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Swimming Upstream chords by Passenger

  • D

  • F#m

    2
  • G

  • A

  • Em

  • F#

    2
  • Bm

    2
Verse 1
D
F#m
G
A
D
F#m
G
A
D
Well I've been living
in a dream that I can't wake up from
Swimming up stream I can't
G
get to the sea
D
Where the fish swim free
Verse 2
D
And staring at a screen that I don't
get much from
Staring so long,
G
can't see wood from the trees
D
Or the birds from the bees
F#m
And half of the time well it

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Verse 3
F#m
flies right by
G
Like childhood did
D
In the blink of an eye
A
And half of the time, well it goes so slow
G
I sit outside and watch the grass
Interlude 1
grow
D
F#m
G
A
D
F#m
G
A
D
Well I've been running on a
Verse 4
D
treadmill,
legs like lead
Will there ever be a needle
for this thread
G
D
I've been weaving since I was born?
Verse 5
D
And the papers read and the government
said
I should stay in bed to stop the
virus spread
G
D
I won't be leaving for so long
F#m
Well some
Verse 6
nights I feel okay,
G
D
I close my eyes and I drift away
A
Some nights I just lay
G
and stare at the ceiling
Like it's gonna go somewhere
D
F#m
G
Verse 7
A
D
Swimming up
F#m
G
A
stream
D
F#m
Swimming up stream
G
A
Verse 8
Em
A
Oh and I keep swimming but I go nowhere
F#
It's all the same when
Bm
G
I come up for air
A
And I just can't get there
D
F#m
Verse 9
G
A
D
F#m
G
A
Swimming up stream
D
F#m
G
Swimming up stream
A
D
F#m
Swimming up stream
G
Stream
A
D
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