Over The Rainbow chords by Eva Cassidy


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Over The Rainbow | Chords + Lyrics (capo 1)


Intro

| Gadd9 | Gadd9/D I Am11 | 6/4 D9sus4/A |

Chorus 1

| Gsus2 /F# | Em /D | Bm7b13 | G7 Amadd4 /B |
Somewhere over the rainbow,
| Cadd9 | Cm6 | Gmaj9 | G9 Amadd4 G/B |
way up high,
| C | Cm7 | Gadd9 G/F# | Em |
there’s a land that I’ve heard of once,
| Am13 | D7sus4 D/F# | Gadd9 | A7omit3 D/F# |
once in a lullaby.

Chorus 2

| Gadd9 /F# | Em | Bm7b13 | G7 Amadd4 /B |
Somewhere over the rainbow,
| C /A | Cm6 | Gmaj9 | G7sus2 Amadd4 G/B |
skies are blue.
| Cadd9 | Cm7 | Gadd9 G/F# | Em |
When the dreams that you dare to dream,
| Am13 | D7sus4 D/F# | Gadd9 | Am7 D/F# |
really do come true.

Verse 1

| Gadd9 | Gadd9 | Am11 | D/F# |
Someday I’ll wish upon a star, and wake up where the clouds are far
| Gmaj9 /F# | Emadd9 | Am7 | D6 D9sus4 |
behind me.
| Gadd9 | Gadd9 | F#7 | F#7 |
Where troubles melt like lemon drops, high above the chimney tops,
| Bm | Bm/Bb | Am7 | 7/4 D7/F# |
that’s where you’ll find me.

Solo

| 4/4 G Dadd4 | Cmaj13 | Bm | G9 |
| Cmaj7#11 | Cm13 | G | G7 |
| Cmaj7#11 | Cm13 | G D6add9/F# | Em9 |
| Am13 | 3/4 D7sus4 | 2/4 D6 | 4/4 Gadd9 | Am7 D/F# |

Verse 2

| Gadd9 | Gadd9 | Am11 | D/F# |
Someday I’ll wish upon a star, and wake up where the clouds are far
| Gmaj9 /F# | Emadd9 | Am7 | D6 D9sus4 |
behind me.
| Gadd9 | Gadd9 | F#7 | F#7 |
Where troubles melt like lemon drops, way above the chimney tops,
| Bm | Bm/Bb | Am7 | D7/F# | D7/F# |
that’s where you’ll find me.

Chorus 3

| G /F# | Em7 | Bm7 | G7 Am7add4 G/B |
Somewhere over the rainbow,
| Cadd9 | Cm6 | Gmaj9 | G9 Amadd4 G/B |
skies are blue.
| C | Cm7 | G G/F# | Em7 |
And the dreams that you dared to dream,
| Am13 | D7sus4 D/F# | Gadd9 | Gadd9/D |
they really do come true.

Outro

| Gadd9 | Gadd9/D | Am11 | D7sus4 |
If happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow, why,
| D7/F# | D7/F# | Cadd9 | Cadd9 | Ab | Ab | G |
oh why can’t I?


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Over The Rainbow’s chords and melody

To understand how Eva Cassidy came to put together this incredible arrangement, we must first look at the basic structure of the actual song.

Here’s the super simple kids’ version, using the simplest possible chords.

Over The Rainbow kids version.

And here’s the trad jazz version, closer to the original Judy Garland performance, although with fewer chords.

Over The Rainbow jazz version.

Eva Cassidy, doubles the number of bars and changes the melody drastically, looks like this in TAB.

Over The Rainbow Eva Cassidy version.

In the course, we next start working on how Eva plays this, note-for-note.

Only by learning her arrangement note for note can we fully understand how to play and arrange Over The Rainbow’s chords, exactly like Eva did.

Every step is practiced slowly, fast, and at a free tempo with full TAB and practice loops.

It will take you six guitar lessons to achieve this. In the final two lessons, we practice Lydian in all shapes, this relates to the melody of Over The Rainbow.


Over The Rainbow’s 8 guitar lessons

To play Over The Rainbow by Eva Cassidy, exactly note-for-note, can only be achieved by breaking each section down, and practicing them as loops. This takes six lessons to complete.

For the final two lessons, we practice Lydian scale exercises.

In total, there are 8 step-by-step lessons for Over The Rainbow available. Here are links to each lesson in the course (members only):


Over The Rainbow chords | Related pages


Five similar tunes

When you can play Over The Rainbow's chords, try these five tunes from the song book.

Harold Arlen

Find out more about Harold Arlen, the man who wrote Over The Rainbow's chords.

Harold Arlen wrote over four hundred songs. His 1938 song Over The Rainbow was voted the twentieth century’s #1 song by the RIAA.

Nobody has had more songs represented in the Great American Songbook than Harold Arlen.

Harold Arlen tunes.


Harold Arlen on the web

Listen to Harold Arlen on Spotify.

Eva Cassidy

Find out more about Eva Cassidy, the woman who re harmonised Over The Rainbow's chords.

Eva Cassidy was an American guitar player and vocalist who didn’t reach fame until after she passed away on November 2nd ’96.

Four years later, an amateur recording of Eva playing Over The Rainbow in her local pub was played on Top of the Pops 2, a TV show in the U.K.

Eva Cassidy tunes.


Eva Cassidy on the web

Listen to Eva Cassidy on Spotify.

Advanced Acoustic Songs

When you can play Over The Rainbow's chords, discover more advanced acoustic songs.

These songs use big chord extensions and sometimes, unique and complex chords that incorporate open strings.

Study these in-depth and you will gain a complete understanding of the guitar fretboard, including how to build any scale, arpeggio, or chord.

Advanced Acoustic Songs.