[Intro/Verse - Tab] (lead guitar melody) E A B A e|-4-------5-4-5/7-|(7)------5-4-5-4-| B|-----------------|-----------------| G|-----------------|-----------------| D|-----------------|-----------------| A|-----------------|-----------------| E|-----------------|-----------------| / = slide up into note, (7) = hold note over bar line OR E A B A e|-x-------10------|7------10---------| B|-9-------11-10-11|7------11-10-11-10| G|-9-------10------|8------10---------| D|-9--------x------|9------x----------| A|-7--------0------|9------0----------| E|-----------------|7-----------------|
[Intro - Can play some Amaj7 to simulate main intro riff] [E][A-Amaj7-A)][B][A-Amaj7-A-Amaj7] x2
[Verse 1] I [E] live on an [A] apartment on the [B] ninety ninth [A] floor of my [E] block [A][B][A] And I [E] sit at home lookin' [A] out of the window [B] imaginin' the [A] world has stopped [E][A][B][A] Then [E] in flies a [A] guy who's all dressed [B] up just like a [A] Union Jack [E][A][B][A] And says [E] I've won five [A] pounds if I have [B] this kind of [A] detergent [E] pack [A][B][A]
[Chorus] [E] Hey (hey), [E/G#] you (you), get [A] off of my [B] cloud [E] Hey (hey), [E/G#] you (you), get [A] off of my [B] cloud [E] Hey (hey), [E/G#] you (you), get [A] off of my [B] cloud [D] Don't hang around, 'cause [B] two's a crowd on my cloud [E] baby [A][B][A]
[Verse 2] The [E] telephone is [A] ringin', I say [B] Hi it's me, who is it [A] there on the line [E][A][B][A] A [E] voice says Hi hello [A] how are you, well [B] I guess I'm [A] doin' fine [E][A][B][A] He says it's [E] three a.m., there's [A] too much noise, don't you [B] people ever wanna [A] go to bed [E][A][B][A] Just cause [E] you feel so [A] good, do you have to [B] drive me [A] out of my head [E][A][B][A]
[Chorus] I said [E] Hey (hey), [E/G#(422100)] you (you), get [A] off of my [B] cloud [E] Hey (hey), [E/G#] you (you), get [A] off of my [B] cloud [E] Hey (hey), [E/G#] you (you), get [A] off of my [B] cloud [D] Don't hang around, 'cause [B] two's a crowd on my cloud [E] baby [A][B][A]
[Verse 3] I was [E] sick and tired, fed up [A] with this and de [B] cided to take a [A] drive down town [E][A][B][A] It was [E] so very quiet and [A] peaceful, there was [B] nobody, not a [A] soul around [E][A][B][A] I [E] laid myself [A] out, I was so [B] tired and I [A] started to dr [E] eam [A][B][A] In the [E] morning the parking [A] tickets were just like [B] flags, [A] stuck on my wind [E] screen [A][B][A]
[Chorus] I said [E] Hey (hey), [E/G#] you (you), get [A] off of my [B] cloud [E] Hey (hey), [E/G#] you (you), get [A] off of my [B] cloud [E] Hey (hey), [E/G#] you (you), get [A] off of my [B] cloud [D] Don't hang around, 'cause [B] two's a crowd on my cloud
[E] Hey (hey), [E/G#] you (you), get [A] off of my [B] cloud [E] Hey (hey), [E/G#] you (you), get [A] off of my [B] cloud [E] Hey (hey), [E/G#] you (you), get [A] off of my [B] cloud[D] Don't hang around, 'cause [B] two's a crowd on my cloud baby
Riff in final section - xxx232 xxx232 xxx235 x42224 x42222 x4222(2) - emphasis on B string INTRO RIFF - A to G with b ringing 3x0003 then hammer on 3x0023 then D (barre 222 with 1st finger this to be able to play the notes) is D 0232 0252 0222 0202 0222 then G with B ringing 3x0003 then xx043x xx023x xx043x then A Violin line during Chorus - D 0232 0252 0222 0202 (not back to Dmaj7) D G A Riff during Verse is xx043x xx023x xx043x then A [Intro] BPM 123 | A G | D/F# | G | D G A |
[Verse 1] I was [A] working part [G] time in a [D/F#] five-and-dime, My [G] boss was Mr. McGee. [D][G][A] [A] He told me several [G] times that he [D/F#] didn't like my kind, 'Cause [G] I was a bit 2 leisurely. [D][G][A] [A] Seems that I was [G] busy doing [D/F#] something close 2 nothing, But [G] different than the day before. [D][G][A] [A] That's when I [G] saw her, [D/F#] ooh, I saw her She walked [G] in through the out door (out door).
[Chorus] She wore a [A] Rasp [G] berry beret [D/F#] The [G] kind U find in a se [D] cond [G] hand [A] store [A]Rasp [G] berry beret [D/F#] And [G] if it was warm she wouldn't wear [D] much [A] more [A]Rasp [G] berry beret [D/F#] I think I [E] love [A] her
[Verse 2] [A] Built like she [G] was, uh, [D/F#] she had the nerve 2 ask me If I [G] planned 2 do her any harm [D][G][A] [A] So, look here, I put her on the back [G] of my bike and-a [D/F#] we went riding [G] Down by old man Johnson's farm [D][G][A] [A] I said now, overcast [G] days never [D/F#] turned me on But [G] something about the clouds and her mixed [D][G][A] [A] She wasn't [G] 2 bright but [D/F#] I could tell When she kissed [G] m
She knew how 2 get her kicks
[Chorus] She wore a [A] Rasp [G] berry beret [D/F#] The [G] kind U find in a se [D] cond [G] hand [A] store [A] Rasp [G] berry beret [D/F#] And [G] if it was warm she wouldn't wear [D] much [A] more [A] Rasp [G] berry beret [D/F#] I think I [E] love [A] her
[Verse 3] [D] The rain [A/C#] sounds so cool [D] when it [A/C#] hits the barn roof, [NC] And the horses wonder who U are. [D] Thunder [A/C#] drowns out what the [D] lightning sees [A/C#] U [NC] feel like a movie star Listen, [G] they say [F#m] the first time [E] ain't the greatest But I tell ya, [NC] if I had the chance 2 do it all again I [G] wouldn't change a stroke 'cause [F#m] baby I'm the most, With a [E] girl as fine as she was then. (chorus repeated to fade)
