[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
Play twice - just with bass drum E -7-8--10-8--7----12-13-15-13-12----7-8--10-8--7--------- B -8-10-12-10-8----13-15-17-15-13----8-10-12-10-8----7--7-8-10 G ---------------------------------------------------7--7-----
[Verse - Drums in] [G] Hey where did [C] we go, [G] days when the [D] rains came [G] Down in the [C] hollow, [G] playin' a [D] new game [G] Laughin' and a- [C] runnin' hey, hey, [G] skippin' and a- [D] jumpin' [G] In the misty [C] mornin' fog with, [G] ah, our [D] hearts thumpin' and [C] you [D] My brown-eyed [G] girl, [Em] [C] you're my [D] brown-eyed [G] girl [D7]
[Verse] [G] Whatever [C] happened, [G] to Tuesday is [D] so slow [G] Goin' down the [C] old mine with a [G] transistor [D] radio [G] Standin' in the [C] sunlight laughin', [G] hidin' behind a [D] rainbow's wall [G] Slippin' and a- [C] slidin' [G] all along the [D] waterfall with yo [C] u [D] My brown-eyed [G] girl, [Em] [C] you're my [D] brown-eyed [G] girl
[D7] Do you remember when we used to
[Chorus] [G] sing Sha la la [C] la la la la [G] la la la la te [D] da (just like that) [G] Sha la la [C] la la la la [G] la la la la te [D] da, la te [G] da [G][G]
[Bass solo - JUST BASS DRUM] (Can play G then ascend on A string 0 2 3 to C then play D x5777 x5555 to allude to riff) --G-G--G--G--G-----------C------G--------D------- D 5-55-55-55-5--------------2-4-5---------------5 A ----------------------23-3-----------3-5--55-7 E --------------3---3-3-------------------------
[Verse - DRUMS BACK IN] [G] So hard to [C] find my way, [G] now that I'm all [D] on my own [G] I saw you just the [C] other day, [G] my, how [D] you have grown [G] Cast my memory [C] back there, Lord, [G] sometimes I'm [D] overcome thinkin' about [G] Makin' love in the [C] green grass, [G] behind the [D] stadium with [C] you [D] My brown-eyed [G] girl, [Em] [C] a-you're my [D] brown-eyed [G] girl
[D7] Do you remember when we used to
[Chorus] [G] sing Sha la la [C] la la la la [G] la la la la te [D] da (just like that) [G] Sha la la [C] la la la la [G] la la la la te [D] da, la te [G] da [G][G]
