Swimming Upstream chords by
Ricky Van Shelton
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Key: C major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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God bless my daddy,
I learned so much from him
He taught me at an early age I
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G

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had to sink or swim
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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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But you gotta keep right on kicking
and swimming upstream"
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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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G

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Gm
Gm
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wasn't kind to me
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As a matter of fact you could say
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she was down right mean
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She kept me in way over my head
and swimming upstream
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Verse 3
Swimming upstream,
swimming upstream
Fightin' every inch of the way
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for a poor boy's dream
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Things will get rough, times will get lean
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But the only choice you got is keep
Interlude 1
swimming upstream
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Verse 4
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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
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If I just lay back and float
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I'll be in trouble you see
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So I gotta keep working and kick
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ing and swimming upstream
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D

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Verse 5
Swimming upstream
swimming upstream
Fightin' every inch of the way
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for a poor boy's dream
D
D

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Things will get rough, times will get lean
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D

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But the only choice you got is keep
swimming upstream
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Verse 6
Swimming upstream
swimming upstream
Fightin' every inch of the way
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for a poor boy's dream
D
D

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Things will get rough, times will get lean
D
D

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A

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But the only choice you got is
keep swimming upstream
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Verse 7
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Yeah, the only choice that you got
is keep swimming upstream
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