The Rainbow Connection

Words & Music by Paul Williams & Kenneth Ascher
Recorded by Jim Henson (as "Kermit"), 1979 From "The Muppet Movie"


G             Em      Am7         D
Why are there so many songs about rainbows,

     GM7          Em     Am7     D
And what's on the other side?

G            Em           Am7     D
Rainbows are visions, but only illusions

    GM7           Em         Am7     D
And rainbows have nothing to hide.

CM7
So we've been told, and some choose to believe it;

Bm             F#m7            B7
I know they're wrong, wait and see.

Am7           D           Bm7-5       E7
Someday we'll find it, the Rainbow Connection --

    Am7          D           G
The lovers, the dreamers, and me.


 G            Em              Am7            D
Who said that ev'ry wish would be heard and answered

     GM7            Em       Am7     D
When wished on the morning star?

G           Em                 Am7        D
Somebody thought of that, and someone believed it --

GM7           Em      Am7     D
Look what it's done so far.

CM7
What's so amazing that keeps us star gazing,

    Bm         F#m7            B7
And what do we think we might see?

Am7            D           Bm7-5       E7
Someday we'll find it, the Rainbow Connection --

    Am7          D           G
The lovers, the dreamers, and me.


Bridge:


Bm7       Em7         G
All of us under its spell;

   C               G      Am7   D+
We know that it's probably ma - gic


G             Em              Am7             D
Have you been half asleep and have you heard voices?

GM7              Em        Am7     D
I've heard them calling my name.

G            Em               Am7             D
Is this the sweet sound that calls the young sailors?

    GM7            Em          Am7     D
The voice might be one and the same.

CM7
I've heard it too many times to ignore it --

      Bm            F#m7           B7
It's something that I'm s'posed to be.

Am7           D           Bm7-5       E7
Someday we'll find it, the Rainbow Connection --

   Am7         D             G
The lovers, the dreamers, and me.


Coda:

D  G G/F# Em Bm7     
La da  da  de da 

Am7      D7       G
La la da da da de do


This one is available elsewhere on the 'Net, so I would probably not have included it here had someone not asked me to. Still, it's a beautiful song, and deserving of a place here on that basis alone.


 
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