Background Story:
"Over the Rainbow" is a ballad, with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by Yip Harburg. It was written for the movie The Wizard of Oz and was sung by actress Judy Garland, in her starring role as Dorothy Gale.[1] It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song and became Garland's signature song, as well as one of the most enduring standards of the 20th century.
About five minutes into the film, Dorothy sings the song after failing to get Aunt Em, Uncle Henry, and the farmhands to listen to her relate an unpleasant incident involving her dog, Toto, and the town spinster, Miss Gulch (Margaret Hamilton). Aunt Em tells her to "find yourself a place where you won't get into any trouble". This prompts her to walk off by herself, musing to Toto, "Some place where there isn't any trouble. Do you suppose there is such a place, Toto? There must be. It's not a place you can get to by a boat, or a train. It's far, far away. Behind the moon, beyond the rain...", at which point she begins singing.
8 Chords To Play This Song:
Okay, let's get started now:
Intro:
|C G |Am F |C G |
|Am |F |
C Em F C
ooo-ooo ooo-ooo ooo-ooo ooo-ooo
F E7 Am F
ooo-ooo ooo-ooo ooo-ooo ooo-ooo
C Em F C
Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high
F C G Am F
And the dreams that you dream of once in a lullaby...
C Em F C
Oh somewhere over the rainbow, blue birds fly
F C G Am F
And the dreams that you dream of, dreams really do come true...
C
Someday i'll wish upon a star
G Am F
Wake up where the clouds are far behind me
C
Where trouble melts like lemon drops
G Am F
High above the chimney tops that's where you'll find me
C Em F C
Oh somewhere over the rainbow, blue birds fly
F C G Am F
And the dreams that you dare to, oh why, oh why can't I?...
C Em F C
Well I see trees of green and Red roses too
F C E7 Am
I'll watch then bloom for me and you
F G Am F
And I think to myself: what a wonderful world
C Em F C
Well I see skies of blue and I see clouds of white
F C E7 Am
And the brightness of day, I like the dark
F G C F C
And I think to myself: what a wonderful world
G C
The colours of the rainbow so pretty in the sky
G C
Are also on the faces of people passing bye
F C F C
See friends shaking hands, saying 'how do you do?'
F C Dm7 D
They're really saying, I...I love you
C Em F C
I hear babies cry and I watch them grow
F C E7 Am
They'll learn much more than we'll know
F G Am F
And I think to myself: what a wonderful world
C
Someday i'll wish upon a star
G Am F
Wake up where the clouds are far behind me
C
Where trouble melts like lemon drops
G Am F
High above the chimney tops that's where you'll find me
C Em F C
Oh somewhere over the rainbow, way up high
F C G Am F
And the dreams that you dare to, why, oh why can't I?...
C Em F C
ooo-ooo ooo-ooo ooo-ooo ooo-ooo
F E7 Am F
ooo-ooo ooo-ooo ooo-a-eh-a-a-a-a-a-a
Okay, let's learn to play this song with the help of the tutorial video now:
Enjoy playing your
ukulele and have a nice day ~