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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