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