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Swimming Upstream easy guitar chords by 
Ricky Van Shelton
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Intro 1
C
Verse 1
C
God bless my daddy,
I learned so much from him
He taught me at an early age I
G
had to sink or swim
C
He said, "Boy, that old river of life
F
can wash away your dreams
C
G
But you gotta keep right on kicking
and swimming upstream"
C
Verse 2
Before I knew it I was out
there on the street
That old gal they call lady luck she
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Gm
G
wasn't kind to me
C
As a matter of fact you could say
F
she was down right mean
C
G
She kept me in way over my head
and swimming upstream
C
Verse 3
Swimming upstream,
swimming upstream
Fightin' every inch of the way
G
for a poor boy's dream
C
F
Things will get rough, times will get lean
C
G
But the only choice you got is keep
Interlude 1
swimming upstream
C
D
G
D
A
D
Verse 4
D
Every time I think my ship is comin' in
That old tide will turn and it'll
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take me back out again
D
If I just lay back and float
G
I'll be in trouble you see
D
So I gotta keep working and kick
A
ing and swimming upstream
D
Verse 5
Swimming upstream
swimming upstream
Fightin' every inch of the way
A
for a poor boy's dream
D
G
Things will get rough, times will get lean
D
A
But the only choice you got is keep
swimming upstream
D
Verse 6
Swimming upstream
swimming upstream
Fightin' every inch of the way
A
for a poor boy's dream
D
G
Things will get rough, times will get lean
D
A
But the only choice you got is
keep swimming upstream
D
Verse 7
A
Yeah, the only choice that you got
is keep swimming upstream
D
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