Rainbow Song Chords

KeyEm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays612

Rainbow Song by America is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em7, F#m7, Em9 and Bm7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Em
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16
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Intro: Em7  F#m7  Em7  F#m7 
 

Em7                  F#m7                Em7        F#m7 
   Window frames a picture of winter time within my room 
Em7                      F#m7               Em7        F#m7 
   Sometimes then I laugh at the funny times we had in school 
        Em7            F#m7 
Blowing leaves, broken dreams 
     Em7           F#m7 Em9       F#m7 Em9 
Seventeen, dancing queen, dancing queen 

Bm7 
I am asleep on a rainbow 
Em7 
Hiding from the wake of the tide 
Bm7 
I am asleep on a rainbow 
Em7 
Hoping for the rest of the ride 

Em7  F#m7  Em7  F#m7 

Em7                  F#m7               Em7              F#m7 
   Can you feel it moving inside of you?  Can you let it go? 
Em7                      Em7                 Em7                 F#m7 
   The purple ghost of England in winter time, and who I used to know 
        Em7            F#m7 
Blowing leaves, broken dreams 
     Em7           F#m7 Em9       F#m7 Em9 
Seventeen, dancing queen, dancing queen 

Bm7 
I am asleep on a rainbow 
Em7 
Hiding from the wake of the tide 
Bm7 
I am a sleep on a rainbow 
Em7 
Hoping for the rest of the ride 

Em7  F#m7  Em7  F#m7  Em7  F#m7  Em7  F#m7 

        Em7            F#m7 
Blowing leaves, broken dreams 
     Em7           F#m7 Em9       F#m7 Em9 
Seventeen, dancing queen, dancing queen 

Bm7 
I am asleep on a rainbow 
Em7 
Hiding from the wake of the tide 
Bm7 
I am asleep on a rainbow 
Em7 
Hoping for the rest of the ride 
Bm7 
I am asleep on a rainbow 
Em7 
Hiding from the wake of the tide 
Bm7 
I am asleep on a rainbow 
Em7 
Hoping for the rest of the ride 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante