Bluebirds fly
And the dreams that you dream of
Dreams really do come true-ooh-ooh
Verse 1
Someday I’ll wish upon a star
Wake up where the clouds are far behind me
Where trouble melts like lemon drops
High above the chimney tops that’s where
You’ll find me, oh
Chorus 2
Verse 1
Chorus 1
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