Red Rubber Ball
by paul simon

Bb            Dm          Eb         Bb
I should have known you'd bid me farewell
                       Dm                      Eb              F7
there's a lesson to be learned from this and I learned it very well
Eb                F            Bb               Gm
now I know you're not the only starfish in the sea
     Cm              Dm              Ab              D7
if I never hear your name again it's all the same to me

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       Gm
and I think it's gonna be all right
Cm
yeah, the worst is over now
F                                     Eb         Bb    Gm F7
now the morning sun is shining like a red rubber ball

you never cared for secrets I'd confide
for you I'm just an ornament something for your pride
always running never caring that's the life you live
stolen minutes of your time where all you had to give

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the stories in the past with nothing to recall
I've got my life to live and I don't need you at all
the roller coaster ride we took is nearly at an end
I bought my ticket with my tears that's all I'm gonna spend

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