Saturday, 19 March 2011

Somewhere Over The Rainbow/What a Wonderful World - Israel Kamikawiwo'ole

I bought a ukulele for myself for Christmas but neglected it as i was trying to learn the mandolin at the time, but then i saw an episode of Scrubs with the Israel Kamikawiwo'ole version of Somewhere Over the Rainbow / It's a Wonderful World and thought - i could learn to play that! so i found a tutorial on youtube and hand copied the lyrics and chords out in my little notebook and spent 12 hours on a sick day learning to play it on my Mahalo ULP1/CS Cherry Sunburst. Then  I saw the Kala KA-SC for sale, and  she was the vintage style ukulele i had originaly wanted, so now I have two ukuleles - Johnny and Baby - and i've been playing for 3 weeks now!


Intro:
C Em Am F C Em Am A9 F F

C C Em Em F F C C

C                   Em
Somewhere over the rainbow
F            C
Way up high
F               C
And the dreams that you dream of
G                   Am    F
Once in a lullaby
C                   Em
Somewhere over the rainbow
F              C
Blue birds fly
F               C
And the dreams that you dream of,
G                                      Am     F
Dreams really do come true
C
Someday I’ll wish upon a star
G                                                             Am   F
Wake up where the clouds are far behind me
C
Where trouble melts like lemon drops
G                                                             Am             F
High above the chimney tops that’s where you'll find me
C                   Em                           F           C
Somewhere over the rainbow bluebirds fly
F               C                                          G                        Am     F
And the dreams that you dare to, oh why, oh why can't I?
                  C          Em               F              C
Well I see trees of green and red roses too,
F                        C            E7        Am
I'll watch then bloom for me and you
           F
And I think to myself
G                              Am    F
What a wonderful world
                  C            Em                      F            C
Well I see skies of blue and I see clouds of white
                  F                 C
And the brightness of day
E7          Am
I like the dark
F
And I think to myself
C                                F   C   C
What a wonderful world
G                                                   C
The colours of the rainbow so pretty in the sky
         G                                C
Are also on the faces of people passing by
             F                        C
I see friends shaking hands
                 F                 C
Saying, "How do you do?"
F                     C         Dm7       G
They're really saying, I...I love you
             C        Em            F                C
I hear babies cry and I watch them grow,
F                           C
They'll learn much more
E7              Am
Than we'll know
F
And I think to myself
G                               Am   F
What a wonderful world
C
Someday I'll wish upon a star
G                                                              Am  F
Wake up where the clouds are far behind me
             C
Where trouble melts like lemon drops
G                                                             Am             F
High above the chimney tops that’s where you'll find me
C                    Em
Somewhere over the rainbow
F            C
Way up high
 F              C                                      G                      Am    F
And the dreams that you dare to, oh why, oh why can't I?
C   C   Em   Em   F   F   C   C
ooh...                   ooh....
F   F   E7   E7   Am   Am   F   F
ooh...                 ooh, ee, ah, uh-uh....

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