Swimming Upstream chords by
Glen Campbell
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Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Well, God blessed my daddy,
I learned so much from him
You know, he taught me at an early age,
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A

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I had to sink or swim
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D

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He said, boy, that old river of life
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can wash away your dreams
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A
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So you gotta keep right on kickin',
son,
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swimmin' up the street
Well, before I knew it,
I was out there on the street
That old gal called Lady Luck,
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A

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she wasn't kind to me
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D

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As a matter of fact,
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you could say she was downright mean
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A
A

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She kept me in way over my head,
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swimmin' up the street
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Swimmin' upstream,
swimmin' upstream
Findin' every inch of the way
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A

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for a poor boy's dream
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D

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Things will get rough,
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G

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times will get lean
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D

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But the only choice you've got's
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A

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to keep swimmin' upstream
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D

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A
A

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D
D

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G
G

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D
D

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A

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D
D

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Dm
Dm

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Well,
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every time I thought
my ship was coming in
That old tide would turn
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A

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and take it back out again
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Well if I just lay back and float
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I'll be in trouble deep
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D

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A
A

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So I gotta keep workin' at it, kickin' at it,
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swimmin' upstream
Swimmin' upstream, swimmin' upstream
If I can never itch in the way
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A

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for a poor boy's dream
D
D

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But things will get to rough,
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G

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times will get to mean
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D

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But the only choice you've got's
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Bb
Bb

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to keep swimmin' upstream
Eb
Eb
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Swimmin' upstream,
swimmin' upstream
I'd never get in the way
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for a poor boy's dream
Eb
Eb
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But things will get to rough,
Ab
Ab
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times will get to mean
Eb
Eb
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But the only choice you've got
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Eb
Eb
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is to keep swimming upstream
Yes, you gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta,
Bb
Bb

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gotta keep swimming upstream
Outro 1
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Eb
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