Key: Bb major
Intro 1
A
Verse 1
D
A
This summer I went swimming,
Bm
F#m
this summer I might have drowned,
A
E
but I held my breath and kicked my feet,
F#m
moved my arms around.
E
I moved my arms around.
A
This summer I swam in the ocean,
E
and I swam in a swimming pool.
F#m
D
A
Salt my wounds, green my eyes,
E
F#m
I'm a self -destructive fool
D
E
A
F#m
D
A
Self -destructive fool
E
D
A
This summer I did the backstroke
E
F#m
And you know that that's not all
D
I did the breaststroke,
A
E
the butterfly and the old
Australian crawl
F#m
The old
D
E
A
Australian crawl
This summer I swam in a public
E
F#m
place in a reservoir to boot
D
A
At the letter I was a performer,
E
F#m
at the former I wore my suit
D
E
A
E
I wore my swimming suit
F#m
D
A
E
F#m
D
E
A
This summer I did swan dives
E
F#m
and jackknifes for you all
D
And once when you weren't
A
E
looking I did a cannonball
F#m
D
E
A
I all, I didn't kill them all
E
F#m
D
A
E
F#m
D
E
A
This summer I went swimming
E
F#m
This summer I might have drowned
D
A
But I held my breath and kicked my feet
E
F#m
And moved my arms around
D
E
A
I moved my arms around
you
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