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