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