Rubber Ball

Cage The Elephant

RockMedium for beginners7 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

Am7

BbDiagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

 
              Intro F  F/C  F  F/C  Am7  Am/E  Am7  Am/E 
        F  F/C  F  F/C  Am7  Am/E  Am7  Am/E 
 
F       F/C          F            F/C 
Rolling around like a big rubber ball 
Am7       Am/E         Am7        Am/E 
Writing this song about some things that I saw 
F       F/C          F            F/C 
Trying to stand like a big strong tough man 
Am7       Am/E         Am7        Am/E 
Finding out fast that I'm sinking in sand 
 
Bb   Bb/F   Bb   Bb/F 
All I got is nothing but 
F       F/C        F       F/C 
A little bit of love and gonna 
Bb   Bb/F   Bb   Bb/F 
Give it to the people then they'll 
C     C/G       C      C/G 
See, then they'll see 
 
F       F/C          F            F/C 
Spinning the tops as the tables they turn 
Am7       Am/E         Am7        Am/E 
Made some mistakes but I still couldn't learn 
F       F/C          F            F/C 
Covered my tracks, thought I was fine 
Am7       Am/E         Am7        Am/E 
Got no self control now I'm back here in line 
 
Bb   Bb/F   Bb   Bb/F 
All I got is nothing but 
F       F/C        F       F/C 
A little bit of love and gonna 
Bb   Bb/F   Bb   Bb/F 
Give it to the people then they'll 
C     C/G       C      C/G 
See, then they'll see

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Chord set

F · C · Am7 · Am · E · Bb · G

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.