Music & lyrics by Paul Williams and Kenneth Ascher. Autoharp arrangement by Ben Stallings.
Note: The final verse of this song is supposed to be a half-step higher than the first two. However, the only major keys my autoharp has that are half a step apart are E and F, and I don't have all the necessary chords to play it in E. So what I have notated instead is F to G, going up a whole step on the last note of the bridge.
It's worth repeating here that the numbers 4 and 5 by melody notes indicate what octave they are in. 1 would be the partial octave at the bottom of the harp; the first A starts octave 2, and 5 is the partial octave at the top. Numbers are only shown when the octave changes. A dash in the chord line indicates that the chord is repeated within a measure, and - although I've left out most of the syncopation - parentheses indicate that a note is not on the beat. This song is in 3/4 time.
[Intro]
chords: 𝄆 F - - | A♯ (F) A♯ - 𝄇
melody: 𝄆 A4 C A5 A4 A5 A4 | A♯ C A♯5 𝄇
[Verses 1 & 2]
chords: 𝄆 F - F | C Dm - (F)
melody: 𝄆 A4 C F | G A5 A C4
lyrics: Why are there | so ma- ny
𝄆 Who said that | eve-ry wish / Would
Gm - F | F C C7
A♯4 D F | F G
Songs a- bout | rainbows / And
be heard and | an- swered / When
F - C | Dm - C | A♯ - - | A♯ - -
A C E | F C | D
what's on the | o- ther | side?
wished on the | mor- ning | star?
F - - | C (Dm) Dm -
A C F | G A5 A C4
Rainbows are | vi sions / But
Somebo- dy | thought of that / And
Gm - F | F C C7
A♯ C F | F G A♯
on- ly il- | lu- sions / And
some-one be- | lieved it
F - C | C Dm F | A♯ - - | A♯ - -
A C E | E F C | D
rain bows have | no-thing to | hide
Look what it's | done so | far
Gm F Gm | F Gm F | Gm F Gm | F Gm -
D A5 D4 | A5 D4 A5 | D4 A5 D4 | A5 D4 D
So we've been | told and some | choose to be- | lieve it
What's so a- | ma- zing that | keeps us star- | gazing / And
Am - - | C - - | Am - - | Am - -
E E E | G E C | E
I know they're | wrong wait and | see
what do we | think we might | see?
Gm - A♯ | C A♯ - | Am - C | Am D D7
A♯ D F | E F D | C E G | E F♯ A
Someday we'll | find it, the | rainbow con- | nection / The
[Verse 1 only ]
Gm - A♯ | F - C | F - - | A♯ - - | F - - | A♯ - - 𝄇
A♯ D F | A5 A G4 | F 𝄇
lo-vers, the | dreamers and | me 𝄇
[Bridge]
C F C | Dm C Dm | F - -
G F G | A5 G4 F | C C
All of us | un-der its | spell / We
Gm C F | F C F | C - - | D - -
D E F | C D F | G | A5
know that it's | probably | ma- | gic
[Verse 3]
𝄆 G - - | D (Em) Em -
𝄆 B4 D G A5 B B B4
Have you been half a- sleep / And
𝄆 Is this the sweet sound / That
Am - G | G D D7
C E G G A5 A4
have you heard voices?
calls the young sailors? / The
Em G D | D Em G | C - - | C - - 𝄇
B4 D F♯ F♯ G D E 𝄇
I've heard them cal-ling my name 𝄇
voice might be one and the same
Am G Am | G Am G | Am G Am | G Am -
E B5 E4 B5 E4 B5 E4 B5 E4 B5 E4 E4
I've heard it too ma-ny times to ig- nore it: It's
Bm - - | D - - | Bm - - | Bm - -
F♯ F♯ F♯ A5 F♯4 D F♯
something that I'm supposed to be
Am - C | D C - | Bm - D | Bm E E7
C E G F♯ G E D F♯ A5 F♯4 G♯ B
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow con-nec-tion / The
Am - C | G - D | G - -
C E G B5 B A G4
lo-vers, the dreamers and me
D G D | Em D Em | G - -
A5 G4 A5 B A G4 D D
Da-da-da- dee-da-da dum / Da
C D C | D7 C D7 | G 𝄐
E F♯ G D G F♯ B5
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