Thursday, May 25, 2017

"Rainbow Connections" - by Garfunkel and Oats

Best gay wedding song ever!






"Rainbow Connections" - from the Garfunkel and Oats TV comedy program

Chords for tenor range

Intro: G / C / Am / D /

G              C
Just after the storm breaks, 
         Am                D
With the perfect amount of light, 
        G                  C
You can catch a glimpse of magic 
       Am        D
If the timing is right.

G                            C           Am             D
Rainbows are improbable, beautiful, and rare, 
    G                          C               Am           D
But so are you, and so is this, the love that we share.


    C Am
Too vast to hold, and too small to name
Em             A7
It's no wonder why 
    C
You have to stand between the rain and the sun
                D
To see a rainbow in the sky.


        C
All the things that had to go right, 
        G
All the things that had to go wrong 
     F                                Am   D
That lead us to the place where we were going all along.


             C (or Cadd2)   D
Right now they fall away, 
               Em           A7
Right now it's just us two, 
             C (C2)
Right now we make a promise: 
   D           Em    D       G
If you do, then I do too.

G C Am D

G                 C
Don't know how we found it, 
        Am     D
But we did somehow.
        G              C
All the moments of our lives, 
     Am            D
Were leading up to now.
  G              C
I used to feel uncertain, 
    Am       D
But now I realize 
       G            C
When I wanna see my future, 
       Am             D
I just look into your eyes.

   C Am
Too vast to hold, and too small to name
Em             A7
It's no wonder why 
    C
You have to stand between the rain and the sun
               D
To see a rainbow in the sky.

        C
All the things that make you - you, 
        G
All the things that make me - me, 
     F                                  Am D
That lead us to the place where we were always meant to be.

            C (or Cadd2)   D
Right now they fall away, 
               Em           A7
Right now it's just us two, 
             C (C2)
Right now we make a promise: 
   D           Em    D       C                 D
If you do, then I do too.

(BRIDGE)
  Em                             D
A rainbow doesn't choose to be a rainbow, 
                      A7
It just shines in the sky, 
            B7
And there's nothing to debate, 
            C
And there's nothing to deny. 
B7
Love might be a privilege,
    C 
But marriage is right, 
      B7                   
So to all of you detractors 
          C
Who don't know you've lost the fight, 
   B7
To all of you in the darkness 
D7
We're here turning on the lights. 
       Cmaj7
Now I stand with you, 
        Am
For the world to see, 
      C      D           Em     
My love, my dreams, and me 
   C          D                      G
My love, my dreams, and me.


            C (or Cadd2)   D
Right now they fall away, 
               Em           A7
Right now it's just us two, 
             C (C2)
Right now we make a promise: 
   D           Em    D       G
If you do, then I do too.



Notes:

For alto range, capo 2nd-4th fret on guitar
Many of the C chords can be a Cmaj7 as well as other embellishments like D7 and minor 7th chords for minors... get creative!
Important! 6/8 feel changes to 4/4 at the bridge and back to that fast 6 beat feel
The words “nothing to debate” hang on an A note over the B7 chord - practice singing that carefully

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