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Somewhere Over The Rainbow

Somewhere Over the Rainbow was written for the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz and was sung by actress Judy Garland, who played the character Dorothy Gale. Considered one of the greatest songs of the 20th century, it won the Academy Award for Best Original Song and has transcended the film to become an American standard.

Key: C

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 C          Em 
Somewhere over the rainbow
 F       C 
Way up high
 F         C 
There's a land that I heard of
 G              Am   F 
Once in a lullaby

  C         Em 
Somewhere over the rainbow
 F           C 
Skies are blue
 F        C 
And the dreams that you dare to dream
 G                Am  F 
Really do come true

 C 
Some day I'll wish upon a star
  Em                                     Am     F 
And wake up where the clouds are far behind me
  C 
Where troubles melt like lemondrops
  Em 
Away above the chimney tops
 Am                    F 
That's where you'll find me

 C          Em 
Somewhere over the rainbow
 F           C 
Bluebirds fly
 F          C 
Birds fly over the rainbow
 G                       Am   F 
Why then, oh why can't I?

 C 
Some day I'll wish upon a star
 Em                                     Am     F 
And wake up where the clouds are far behind me
 C 
Where troubles melt like lemondrops
 Em 
Away above the chimney tops
                   Am      F 
That's where you'll find me

 C           Em 
Somewhere over the rainbow
 F          C 
Bluebirds fly
 F          C 
Birds fly over the rainbow
 G                     Am    F 
Why then, oh why can't I?
 C 
If happy little bluebirds fly
 Em 
Beyond the rainbow
 G                 Am  F 
Why, oh why can't I?

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