Castle on a Cloud

Les Miserables, 1980

Composer: Claude Michel-Schonberg

Lyricist: Herbert Kretzmer

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Single notes:

C5 E4 A4 E4 x2

A4 C4 F4 C4

G#4 B3 E4 B3

A4 E4 A3 E4 x2

 
Am 
There is a  
E 
cas
F 
tle 
 
 
Dm 
on 
 
 
E 
 
 
Am 
cloud.
 
Am 
I like to  
G 
go there in my  
C 
sleep.
 
Dm 
Aren’t any  
C/E 
floors for  
E 
me 
 
 
E+ 
to 
 
 
F 
sweep,
 
Dm 
not in my  
E 
castle on a  
Am 
cloud.
 
Am 
There is a  
E 
room 
 
 
F 
that’s 
 
 
Dm 
full 
 
 
E 
of 
 
 
Am 
toys.
 
Am 
There are a  
G 
hundred boys and  
C 
girls.
 
Dm 
Nobody 
 
 
C/E 
shouts or  
E 
talks 
 
 
E+ 
too 
 
 
F 
loud,
 
Dm 
not in my  
E 
castle on a  
Am 
cloud.
 
F 
There is a lady  
C 
all in white,
 
F 
holds me and sings a  
C 
lullaby.
 
She’s  
Bb 
nice to see and she’s  
F 
soft to touch,
 
She  
E 
says “Cosette, I love you very much.”
 
Am 
I know a  
E 
place 
 
 
F 
where 
 
 
Dm 
no 
 
 
E 
one’s 
 
 
Am 
lost.
 
Am 
I know a  
G 
place where no one  
C 
cries.
 
Dm 
Crying at  
C/E 
all is  
E 
not 
 
 
E+ 
a
F 
llowed,
 
Dm 
not in my  
E 
castle on a  
Am 
cloud.