IntroGCGCGG/F#GG/F#Verse 1GG/F#G
Who said I was original?
C
Who said I was allowed
C/AGG/F#G
To sing as if I really sing, to write as if I really write?
G/F#GC
Who said that I could suddenly get up from underneath?
GG/F#EmDG
And walk away completely stumbling between each breath I breathe
G/F#EmDG
And walk away sublimely stumbling between each breath I breathe
G/F#G
Who said I was allowed?
Verse 2G/F#GC
I once flew by a real tall wall with ivy all around
C/AG
And saw two eyes I really liked
G/F#G
And saw two ears I really liked
G/F#G
And saw two lips I liked as well
C
And saw a face that I could love
GG/F#Em
But it was far, so far and cold above
DG
Inside that big above
But it was far
G/F#EmDG
And far and cold inside that big above
ChorusC
Don't ask for their permission
G
They'll never say that you're allowed
G/F#Em
Be like a cloud
DG
'Cause you're no worse than a cloud
C
Don't ask for their permission
G
They'll never say that youre allowed
G/F#Em
Be like a cloud
DG
'Cause you're no worse than a cloud
Verse 3G/F#G
And so I walked to everywhere
C
And stopped in every town
C/AG
The big ones with the little pond
G/F#G
The small ones with no pond at all
G/F#G
And though I've eaten dirt before
C
I've never grown to like the taste
GG/F#Em
And I prefer on any day
DGA big green apple in its place
G/F#Em
And I'd prefer on any day
DGA big green apple in its place
ChorusC
Don't ask for their permission
G
They'll never say that you're allowed
G/F#Em
Be like a cloud
DG
'Cause you're no worse than a cloud
C
Don't ask for their permission
G
They'll never say that youre allowed
G/F#Em
Be like a cloud
DG
'Cause you're no worse than a cloud
Verse 4G/F#G
And so I closed my eyes and walked
C
And when I opened them again
C/AG
I knew the clouds had snowed on me
G/F#G
And then they poured on me some rain
G/F#GC
There stood this cold icicle the very shape and form of me
GG/F#
I tried to cry but couldn't
EmDG
So instead, I made myself a cup of tea
G/F#
I tried to cry but couldn't
EmDG
So instead, I made myself a cup of tea
ChorusC
Don't ask for their permission
G
They'll never say that you're allowed
G/F#Em
Be like a cloud
DG
'Cause you're no worse than a cloud
C
Don't ask for their permission
G
They'll never say that youre allowed
G/F#Em
Be like a cloud
DG
'Cause you're no worse than a cloud
Verse 5]
G/F#G
So, who said I was original?
C
Who said I was a cloud?
C/AG
To rain as if I really rain
G/F#G
To snow as if I really snow
G/F#G
You know the fastest thing in this world
C
Is the speed of snow into your eyes
GG/F#EmDG
As you walk off sublimely stumbling, sublimely slipping on the ice
G/F#EmDG
As you walk off sublimely stumbling, sublimely slipping on the ice
OutroC
Don't ask for their permission
G
They'll never say that you're allowed
G/F#Em
Be like a cloud
DG
'Cause you're no worse than a cloud
C
Don't ask for their permission
G
They'll never say that youre allowed
G/F#EmDG
Be like a cloud
G/F#EmDG
Be like a cloud
G/F#Em
Be like a cloud
DG
Be like a cloud
G/F#EmDG
Be like a cloud
OutroG/F#EmDGG/F#EmDGG/F#GG/F#
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