Written by Paul Simon (Simon & Garfunkel) and Bruce Woodley (The Seekers)
Recorded by The Cyrkle in 1966



Intro: A F#m D E

A (x02220@1)           C#m (x13321@4)        D (xx0232@1)    A1. (x02220@1)I should have known you'd bid me farewell

A (x02220@1)          C#m (x13321@4)                      D (xx0232@1)             E (022100@1) 
There's a lesson to be learned from this and I've learned it very well

D (xx0232@1)               E (022100@1)          A (x02220@1)             F#mNow (244222@1)I know you're not the only starfish in the sea

Bm (x24432@1)            C#m (x13321@4)             D (xx0232@1)            C#7If (x4342x@1)I never hear your name again, it's all the same to me

Chorus:

F#m (244222@1)                          BmAnd (x24432@1)I think it's gonna be all right, yeah, the worst is over now

E (022100@1)                            D (xx0232@1)        A (x02220@1)   
The morning sun is shining like a red rubber ball

Interlude:  A  F#m  E

A (x02220@1)       C#m (x13321@4)      D (xx0232@1)         A (x02220@1)2. You never cared for secrets I'd confide

A (x02220@1)             C#m (x13321@4)      D (xx0232@1)                E (022100@1)   
For you I'm just an ornament, something for your pride

D (xx0232@1)             E (022100@1)           A (x02220@1)                 F#mAlways (244222@1)running, never caring, that's the life you live

Bm (x24432@1)           C#m (x13321@4)              D (xx0232@1)            C#7Stolen (x4342x@1)minutes of your time were all you had to give

Chorus:

F#m (244222@1)                          BmAnd (x24432@1)I think it's gonna be all right, yeah, the worst is over now

E (022100@1)                           D (xx0232@1)        A (x02220@1)  
The morning sun is shining like a red rubber ball

Interlude: A  F#m  F

Bb (x1333x@1)           Dm (xx0231@1)       Eb (x43121@3)        Bb3. (x1333x@1)The story's in the past with nothing to recall

Bb (x1333x@1)          Dm (xx0231@1)        Eb (x43121@3)              F (133211@1)  
I've got my life to live and I don't need you at all

Eb (x43121@3)            F (133211@1)             Bb (x1333x@1)        GmThe (355333@1)roller-coaster ride we took is nearly at an end

Cm (x3101x@1)             Dm (xx0231@1)                  Eb (x43121@3)           D7I (xx0212@1)bought my ticket with my tears, that's all I'm gonna spend

Chorus:

Gm (355333@1)                           CmAnd (x3101x@1)I think it's gonna be all right, yeah, the worst is over now

F (133211@1)                           Eb (x43121@3)        BbThe (x1333x@1)morning sun is shining like a red rubber ball,  whoa-oh

Gm (355333@1)                           CmI (x3101x@1)think it's gonna be all right, yeah, the worst is over now

F (133211@1)                           Eb (x43121@3)        BbThe (x1333x@1)morning sun is shining like a red rubber ball

Outro:

Bb Gm Eb Bb