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I'M ALWAYS CHASING RAINBOWS
1918
Words by Joseph McCarthy    Music by Harry Carroll

4-Bar Intro

Verse

AT THE END OF THE RAIN-BOW THERE'S HAP-PI-NESS
AND TO FIND IT HOW OFT-EN I'VE TRIED,
BUT MY LIFE IS A RACE JUST A WILD GOOSE CHASE,
AND MY DREAMS HAVE ALL BEEN DE-NIED.
WHY HAVE I AL-WAYS BEEN A FAIL-URE,
WHAT CAN THE REA-SON BE?
I WON-DER IF THE WORLD'S TO BLAME
I WON-DER IF IT COULD BE ME?

Chorus
 

I'M AL-WAYS CHAS-ING RAIN-BOWS,
WATCH-ING CLOUDS DRIFT-ING BY,
MY SCHEMES ARE JUST LIKE ALL MY DREAMS,
END-ING IN THE SKY.
SOME FEL-LOWS LOOK AND FIND THE SUN-SHINE,
I AL-WAYS LOOK AND FIND THE RAIN.
SOME FEL-LOWS MAKE A WIN-NING SOME-TIME,
I NEV-ER E-VEN MAKE A GAIN, BE-LIEVE ME,
I'M AL-WAYS CHAS-ING RAIN-BOWS,
WAIT-ING TO FIND A LIT-TLE BLUE-BIRD IN VAIN.