Cloud Nine chords by Marvin Gaye

SimplifiedF · C · Cm · G · Bb

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Intro 1

Verse 1
C 
 (C major) Childhood part of my life,
it wasn't very pretty
You see, I was born and raised
in the slums of the city
It was a one room shack that slept ten
other children besides me
F 
We hardly had enough food or room to sleep  (F major) 
C 
Cm 
It was  (C major) hard times  (C minor) 
C 
Needed something  (C major) to ease
my troubled mind
Listen! my father didn't know
the meaning of work
He disrespected mama,
and treated us like dirt
I left home, seekin' a job that
I never did find
Depressed and downhearted
F 
I took to cloud  (F major) nine
C 
I'm  (C major) doin' fine, up here on cloud nine
F 
C 
Listen one more time  (F major) I'm doin' fine,  (C major) 
Cm 
C 
 (C minor)  (C major) up here on cloud nine
Folks down there tell me
They say, "give yourself a chance son,
F 
don't let life pass you  (F major) by"
Cm 
C 
But the world of real (C minor) ity is a rat race  (C major) 
F 
where  (F major) only the strongest survive
C 
It's a  (C major) dog eat dog world,
F 
and that ain't no  (F major) lie
G 
Listen, it ain't  (G major) even safe no more
to walk the streets at night
C 
I'm doin'  (C major) fine, on cloud nine
F 
Let me tell you about cloud nine  (F major) 
C 
 (C major) Cloud

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Verse 2
nine, you can be what
you wanna be
(Cloud nine) You ain't
F 
C 
got no re (F major) sponsibility  (C major) 
And every man, every man
is free
(Cloud nine) And you're a million miles
F 
C 
F 
C 
F 
C 
 (F major)  (C major)  (F major)  (C major)  (F major)  (C major) from reality
F 
C 
F 
C 
 (F major)  (C major)  (F major)  (C major) 
F 
C 
I  (F major) wanna say I love the life I live  (C major) 
F 
C 
And  (F major) I'm gonna live the life I love  (C major) up
F 
C 
here  (F major) on cloud nine  (C major) 
I'm riding high
F 
On cloud nine,  (F major) you're as free as a bird in
C 
Bb 
C 
flight  (C major)  (B flat major)  (C major) 
(cloud nine) There's no difference
between day and night
(cloud nine) It's a world of love
and harmony
F 
C 
 (F major) (cloud nine) You're a  (C major) million
F 
C 
 (F major) miles from real (C major) ity

Verse 3
C 
F 
C 
F 
C 
Cloud  (C major) nine,  (F major)  (C major)  (F major)  (C major) you can
F 
C 
F 
 (F major) be what you  (C major) wanna be  (F major) 
C 
Cloud  (C major) nine) You ain't
F 
C 
 (F major) got no respons (C major) ibility
F 
C 
F 
 (F major) And  (C major) every  (F major) man,
C 
F 
every man  (C major) is free  (F major) 
(cloud nine) And you're a million miles
C 
 (C major) from reality
(cloud nine) (cloud n
F 
 (F major) ine) (cloud nine)