THE SWIMMING SONG
Loudon Wainwright III
[C] [C] [C] [C]
{c:First verse}
|: [C5] [Csus4] [C] [G] [Am] [Am] [Am] [G] [Am] [G] [C] :|
This [C5] summer [Csus4] I went [C] swimming
This [G] summer I might have [Am] drowned
But I [Am] held my breath and I kicked my feet
and I [G] moved my arms a-[Am]round
I [G] moved my arms a-[C]round
This [C5] summer I [Csus4] swam in the [C] ocean
And I [G] swam in a swimming [Am] pool
[Am]Salt my wounds, chlorined my eyes
I'm a [G] self-destructive [Am] fool
I'm a [G] self-destructive [C] fool
|: [C5] [Csus4] [C] [G] [Am] [Am] [Am] [G] [Am] [G] [C] :|
This [C5] summer I [Csus4] did the [C] back stroke
And you [G] know that that's not [Am] all
I [Am] did the breast stroke and the butterfly
And the [G] old Australian [Am] crawl
The [G] old Australian [C] crawl
This [C5] summer I [Csus4] swam in a [C] public place
And a [G] reservoir to [Am] boot
At the [Am] latter I was informal
At the [G] former I wore my [Am] suit
I [G] wore my swimming [C] suit
|: [C5] [Csus4] [C] [G] [Am] [Am] [Am] [G] [Am] [G] [C] :|
Oh, this [C5] summer [Csus4] I did [C] swan dives
And [G] jack-knives for you [Am] all
And [Am] once when you weren't looking
I [G] did a cannon-[Am]ball
I [G] did a cannon-[C]ball
This [C5] summer [Csus4] I went [C] swimming
This [G] summer I might have [Am] drowned
But I [Am] held my breath and I kicked my feet
And I [G] moved my arms a-[Am]round
I [G] moved my arms a-[C]round
|: [C5] [Csus4] [C] [G] [Am] [Am] [Am] [G] [Am] [G] [C] :|
{t:THE SWIMMING SONG}
