{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":873227,"song":"My Fish Ran Away","artist":"Mr Seley","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11604046-my-fish-ran-away-chords-by-mr-seley/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/873227?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"My Fish Ran Away\r\nBy: Tom Seley\r\n\r\nThis is a song about a fish named Rufus and his quest for freedom\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nMy fish ran away[/tab]\r\nMy fish ran away\r\nRufus and I were the best of friends\r\nI fed him ev-e-ry day…ev-e-ry day\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLiving alone had me searchin’ for a boarder[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSo I bought him one day for three dollars…and a quarter[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI walked out the pet store on a bright shiny summer morning[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd then he left me on a cold dark day without warning…take warning![/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nMy fish ran away[/tab]\r\nMy fish ran away\r\nRufus and I were the best of friends\r\nI fed him ev-e-ry day…ev-e-ry day\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI don’t even know why he wanted to go [What could have possibly possessed him to go][/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                     [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI gave him everything that a fish could want…He even told me so[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                     [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe used to talk over breakfast, talk a little more over lunch[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                     [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nChew the fat, chitter chat, talk about this and that and then such and such[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nMy fish ran away[/tab]\r\nMy fish ran away\r\nRufus and I were the best of friends\r\nI fed him ev-e-ry day…ev-e-ry day!\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe yearning for freedom strikes deep in all of our hearts[/tab]\r\nSaying farewell to the ones we love must be the hardest part\r\nHe could have at least left a note for me to find\r\nNow I’ll never know what happened to that good friend of mine (All I know is…)\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nMy fish ran away [wailing][/tab]\r\nMy fish ran away [wailing]\r\nMy fish ran away [wailing]\r\nMy fish ran away [wailing]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nMaybe you can help me with this next part[/tab]\r\nI have sneaking suspicion that Rufus is out there somewhere\r\nAnd that if we just let him know that he’s welcome back at any time\r\nThe fishbowl is waiting on the counter and we’ve got some food for him in\r\na half-full thing of fish food (that’s not too far past it’s expiration date).\r\nThat maybe, just maybe, if he knows that we all miss him very much\r\nHe’ll return to the fish bowl on the counter and I can bring him to the class and he can \r\nthe class pet.  We’ll make him the class pet.  We’d even make him the class president.  \r\nmake him the President.  Rufus for president!!!\r\n\r\nRepeat after me:\r\nRufus come back\r\nRufus come back\r\n\r\nSwim it on back\r\nSwim it on back\r\n\r\nTake a train if you need to\r\nTake a train if you need to\r\n\r\nWe really wanna see you\r\nWe really wanna see you\r\n\r\nSincerely: Yeah, I think it’s gonna work.\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nMy fish ran away [wailing][/tab]\r\nMy fish ran away [wailing]\r\nMy fish ran away [wailing]\r\nMy fish ran away [wailing]","plain_text":"My Fish Ran Away\nBy: Tom Seley\n\nThis is a song about a fish named Rufus and his quest for freedom\n\n\nMy fish ran away\nRufus and I were the best of friends\nI fed him ev-e-ry day…ev-e-ry day\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMy fish ran away\nRufus and I were the best of friends\nI fed him ev-e-ry day…ev-e-ry day\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMy fish ran away\nRufus and I were the best of friends\nI fed him ev-e-ry day…ev-e-ry day!\n\n\nSaying farewell to the ones we love must be the hardest part\nHe could have at least left a note for me to find\nNow I’ll never know what happened to that good friend of mine (All I know is…)\n\n\n\nMy fish ran away [wailing]\nMy fish ran away [wailing]\nMy fish ran away [wailing]\n\n\nI have sneaking suspicion that Rufus is out there somewhere\nAnd that if we just let him know that he’s welcome back at any time\nThe fishbowl is waiting on the counter and we’ve got some food for him in\na half-full thing of fish food (that’s not too far past it’s expiration date).\nThat maybe, just maybe, if he knows that we all miss him very much\nHe’ll return to the fish bowl on the counter and I can bring him to the class and he can \nthe class pet.  We’ll make him the class pet.  We’d even make him the class president.  \nmake him the President.  Rufus for president!!!\n\nRepeat after me:\nRufus come back\nRufus come back\n\nSwim it on back\nSwim it on back\n\nTake a train if you need to\nTake a train if you need to\n\nWe really wanna see you\nWe really wanna see you\n\nSincerely: Yeah, I think it’s gonna work.\n\n\nMy fish ran away [wailing]\nMy fish ran away [wailing]\nMy fish ran away [wailing]","chords":["D","G","A","Bm"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}