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