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Over The Rainbow

Aretha Franklin

R&B / SoulAdvanced for beginners24 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

C×○○
Em○○○○
C7×○
F7Diagram coming soon
Fm7Diagram coming soon
G7○○○
F
Em7○○○○○
GdimDiagram coming soon
FmDiagram coming soon
A×○○
D7××○
Dm××○
C#m7Diagram coming soon
G○○○
Am×○○
Dm7Diagram coming soon
C6Diagram coming soon
CdimDiagram coming soon
CmDiagram coming soon
G5Diagram coming soon
BDiagram coming soon
Am7×○○○
FdimDiagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Introdução: C Em C7 F7 Fm7 G7 
 
          C        Em        C7  
Somewhere over the rainbow 
F   Fm7  F7    Em7  C  Em7 Gdim  
Way up        high 
  F     Fm   C           A/9-  
There's a   land that I heard of  
 D7       Dm G7 C  C#m7 G/9-  
Once in a lullaby 
C   Em   C7  
Somewhere over the rainbow 
F     Fm7  F7  Em7 C Em7 Gdim   
Skies are      blue  
  F  Fm   C              A/9-    D7  
And the dreams that you dare to dream  
       Dm  G7    C  
Really do come true 
Bridge:  
 G   C        Am   C      Am  
Someday I'll wish upon a star  
    F        Dm7        F         Dm7    C6     G  F  C  
And wake up where the clouds are far behind me 
  G7  C        Am         C     Am  
Where troubles melt like lemon drops 
  Cdim   
Away above the chimney tops 
  Dm6   Cm    Cdim    Dm7   G5+  
That's where  you'll find   me 
C   Em   C7  
Somewhere over the rainbow  
F   Fm7  F7  Em7 C Em7 Gdim   
Bluebirds    fly 
 F    Fm   C        A/9-  
Birds fly over the rainbow  
 D7           Dm  G7    C  
Why, then, oh why can't I 
 
Interlude: G C Am C Am F Dm7 F Dm7 C6 G F C  
 
G7   C     C/B     Am7      Am7/G  
If   happy little bluebirds fly  
  Dm7              F       Fm  Fdim  C    F    Fm  C  
Beyond the rainbow why, oh why can't

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Chord set

C · Em · C7 · F7 · Fm7 · G7 · F · Em7 · Gdim · Fm · A · D7 · Dm · C#m7 · G · Am · Dm7 · C6 · Cdim · Cm · G5 · B · Am7 · Fdim

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.