Beginners tutorial with explanations, easy tab and chords for playing the song Over the rainbow ukulele chords by Israel Kamakawiwoʻole with your ukulele.
Play over the rainbow on ukulele with chords
In this tutorial, we will look at the two choruses and verse 1 of the song.
Chords of the song Over the rainbow for Ukulele
Here are the chords you will need to master if you want to play this song on the ukulele :

When they are ready, you can continue with our explanations.
Choruses of the IZ music
As you can see by following the lyrics, this music starts with two choruses. You have to follow and play the two tabs I give you :
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 the ukulele song
Once you play the choruses, you just need to play the verse. You don’t have to learn other positions or chords and you can continue with the tab.

You can also play the same song on guitar Over the rainbow.
Over the rainbow lyrics of the song
The song Over the rainbow ukulele chords played 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
Easy ukulele score in PDF to play Over the Rainbow
We offer you our PDF music sheet for beginners.
It summarizes all the explanations we have just seen and you can download it for free to play Over the rainbow ukulele chords by Israel Kamakawiwoʻole with your ukulele.