Look To The Rainbow
From "Finian's Rainbow" ca. 1947
Lyrics: E. Y. Harburg: Music: Burton Lane
On the day I was born, said me father, said he,
(G7) (D7)
"I've an elegant legacy waiting for ye.
'tis a rhyme for your lips
Am7* D7
And a song for your heart
To sing it whenever the world falls apart.
Chorus:
Look, look , look to the rainbow.
(Am7)
Follow it over the hill and the stream.
Look, look , look to the rainbow.
Follow a fellow who follows a dream.
Follow a fellow, follow a fellow,
Follow a fellow who follows a dream.
'Twas a sumptuos gift to bequeath to a child,
(G7) (D7)
And the lure of that song kept me feet running wild,
Am7*
For you'll never grow old and you'll never stand still,
With the whip-poor-will's song just beyond the next hill.
Chorus ...
So I bundled my heart and I roamed the world free,
(G7) (D7)
To the east with the lark, to the west with the sea,
Am7*
And I searched all the hills and I scanned all the skies
Till I found it at last in my own true love's eyes.
Chorus ...
*This Am7 is 002010, not 002213.
I'm not positive the one I use is called Am7.
You can get by with just G, C, D7, and Em (using C instead of Am7) if you insist
that "less is more.
From: Genie (http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=29707)