Tom: G
G C G C G G/F# G G/F#
[Verse 1]
G G/F# G
Who said I was original?
C
Who said I was allowed
C/A G G/F# G
To sing as if I really sing, to write as if I really write?
G/F# G C
Who said that I could suddenly get up from underneath?
G G/F# Em D G
And walk away completely stumbling between each breath I breathe
G/F# Em D G
And walk away sublimely stumbling between each breath I breathe
G/F# G
Who said I was allowed?
[Verse 2]
G/F# G C
I once flew by a real tall wall with ivy all around
C/A G
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
G G/F# Em
But it was far, so far and cold above
D G
Inside that big above
But it was far
G/F# Em D G
And far and cold inside that big above
[Chorus]
C
Don't ask for their permission
G
They'll never say that you're allowed
G/F# Em
Be like a cloud
D G
'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
D G
'Cause you're no worse than a cloud
[Verse 3]
G/F# G
And so I walked to everywhere
C
And stopped in every town
C/A G
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
G G/F# Em
And I prefer on any day
D G
A big green apple in its place
G/F# Em
And I'd prefer on any day
D G
A big green apple in its place
[Chorus]
C
Don't ask for their permission
G
They'll never say that you're allowed
G/F# Em
Be like a cloud
D G
'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
D G
'Cause you're no worse than a cloud
[Verse 4]
G/F# G
And so I closed my eyes and walked
C
And when I opened them again
C/A G
I knew the clouds had snowed on me
G/F# G
And then they poured on me some rain
G/F# G C
There stood this cold icicle the very shape and form of me
G G/F#
I tried to cry but couldn't
Em D G
So instead, I made myself a cup of tea
G/F#
I tried to cry but couldn't
Em D G
So instead, I made myself a cup of tea
[Chorus]
C
Don't ask for their permission
G
They'll never say that you're allowed
G/F# Em
Be like a cloud
D G
'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
D G
'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/A G
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
G G/F# Em D G
As you walk off sublimely stumbling, sublimely slipping on the ice
G/F# Em D G
As you walk off sublimely stumbling, sublimely slipping on the ice
[Outro]
C
Don't ask for their permission
G
They'll never say that you're allowed
G/F# Em
Be like a cloud
D G
'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 D G
Be like a cloud
G/F# Em D G
Be like a cloud
G/F# Em
Be like a cloud
D G
Be like a cloud
G/F# Em D G
Be like a cloud
