Chords:
{t:Swimming Song, The}
{artist:Loudon Wainwright III}
{key:G}
Loudon Wainwright III: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ne6eS_SmccQ Capo 2
{c: }
[G] This summer [D] I went [G] swimming
This [D] summer I might have [Em] drowned
But I [Em] held my breath and I [C] kicked my feet
And I [D] moved my arms [Em] around, I [D] moved my arms [G] around
[G] This summer I [D] swam in the [G] ocean
And I [D] swam in a swimming [Em] pool
[Em] Salt my wounds, chlo-[C]rine my eyes
I'm a [D] self-destructive [Em] fool, I'm a [D] self-destructive [G] fool
{sos}
[G] This summer [D] I went [G] swimming
This [D] summer I might have [Em] drowned
But I [Em] held my breath and I [C] kicked my feet
And I [D] moved my arms [Em] around, I [D] moved my arms [G] around
{eos}
This [G] summer I [D] did the [G] backstroke
And you [D] know that's not [Em] all
I did the [Em] breast stroke and the [C] butterfly
And the [D] old Australian [Em] crawl, the [D] old Australian [G] crawl
This [G] summer I [D] swam in a [G] public place
And a [D] reservoir, to [Em] boot
At the [Em] latter I was in-[C]formal
At the [D] former I wore my [Em] suit, I [D] wore my swimming [G] suit
{sos}
[G] This summer [D] I went [G] swimming
This [D] summer I might have [Em] drowned
But I [Em] held my breath and I [C] kicked my feet
And I [D] moved my arms [Em] around, I [D] moved my arms [G] around
{eos}
This [G] summer [D] I did [G] swan dives
And [D] jackknifes for you [Em] all
And [Em] once when you weren't [C] looking
I [D] did a cannon-[Em]ball, I [D] did a cannon-[G]ball
[G] This summer [D] I went [G] swimming
This [D] summer I might have [Em] drowned
But I [Em] held my breath and I [C] kicked my feet
And I [D] moved my arms [Em] around
I [D] moved my arms [G] around
{sos}
[G] This summer [D] I went [G] swimming
This [D] summer I might have [Em] drowned
But I [Em] held my breath and I [C] kicked my feet
And I [D] moved my arms [Em] around, I [D] moved my arms [G] around
{eos}
