Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World

Israël Kamakawiwo'Ole


Capo 5

Intro : G  Bm  C  G (x2)
G  Bm  C  G  C B7  Em  C

Somewhere over the rainbow way up high / G  Bm  C  G
And the dreams that you dream of once in a lullaby / C  G  D  Em  C
Somewhere over the rainbow blue birds fly / G  Bm  C  G
And the dreams that you dream of, dreams really do come true / C  G  D  Em  C

Someday I'll wish upon a star, wake up where the / G  D
clouds are far behind me / Em  C
Where trouble melts like lemon drops / G  D
High above the chimney tops that's where, you'll find me / Em  C

Somewhere over the rainbow bluebirds fly / G  Bm  C  G
And the dreams that you dare to, oh why, oh why can't I? / C  G  D  Em  C

Well I see trees of green and red roses too, / G  Bm  C  G
I'll watch then bloom for me and you / C  G  Bm  G
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world / C  D  Em  C

Well I see skies of blue and I see clouds of white and the brightness of day / G  Bm  C  G  C  G
I like the dark and I think to myself, what a wonderful world / B7  Em  C  D  G  C  G

The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky / D  G
are also on the faces of people passing by / D  G
I see friends shaking hands saying, "How do you do?" / C  G  C  G
They're really saying, "I, I love you" / C  G  Am7  D

I hear babies cry and I watch them grow, / G  Bm  C  G
they'll learn much more than we'll know / C  G  B7  Em
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world / C  D  Em  C

Someday I'll wish upon a star, wake up where the clouds are far behind me / G  D  Em  C
Where trouble melts like lemon drops / G
High above the chimney tops is where you'll find me / D  Em  C
Somewhere over the rainbow way up high / G  Bm  C  G
And the dreams that you dare to, oh why, oh why can't I? / C  G  D  Em  C

Outro (fade out) : G  Bm  C  G (x2)
G  Bm  C  G  C B7  Em  C
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