Red Rubber Ball
Cyrkle,  Simon and Garfunkel, Los Shakers, Image, The Seekers, Mel Torme, Neil Diamond

Midi 1(A86)*    Midi 2(F126)

Midi 3(A86)*-harp
Tabbed by Mark Purintun 8/08
For Diatonic harmonica

 

 

Lead in:  5 measures...

 

 RR 7    5    -5    6---->
|   I should have known |
->  6    -6 6 -5   6
| you'd bid m  e fare |
    6      7    7  7  7   5 -5    6
| well. There's a lesson to be learned |
    6    6   6 -5-6  -6   -6 -7 7  -7-----> r     -9 -9  -9    8     -8  -8 9 -9
| from this and I learned it very well. |     |  Now, I know you're not the only |
    8  -9   8  -8  7    -5   -5 -5  -5   -5    6  6  6    6    -6-->
| starfish in the sea. 'fI | never hear your name again, it's all |
-> -6  -6  -6 -7   -7 -7    -6   -6  -6 -7  7 -7 -6       -8    -7   -8   8 -9 8  -8   7   -7
| the same to me. And I | think it's gonna be alright. | Yeah, the worst is over now, the mor |
   -7   -7  7  -7 -6   -6  -6   -6  6  -5   5-----> r RR   RRRR   RRRR   RRRR
| nin' sun is shinin' like a | red rubber ball. |       |      |      |       |

   7   5 -5   6 r 6     -6 -6  6  -5  6    7     7    7    5  -5  6 6  6
| You never care for | secrets I confide. For | you, I'm just an ornament, |
   -6  -6    -7   7    -7----> r -9  -9  -9  8   -8    -8  9 -9     8     -9   8   -8   7---->
| somethin' for your pride. |    Always runnin', ne | ver carin', that's the life you live. |
->r  5 -5 r -5 -5  6-->  6    6    6   -6  -6  -6 -6  -7----> 7 -7   -6   5   -6 -7  7
|  Stol'n minutes of | your time were all you had to give. | And I think it's gonna be |
  -7  -6    -8    -7   -8   8 -9--> 8  -8    7   -7 -7   -7  7    -7 -6   -6 -6  -6  6 -5   5----->
| alright. Yeah, the worst is ov | er now - the mornin' sun is | shinin' like a red rubber ball. |
--> R   RRRR   RRRR   RRRR
|     |      |      |      |

 Rr -8  -8 -8  -5  6   -6--->6 -6  -7 -7  -6  6 -6----> -8   -8 -8  -5   6  -6--->
|  The story's in the past | with nothin' to recall, | I've got my life to live |
-> 6 -6   -7   -7   7  -8  7----> r 9   9   r 9    9  -9   8   8  -10  9    -9  9 -9  8  -8
| and I don't need you at all. |   The rol | ler-coaster ride we took is | nearly at an end, |
    -6    6   6 6   -6  -6  -6      -6    -7--> -7 -7 -7   7     -8 7
| bought my ticket with my tears, that's all | I'm gonna spend. And I |
    -7   -8  -7  7 -8  7  -7       8    -7   8   -9 9 -9  8    -8  7
| think it's gonna be alright, | yeah, the worst is over now, the mor |
   7    7  -8   7 -7   -7 -7    -7  -6 6   -8  -9 8 -8     -7   6   -7 -8 -8  7  -7 
| nin' sun is shinin' like a | red rubber ball.        | think it's gonna be alright, |
    8    -7   8   -9 9 -9  8    -8  7     7    7  -8   7 -7   -7 -7    -7  -6 6   -5----> rR
| Yeah, the worst is over now, the mor | nin' sun is shinin' like a | red rubber ball. |     |

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Cyrkle                                                                                                Simon and Garfunkel

    
Neil Diamond                                                                                         Mel Torme

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