Rainbow Connection by: Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
From the album: Are a Drag (1999)
Fat Mike has tuned his bass differently on this one, so youïll have to tune E-string to D.
I changed E to D.
From the Muppet Movie. (Great film!!)

INTRO X4
G-------+
D-------+
A-------+
D-0---5-+

VERSE *=play 8X   %=play 16X
G----------------------------------------------------------->
D-----------2*--------------------------------------2*------>
A-5*---2*--------0*---5*---2*-------------5*---2*--------0*->
D-------------------------------5*---7*--------------------->

VERSE
>--------------+
>--------------+
>-5*---2*------+
>-----------5%-+

PRE-CHORUS (12) and (11)=single note
G----------------------------------------------------------------->
D----9----(12)(12)(12)-----9----(12)(12)(12)-----8---(11)(11)(11)->
A-10---10---------------10---10----------------9---9-------------->
D----------------------------------------------------------------->

PRE-CHORUS
>----------------------------+
>---8---(11)(11)(11)(11)(11)-+
>-9---9----------------------+
>----------------------------+

CHORUS *=play 8X
G-------------------------------(-)-+
D-------------------------------(-)-+
A-7*-------------2*-------------(5)-+
D------7*---4*--------5*---7*---(-)-+

VERSE2 *=play 8X   %=play 16X
G----------------------------------------------------------->
D-----------2*--------------------------------------2*------>
A-5*---2*--------0*---5*---2*------------------2*--------0*->
D-------------------------------5*---7*---0*---------------->

VERSE
>--------------+   Then play PRE-CHORUS and CHORUS without brackets
>--------------+
>-5*---2*------+
>-----------5%-+

BRIDGE *=play 8X
G--------------------------------+
D-----7---9-------5-------7---8*-+
A-------------5-------5----------+
D-0------------------------------+

VERSE3 *=play 8X   %=play 16X
G----------------------------------------------------------->
D-----------3*--------------------------------------3*------>
A-6*---3*--------1*---6*---3*------------------3*--------1*->
D-------------------------------6*---8*---1*---------------->

VERSE3
>--------------+
>--------------+
>-6*---3*------+
>-----------6%-+

PRE-CHORUS2 (13) and (12)=single note
G---------------------------------------------->
D----10----(13)(13)(13)-----10----(13)(13)(13)->
A-11----11---------------11----11-------------->
D---------------------------------------------->

PRE-CHORUS2
>----------------------------------------------------+
>----9----(12)(12)(12)-----9----(12)(12)(12)(12)(12)-+
>-10---10---------------10---10----------------------+
>----------------------------------------------------+

CHORUS2
G-----------------------------+
D-----------------------------+
A-8*-------------3*-----------+
D------8*---5*--------6*---8*-+

BRIDGE2 *=play 8X
G----------------------------------+
D------8*---10*--------6*---8*-----+
A-6*--------------6*---------------+
D--------------------------------1-+

That ending was the best ending Iïve ever heard!!!! So cool. "Yeah!"
completed it.
Tabbed by:Eero Heinonen 25.12.2001 (Chirstmas Day!!)