Over the Rainbow Chords

KeyA Capo1st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays642

Over the Rainbow by Eva Cassidy is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of A with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords G#, Fm, G, F, G#7, C#, Cm, C#m, Bbm, Ebsus4, Eb7, Eb, G7, Bbm7 and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  				  Eva Cassidy.   to sing along with Eva.     
     
(The   denotes little runs from one chord to the next.)     
     
G# to Fm is  G#-G-F on the 6th string.     
G#7 to C# is (2/1 and 5 open), 3/0 (2/3 and 5/2) 3/0 ( 1/0 and 5/3 on a C# chord)      
     
Now the song      
                                   
G#     Fm  Cm       G#7       C#   C#m  G#      G#7          
Somewhere over the rainbow, way up   high.     
     
C#       C#m G#    Fm              Bbm  Ebsus4  Eb7        G#    C#   Eb7     
There's a  land that I heard of once       in a lullaby.     
     
G#   Fm    Cm   G#7          C#     C#m  G#    G#7        
Somewhere over the rainbow,skies are blue.     
     
C#   C#m  G#      Fm               Bbm   Ebsus4   Eb7             G#      
And the dreams that you dare to dream        really do come true.     
     
G#                                                        
Someday I'll wish upon a star.      
     
    C#                                Eb         C#     Eb7     
And wake up where the clouds are far behind me.     
     
      G#                                                         
Where troubles melt like lemon drops.     
     
 G7                                 Cm   Eb7     Bbm7   Eb7     
Away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find  me.     
     
     
G#     Fm  Cm   G#7           C#     C#m  G#    G#7          
Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue.     
     
C#   C#m  G#      Fm                Bbm   Ebsus4           Eb7   G#      
And the dreams that you dare to dream       really do come true.     
     
                                               
If happy little bluebirds fly.      
     
       C#                  Eb7        G#    A    G#          
Above the rainbow, why oh why can't I     



    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante