Swimming Upstream chords by
Passenger
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Key: F major
Verse 1
F
F

Am
Am

Bb
Bb

C
C

F
F

Am
Am

Bb
Bb

C
C

F
F

Well I've been living
in a dream that I can't wake up from
Swimming up stream I can't
Bb
Bb

get to the sea
F
F

Where the fish swim free
Verse 2
F
F

And staring at a screen that I don't
get much from
Staring so long,
Bb
Bb

can't see wood from the trees
F
F

Or the birds from the bees
Am
Am

And half of the time well it
Verse 3
Am
Am

flies right by
Bb
Bb

Like childhood did
F
F

In the blink of an eye
C
C

And half of the time, well it goes so slow
Bb
Bb

I sit outside and watch the grass
Interlude 1
grow
F
F

Am
Am

Bb
Bb

C
C

F
F

Am
Am

Bb
Bb

C
C

F
F

Well I've been running on a
Verse 4
F
F

treadmill,
legs like lead
Will there ever be a needle
for this thread
Bb
Bb

F
F

I've been weaving since I was born?
Verse 5
F
F

And the papers read and the government
said
I should stay in bed to stop the
virus spread
Bb
Bb

F
F

I won't be leaving for so long
Am
Am

Well some
Verse 6
nights I feel okay,
Bb
Bb

F
F

I close my eyes and I drift away
C
C

Some nights I just lay
Bb
Bb

and stare at the ceiling
Like it's gonna go somewhere
F
F

Am
Am

Bb
Bb

Verse 7
C
C

F
F

Swimming up
Am
Am

Bb
Bb

C
C

stream
F
F

Am
Am

Swimming up stream
Bb
Bb

C
C

Verse 8
Gm
Gm

C
C

Oh and I keep swimming but I go nowhere
A
A

It's all the same when
Dm
Dm

Bb
Bb

I come up for air
C
C

And I just can't get there
F
F

Am
Am

Verse 9
Bb
Bb

C
C

F
F

Am
Am

Bb
Bb

C
C

Swimming up stream
F
F

Am
Am

Bb
Bb

Swimming up stream
C
C

F
F

Am
Am

Swimming up stream
Bb
Bb

Stream
C
C

F
F

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