Over the Rainbow Chords
Over the Rainbow by Olivia Newton John is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, Am, Em, F, Dm, G7, G and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
1. C Am Em F C
Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high,
F C Dm G7 - C - G
there's a land that I heard of, once in a lullaby.
2. C Am Em F C
Somewhere over the rainbow skies are blue,
F C Dm G7 C
and the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true.
Bridge:
C
Someday I'll wish upon a star
G C - G
and wake up where the clouds are far behind me.
C
Where troubles melt like lemon drops,
D G Dm G - G7
way above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me.
3. C Am Em F C
Somewhere over the rainbow bluebirds fly.
F C Dm G7 C
Birds fly over the rainbow, why then, oh why can't I ?
C G
If happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow,
G7 C
why, oh why can't I?