The Incredible String Band

Little Cloud(Ukulele chords)

The Incredible String Band

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Intro 
N.C. 
How sweet to be a cloud, floating in the blue. 

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verse 1 
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Lying awake, late the other night 
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Heard ab-ove me a trembling, 
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I looked up, it was a little cloud, 
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From which a  golden string was dangling; 
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You know, I gave the string a little pull, 
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Just to see what was on the other end. 
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Just then a voice came down to me, an' says, 
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'Hey, now, don't you want to be my friend, 

G C G C And float with me to distant lands, wondrous and fair; G C G C Float with me to distant lands wondrous and fair? F C G C Ya-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta, ta-ta-tah-tah, ta-ta-tah-tah, pow-wow F C G C Ya-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta, ta-ta-tah-tah, ta-ta-tah-tah, pow-wow
verse 2 C You see I'm just a happy little cloud, C G7 C G C I laugh and float and sing my song, C But the other clouds don't like me none. C G7 C G C They say I am behaving very wrong. C You see a cloud’s supposed to be sad, C G7 C G C To cry and weep and tear its hair and all, C It don't matter how hard I try, C F C G C I can't get the first little tear to fall.'
G C G C Oh float with me to distant lands, wondrous and fair; G C G C Float with me to distant lands wondrous and fair? F C G C Ya-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta, ta-ta-tah-tah, ta-ta-tah-tah, pow-wow F C G C Ya-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta, ta-ta-tah-tah, ta-ta-tah-tah, pow-wow
verse 3 C I said, 'Hey, I like you little cloud, C G7 C G C You are a nice little fellow, yes.' C 'You making some, kind of a joke?', said the cloud, G7 C G C 'Now can't you see I'm wearing such a pretty dress? C You see I am the prettiest little chick cloud C G7 C G C That you'd find anywhere up above. C I just dropped in on you a while C F C G C To see if you could give me some kind of love.'
G C G C And float with me to distant lands, wondrous and fair; G C G C Float with me to distant lands wondrous and fair? F C G C Ya-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta, ta-ta-tah-tah, ta-ta-tah-tah, pow-wow F C G C Ya-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta, ta-ta-tah-tah, ta-ta-tah-tah, pow-wow
verse 4 C Just then the chief cloud come into view C G7 C G C And says, 'Hey, girl, now what you think you're doing there? C I told you so many times before C F C G C You just don't seem at all to care. C You know you should be floating up above, now C F C G C Don't let me catch you down here again.' C And as my cloud pulled out of view, C F C G C There come falling down a gentle shower of rain. C Happy rain come falling down, C G7 C G C Red, green, blue and golden. C And every drop, as it fell, it smiled F C G C And, throwing back its head, began singing,
G C G C Oh float with me to distant lands, wondrous and fair; G C G C Float with me to distant lands wondrous and fair? F C G C Ya-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta, ta-ta-tah-tah, ta-ta-tah-tah, pow-wow F C G C Ya-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta, ta-ta-tah-tah, ta-ta-tah-tah, pow-wow
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