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Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 15:54:11 -0500
From: John Manning
Subject: CRD: c/cassidy_eva/over_the_rainbow.crd
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
G C
Someday I`ll wish upon a star
D G >> Em C D7sus D7
and wake up where the clouds are far behind me
G F7
Where troubles melt like lemon drops
Bm D+ Am7 D7
away above the chimney tops, that`s where you`ll find me
[break, then repeat second section]
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
C
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---
