My Fish Ran Away Chords

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My fDish ran away G A

My fish ran away

Rufus and I were the best of friends

I fed him ev-e-ry day

ev-e-ry day

DLiving alone had me seGarchin’ for a boaArder

DSo I bought him one dayG for three dollars…and a qAuarter

DI walked out the pet sGtore on a bright shiny summAer morning

DAnd then he left me on a cold darGk day without warAning…take warning!

DMy fish ran away G A

My fish ran away

Rufus and I were the best of friends

I fed him ev-e-ry day…ev-e-ry day

DI don’t even know why he wanted toG go [WhatA could have possibly possessed him to go]

DI gave him everything that a fish coulGd want…He evenA told me so

DWe used to talk over breakfast, talk aG little more oAver lunch

DChew the fat, chitter chat, talk aboutG this and thatA and then such and such

DMy fish ran away G A

My fish ran away

Rufus and I were the best of friends

I fed him ev-e-ry day…ev-e-ry day!

BmThe yearning for freedom strikesG deep in all of our hAearts

Saying farewell to the ones we love must be the hardest part

He could have at least left a note for me to find

Now I’ll never know what happened to that good friend of mine (All I know is…)

DMy fish rGan awayA [wailingA]

My fish ran away [wailing]

My fish ran away [wailing]

My fish ran away [wailing]

DMaybe you canG help me witAh this next pAart

I have sneaking suspicion that Rufus is out there somewhere

And that if we just let him know that he’s welcome back at any time

The fishbowl is waiting on the counter and we’ve got some food for him in

a half-full thing of fish food (that’s not too far past it’s expiration date).

That maybe, just maybe, if he knows that we all miss him very much

He’ll return to the fish bowl on the counter and I can bring him to the class and he can

the class pet. We’ll make him the class pet. We’d even make him the class president.

make him the President. Rufus for president!!!

Repeat after me:

Rufus come back

Rufus come back

Swim it on back

Swim it on back

Take a train if you need to

Take a train if you need to

We really wanna see you

We really wanna see you

Sincerely: Yeah, I think it’s gonna work.

DMy fish raGn away [AwailingA]

My fish ran away [wailing]

My fish ran away [wailing]

My fish ran away [wailing]