Look To The Rainbow Chords
by Al Jarreau
Look To The Rainbow by Al Jarreau is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, Em, G7, C, D7, D and Am7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
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