'Muppets Rainbow Connection' by Misc Television - Guitar Tutorial

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From: [email protected] (Adam Schneider)


This is my own personal arrangement.  I got it by slightly simplifying the
piano sheet music, and putting it in a better key (G).  Note that my version
also doesn't modulate a half-step up at the end.  (Do _you_ want to play in
A flat?)

Adam


THE RAINBOW CONNECTION
----------------------

| G      | C/G    | G      | C/G    |
[intro]
 
| G                | Em          Em/D | Am7              | C/D   D          |
  Why   are  there   so many            songs      about   rainbows
 
| G           D/F# | Em          Em/D | Am7              | C/D              |
And what's on the    oth      -   er    side?
 
| G                | Em          Em/D | Am7              | C/D   D          |
  Rain - bows  are   visions,       but on  -  ly   ill -  us  - ions
 
| G           D/F# | Em          Em/D | C(9)             | C(9)             |
And rainbows have    nothing      to    hide
 
| Cmaj7            | Cmaj7            | Cmaj7            | Cmaj7            |
  So   we've  been   told,  and  some  choose   to   be -  lieve it
 
| F#m7/B           | F#m7/B           | F#m7/B           | F#m7/B           |
  I    know they're  wrong,  wait  and  see
 
| Am7              | D7               | Bm7              | E7               |
  Some - day  we'll  find   it,    the  rain - bow  con -  nection
 
| Am7              | D7sus        D7  | G      | C/G    | G      | C/G    |
The lovers,    the   dreamers,    and   me  [repeat intro]
 
Who said that every wish would be heard and answered
When wished on the morning star?
Somebody thought of that, and someone believed it
And look what it's done so far
 
What's so amazing that keeps us stargazing
And what do we think we might see?
 
| Am7              | D7               | Bm7              | E7               |
  Some - day  we'll  find   it,    the  rain - bow  con -  nection
 
| Am7              | D7sus        D7  | G                | D/F#             |
The lovers,    the   dreamers,    and   me,                all     of  us
 
| Em               | G/D              | C                | G/B              |
  Un   -  der  its   spell,       we    know   that it's   prob    -   ably
 
| Am7              | D7               |
  mag       -        ic
 
Have you been half asleep, and have you heard voices?
I've heard them calling my name
Is this the sweet sound that calls the young sailors?
The voice might be one and the same
 
I've heard it too many times to ignore it
It's something that I'm supposed to be
 
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection
 
| Am7              | D7sus        D7  | G               | D/F#            |
The lovers,    the   dreamers,    and   me,               la      da  da
 
| Em               | G/D              | C               | Dsus        D   | G.
  dee      da  da    doo,         la    la     da  da     da    dee   da   doo


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Adam Schneider               [email protected]                 St. Paul, MN
                 (After mid-Oct.: [email protected])
          Mail me if you want guitar chords for Mary-Chapin Carpenter,
               Indigo Girls, Suzanne Vega, Lucinda Williams, etc.
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Rainbow Connection Performed by Kermit the Frog 
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(Intro: A D) 

A             F#m     Bm          E
Why are there so many songs about rainbows
  
    A             F#m   D
and what's on the other side?

A 	     F#m          Bm   E 
Rainbows are visions, but only illusions

    A 		  F#m	     D
and rainbows have nothing to hide 

 Dmaj7
So we've been told and some choose to believe it 
 C#m7
I know they're wrong, wait and see 

Bm7 	      E 	   C#m7    F# 
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection
Bm		E 	     A 
The lovers, the dreamers and me

(same chords as above) 
Who said that every wish would be heard and answered 
when wished on the morning star?  
Somebody thought of that and someone believed it 
Look what it's done so far 

What's so amazing that keeps us star-gazing?  
And what do we think we might see?
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection 
The lovers, the dreamers and me 

A/G# 	  F#m 	    E
All of us under its spell

   D 		  D/C#     E F   [majestic modulation]
We know that it's probably magic

Bb 	      Gm 	      Cm	     F
Have you been half asleep and have you heard voices?
Bb 		Gm 	   Eb
I've heard them calling my name
Bb	    Gm               Cm              F
Is this the sweet sound that calls the young sailors?
    Bb             Gm          Eb
The voice might be one and the same

Ebmaj7
I've heard it too many times to ignore it 
Dm7
It's something that I'm supposed to be 
Cm7           F            Dm7     G 
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection
Cm7             F          Bb 
The lovers, the deamers and me 

Bb/A     Gm       F 
La da da de da da do
   Eb       F        Bb
La da da da da de da do


[Playing this in G, with a capo, may be preferable]


--Matt Pendleton [[email protected]]













From: [email protected]
Apparently-To: [email protected]

THE RAINBOW CONNECTION

(As sung by Kermit the Frog on The Muppet Movie Soundtrack.)
This is a simplified version in a nice acoustic key, D. 
It's really in A or B, I'm not sure which.  
All of the chords move 1 half step up at the key change, but I 
left the end of the song in the same key to keep it simple.
(You may just want to slide up your capo at that point...)

D            F#m   
Why are there so many
G           A           
Songs about rainbows
D            F#m   
And what's on the other side
G           A           
Rainbows are visions
D            F#m   
And only illusions
G           A           
And rainbows have nothing to hide

Bm
So we've been told and some choose to believe it
A
I know they're wrong, wait and see!
G               A
Someday we'll find it
A               B7
The rainbow connection
G               A             D
The lovers, the dreamers, and me!

Who said that every wish
Would be heard and answered
When wished on the morning star?
Somebody thought of that
And someone believed it
Look what it's done so far!

What's so amazing that keeps us stargazing
And what do we think we might see?
Someday we'll find it
The rainbow connection
The lovers, the dreamers, and me!

A          D         A
All of us under it's spell
    G              D       A   (KEY CHANGE  A -> A#)
We know that it's probably magic!

Have you been half asleep
And have you heard voices?
I've heard them calling my name!
Is it the sweet sound
That calls the young sailors
The voice might be one and the same.

I've heard it too many times to ignore it
It's something that I'm supposed to be!
Someday we'll find it
The rainbow connection
The lovers, the dreamers, and me!

A          D        A
La da da dee da da dew
G           A        D
Da da da da dee da da dew

__________________________________________________________
All my love, 
Caitlin
Mail comments to [email protected]



From: [email protected]

Here is a correction for rainbow_connection by the muppets.  This song was
first uploaded by [email protected].  The chords and lyrics are right, but
here are the changes to make it the correct key:

Change all of the D's to A's (D = A)
F#m = C#m
G = D
A = E
Bm = F#m
B7 = F#7
  
corrections made by:  Jason Crew