Biography:
The Incredible String Band (sometimes abbreviated as ISB) was a psychedelic folk band formed in Scotland in 1966. The band built a considerable following, especially within the British counterculture, before splitting up in 1974. The group's members are musical pioneers in psychedelic folk and, by integrating a wide variety of traditional music forms and instruments, in the development of world music. The group reformed in 1999 and continued to perform until 2006.
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- A Very Cellular Song
- Air
- Blues For The Muse
- Chinese White
- Cousin Caterpillar
- Dear Old Battlefield
- Ducks On A Pond
- Empty Pocket Blues
- Everythings Fine Right Now
- Greatest Friend
- Jobs Tears
- Koeeoaddi There
- Little Cloud
- Log Cabin Home In The Sky
- Long Time Sun
- Lordly Nightshade
- Minotaurs Song
- No Sleep Blues
- October Song
- Painting Box
- Smoke Shovelling Song
- The Hedgehogs Song
- There Is A Green Crown
- Turquoise Blue
- Way Back In The 1960S
- When You Find Out Who You Are
- Witchs Hat
- Worlds They Rise And Fall
- You Get Brighter
- You Know What You Could Be
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
[Intro]
N.C.
How sweet to be a cloud, floating in the blue.
C G C
[Verse 1]
C
Lying awake, late the other night
C G7 C G C
Heard ab-ove me a trembling,
C
I looked up, it was a little cloud,
C G7 C G C
From which a golden string was dangling;
C
You know, I gave the string a little pull,
C G7 C G C
Just to see what was on the other end.
C
Just then a voice came down to me, an' says,
C F C G C
"Hey, now, don't you want to be my friend,
[Chorus]
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."
[Chorus]
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."
[Chorus]
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,
[Chorus]
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
N.C.
How sweet to be a cloud, floating in the blue.
C G C
[Verse 1]
C
Lying awake, late the other night
C G7 C G C
Heard ab-ove me a trembling,
C
I looked up, it was a little cloud,
C G7 C G C
From which a golden string was dangling;
C
You know, I gave the string a little pull,
C G7 C G C
Just to see what was on the other end.
C
Just then a voice came down to me, an' says,
C F C G C
"Hey, now, don't you want to be my friend,
[Chorus]
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."
[Chorus]
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."
[Chorus]
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,
[Chorus]
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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