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My Fish Ran Away
By: Tom Seley
This is a song about a fish named Rufus and his quest for freedom
My fDish ran awayG  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 day Gfor 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 awayG  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 to Ggo [What Acould have possibly possessed him to go]
DI gave him everything that a fish coulGd want…He even Atold me so
DWe used to talk over breakfast, talk a Glittle more oAver lunch
DChew the fat, chitter chat, talk about Gthis and that Aand then such and such
DMy fish ran awayG  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 strikes Gdeep 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 away A[wailingA]
My fish ran away [wailing]
My fish ran away [wailing]
My fish ran away [wailing]
DMaybe you can Ghelp 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]

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My Fish Ran Away

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My Fish Ran Away

By: Tom Seley

This is a song about a fish named Rufus and his quest for freedom

D 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

D G A

Living alone had me searchin’ for a boarder

D G A

So I bought him one day for three dollars…and a quarter

D G A

I walked out the pet store on a bright shiny summer morning

D G A

And then he left me on a cold dark day without warning…take warning!

D 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

D G A

I don’t even know why he wanted to go [What could have possibly possessed him to go]

D G A

I gave him everything that a fish could want…He even told me so

D G A

We used to talk over breakfast, talk a little more over lunch

D G A

Chew the fat, chitter chat, talk about this and that and then such and such

D 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!

Bm G A

The yearning for freedom strikes deep in all of our hearts

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…)

D G A A

My fish ran away [wailing]

D G A A

Maybe you can help me with this next part

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

Swim it on back

Take a train if you need to

We really wanna see you

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

D G A A

My fish ran away [wailing]

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