Simon & Garfunkel – Red Rubber Ball (Guitar)

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Red Rubber Ball chords * Simon and Garfunkel 1966 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Rubber_Ball
C             Em          F          C
I should have known you'd bid me farewell.

                       Em
There's a lesson to be learned from this

         F               G7
and I've learned it very well.

F                 G
Now I know you're not 

         C               Am
the only starfish in the sea.

     Dm              Em
If I never hear your name again 

     F               E7
it's all the same to me.

      Am
And I think it's gonna be all right.

Dm
Yeah, the worst is over now,

    G                             F          C    Am G7
The morning sun is shining like a red rubber ball.

C         Em        F              C
You never cared for secrets I'd confide.

                    Em
For you I'm just an ornament,

F                  G7
Something for your pride.

F               G
Always running, never caring,

C                   Am
That's the life you live. 

Dm             Em
Stolen minutes of your time 

     F              E7
were all you had to give.

      Am
And I think it's gonna be all right.

Dm
Yeah, the worst is over now,

    G                             F          C    Am G7
The morning sun is shining like a red rubber ball.

    C              Em        F            C
The story's in the past with nothing to recall.

                    Em
I've got my life to live and I 

F                 G7
don't need you at all

F                  G
The roller coaster ride we took is

C            Am
nearly at an end.

Dm                 Em
I bought my ticket with my tears, 

F                    E7
that's all I'm gonna spend.

      Am
And I think it's gonna be all right.

Dm
Yeah, the worst is over now,

    G                             F          C    
The morning sun is shining like a red rubber ball.  2x
* Alternate: Capo III C = A Em = C#m F = D G7 = E7 G = E Am = F#m Dm = Bm E7 = C#7 Set8