Cloud Nine Chords by The Temptations
Tempo:
118 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
Dm
Gm
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D] The
[Dm]
[B] [D]
[G] childhood part of my life wasn't very pretty.
[Dm] See, I was born and raised in the slums of the city.
[G] There wasn't one room stacked except another churm [Em] beside [F] me.
We hardly had enough food or room to sleep.
It was hard times.
[Gb] I needed something to eat in my [D] troubled mind.
Listen, my father [G] didn't know the meaning of work.
He disrespected mama and treated us like this.
I left home seeking a job that [E] I never did [Dm] find.
Depressed and [Gm] downhearted, I took the cloud nine.
[D] I'm doing fine [Dm] up [D] here on cloud nine.
Listen, one more time.
I'm doing [Dm] fine up here [D] on cloud nine.
Folks down there tell me,
they say [Dm] give yourself a chance, son, don't let life pass [G] you by.
[Dm] But the world of [F] reality is a rat race where [G] only the strongest survive.
It's [D] a dog-eat-dog world and there ain't [G] no life.
[A] It ain't even safe no more to walk the streets at night.
[D] I'm doing
[Dm] fine up here on [D] cloud nine.
Let me tell you about cloud nine.
[Bb] You can be what you want to be.
You ain't got no responsibility.
[B] Life [Ab] is [Gm] free.
You're a million [D] miles from reality.
Ready?
Go.
[Dm]
[G] [Dm] Go.
[D] [G] I want to [D] sing I love the life I live.
[G] And I'm [Dm] going to live the life [D] I love [G] up here on [D] cloud nine.
I'm riding [Dm]
high [Bb] on cloud nine.
You're as free as [Dm] a burning [G] flame.
Cloud nine.
There's no difference between day and night.
It's a world of loving.
[Gm] Cloud nine.
You're a million [D] miles from reality.
Reality.
I want to sing I love the life [Dm]
I
[G] live.
You can be [D] what you want to [G] be.
[D] Cloud nine.
[G] You ain't got [D] no [G] responsibility.
[D] Cloud nine.
[G] [Dm]
[G] Life is free.
You're a million miles from reality.
Cloud nine.
You can be [D] what you want to [G] be.
[D] [G] [D] Cloud nine.
[G] [D]
[G] [N]
[Dm]
[B] [D]
[G] childhood part of my life wasn't very pretty.
[Dm] See, I was born and raised in the slums of the city.
[G] There wasn't one room stacked except another churm [Em] beside [F] me.
We hardly had enough food or room to sleep.
It was hard times.
[Gb] I needed something to eat in my [D] troubled mind.
Listen, my father [G] didn't know the meaning of work.
He disrespected mama and treated us like this.
I left home seeking a job that [E] I never did [Dm] find.
Depressed and [Gm] downhearted, I took the cloud nine.
[D] I'm doing fine [Dm] up [D] here on cloud nine.
Listen, one more time.
I'm doing [Dm] fine up here [D] on cloud nine.
Folks down there tell me,
they say [Dm] give yourself a chance, son, don't let life pass [G] you by.
[Dm] But the world of [F] reality is a rat race where [G] only the strongest survive.
It's [D] a dog-eat-dog world and there ain't [G] no life.
[A] It ain't even safe no more to walk the streets at night.
[D] I'm doing
[Dm] fine up here on [D] cloud nine.
Let me tell you about cloud nine.
[Bb] You can be what you want to be.
You ain't got no responsibility.
[B] Life [Ab] is [Gm] free.
You're a million [D] miles from reality.
Ready?
Go.
[Dm]
[G] [Dm] Go.
[D] [G] I want to [D] sing I love the life I live.
[G] And I'm [Dm] going to live the life [D] I love [G] up here on [D] cloud nine.
I'm riding [Dm]
high [Bb] on cloud nine.
You're as free as [Dm] a burning [G] flame.
Cloud nine.
There's no difference between day and night.
It's a world of loving.
[Gm] Cloud nine.
You're a million [D] miles from reality.
Reality.
I want to sing I love the life [Dm]
I
[G] live.
You can be [D] what you want to [G] be.
[D] Cloud nine.
[G] You ain't got [D] no [G] responsibility.
[D] Cloud nine.
[G] [Dm]
[G] Life is free.
You're a million miles from reality.
Cloud nine.
You can be [D] what you want to [G] be.
[D] [G] [D] Cloud nine.
[G] [D]
[G] [N]
Key:
D
G
Dm
Gm
B
D
G
Dm
_ _ [D] _ _ _ The _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] childhood part of my life wasn't very pretty.
[Dm] See, I was born and raised in the slums of the city.
[G] There wasn't one room stacked except another churm [Em] beside [F] me.
We hardly had enough food or room to sleep.
It was hard times.
_ [Gb] I needed something to eat in my [D] troubled mind.
_ _ _ _ Listen, my father [G] didn't know the meaning of work.
_ _ He disrespected mama and treated us like this.
I left home seeking a job that [E] I never did [Dm] find.
_ Depressed and [Gm] downhearted, I took the cloud nine.
[D] I'm doing fine _ _ [Dm] _ up [D] here on cloud nine.
Listen, one more time.
I'm doing _ [Dm] fine _ up here [D] on cloud nine.
_ _ Folks down there tell me,
they say [Dm] give yourself a chance, son, don't let life pass [G] you by.
_ [Dm] But the world of [F] reality is a rat race where [G] only the strongest survive.
It's [D] a dog-eat-dog world and there ain't [G] no life.
_ [A] It ain't even safe no more to walk the streets at night.
[D] I'm doing _
[Dm] _ fine up here on [D] cloud nine.
Let me tell you about cloud nine. _
[Bb] You can be what you want to be. _
You ain't got no _ responsibility.
[B] Life _ [Ab] _ is [Gm] free. _
You're a million [D] miles from reality.
Ready?
_ _ Go.
_ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] [Dm] Go. _ _ _
[D] _ [G] I want to [D] sing I love the life I live.
[G] And I'm [Dm] going to live the life [D] I love [G] up here on [D] cloud nine. _ _
_ _ I'm riding _ [Dm] _
high _ _ [Bb] on cloud nine.
You're as free as [Dm] a burning [G] flame.
Cloud nine.
There's no difference between day and night.
_ It's a world of loving.
_ [Gm] Cloud nine.
You're a million [D] miles from reality.
_ Reality.
I want to sing I love the life _ _ [Dm] _ _
I _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ live.
You can be [D] what you want to [G] be.
[D] Cloud nine.
[G] You ain't got [D] no [G] responsibility.
[D] Cloud nine.
[G] _ _ [Dm] _
[G] Life is free.
_ You're a million miles from reality.
Cloud nine.
You can be [D] what you want to [G] be.
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ [D] Cloud nine.
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] childhood part of my life wasn't very pretty.
[Dm] See, I was born and raised in the slums of the city.
[G] There wasn't one room stacked except another churm [Em] beside [F] me.
We hardly had enough food or room to sleep.
It was hard times.
_ [Gb] I needed something to eat in my [D] troubled mind.
_ _ _ _ Listen, my father [G] didn't know the meaning of work.
_ _ He disrespected mama and treated us like this.
I left home seeking a job that [E] I never did [Dm] find.
_ Depressed and [Gm] downhearted, I took the cloud nine.
[D] I'm doing fine _ _ [Dm] _ up [D] here on cloud nine.
Listen, one more time.
I'm doing _ [Dm] fine _ up here [D] on cloud nine.
_ _ Folks down there tell me,
they say [Dm] give yourself a chance, son, don't let life pass [G] you by.
_ [Dm] But the world of [F] reality is a rat race where [G] only the strongest survive.
It's [D] a dog-eat-dog world and there ain't [G] no life.
_ [A] It ain't even safe no more to walk the streets at night.
[D] I'm doing _
[Dm] _ fine up here on [D] cloud nine.
Let me tell you about cloud nine. _
[Bb] You can be what you want to be. _
You ain't got no _ responsibility.
[B] Life _ [Ab] _ is [Gm] free. _
You're a million [D] miles from reality.
Ready?
_ _ Go.
_ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] [Dm] Go. _ _ _
[D] _ [G] I want to [D] sing I love the life I live.
[G] And I'm [Dm] going to live the life [D] I love [G] up here on [D] cloud nine. _ _
_ _ I'm riding _ [Dm] _
high _ _ [Bb] on cloud nine.
You're as free as [Dm] a burning [G] flame.
Cloud nine.
There's no difference between day and night.
_ It's a world of loving.
_ [Gm] Cloud nine.
You're a million [D] miles from reality.
_ Reality.
I want to sing I love the life _ _ [Dm] _ _
I _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ live.
You can be [D] what you want to [G] be.
[D] Cloud nine.
[G] You ain't got [D] no [G] responsibility.
[D] Cloud nine.
[G] _ _ [Dm] _
[G] Life is free.
_ You're a million miles from reality.
Cloud nine.
You can be [D] what you want to [G] be.
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ [D] Cloud nine.
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _