Look To The Rainbow
Al Jarreau
RockMedium for beginners7 chords
How to play it
Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.
G
Em
G7
C
D7
D
Am7
Chords & lyrics
Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.
G Em G Em On the day I was born, said me father, said he G G7 C D7 "I've an elegant legacy waiting for ye D D7 'tis a rhyme for your lips Am7 D7 And a song for your heart Am7 D7 C G To sing it whenever the world falls apart G Em D D7 G Look, look , look to the rainbow Em G C Am7 D7 Follow it over the hill and the stream G Em D D7 G Look, look , look to the rainbow C G D7 G Follow a fellow who follows a dream C G D D7 G Follow a fellow, follow a fellow C G D7 G Follow a fellow who follows a dream G Em G Em 'Twas a sumptuos gift to bequeath to a child G G7 C D7 And the lure of that song kept me feet running wild D D7 Am7 D7 For you'll never grow old and you'll never stand still Am7 D7 C G With the whip-poor-will's song just beyond the next hill G Em D D7 G Look, look , look to the rainbow Em G C Am7 D7 Follow it over the hill and the stream G Em D D7 G Look, look , look to the rainbow C G D7 G Follow a fellow who follows a dream C G D D7 G Follow a fellow, follow a fellow C G D7 G Follow a fellow who follows a dream G Em G Em So I bundled my heart and I roamed the world free G G7 C D7 To the east with the lark, to the west with the sea D D7 Am7 D7 And I searched all the hills and I scanned all the skies Am7 D7 C G Till I found it at last in my own true love's eyes G Em D D7 G Look, look , look to the rainbow Em G C Am7 D7 Follow it over the hill and the stream G Em D D7 G Look, look , look to the rainbow C G D7 G Follow a fellow who follows a dream C G D D7 G Follow a fellow, follow a fellow C G D7 G Follow a fellow who follows a dream
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Chord set
G · Em · G7 · C · D7 · D · Am7
Practice tip
Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.