Mr Seley - My fish ran away

My f^Cish ran away ^{F G} My fish ran away Rufus and I were the best of friends I fed him ev-e-ry day…ev-e-ry day

^CLiving alone had me se^Farchin’ for a b^Goarder ^CSo I bought him one day^F for three dollars…and a^G quarter ^CI walked out the pet s^Ftore on a bright shiny summ^Ger morning ^CAnd then he left me on a cold dar^Fk day without war^Gning…take warning!

^CMy fish ran away ^{F G} My fish ran away Rufus and I were the best of friends I fed him ev-e-ry day…ev-e-ry day

^CI don’t even know why he wanted ^Fto go [Wh^Gat could have possibly possessed him to go] ^CI gave him everything that a fish coul^Fd want…He ev^Gen told me so ^CWe used to talk over breakfast, talk a^F little more o^Gver lunch ^CChew the fat, chitter chat, talk about^F this and that^G and then such and such

^CMy fish ran away ^{F G} My fish ran away Rufus and I were the best of friends I fed him ev-e-ry day…ev-e-ry day!

^AmThe yearning for freedom strikes^F deep in all of our h^Gearts 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…)

^CMy fish r^Fan away^G [wailing^G] My fish ran away [wailing] My fish ran away [wailing] My fish ran away [wailing]

^CMaybe you can^F help me wit^Gh this next p^Gart 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!!!

^CMy fish ra^Fn away [^Gwailing^G] My fish ran away [wailing] My fish ran away [wailing] My fish ran away [wailing]