Swimming Upstream

Swimming Upstream easy guitar chords by Ricky Van Shelton

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  • C

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    3
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  • A

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  • A

  • Intro 1


    Verse 1
    God 
    bless 
    my 
    daddy, 

    learned 
    so 
    much 
    from 
    him 

    He 
    taught 
    me 
    at 
    an 
    early 
    age 

    had 
    to sink 
    or swim 

    He said, 
    "Boy, 
    that 
    old 
    river 
    of 
    life 

    can 
    wash 
    away 
    your 
    dreams 

    But 
    you 
    gotta 
    keep 
    right 
    on 
    kick
    ing 

    and 
    swimming 
    up
    stream" 

    Verse 2

    Before 
    knew 
    it 
    was 
    out 

    there 
    on 
    the street 

    That 
    old 
    gal 
    they call 
    lady 
    luck 
    she 

    wasn't 
    kind 
    to me 

    As 
    matter 
    of 
    fact 
    you 
    could say 

    she 
    was 
    down 
    right 
    mean 

    She kep
    t me 
    in 
    way over 
    my 
    head 

    and 
    swimming 
    up
    stream 

    Verse 3

    Swimming 
    upstream, 

    swimming 
    upstream 

    Fightin' 
    every 
    inch 
    of 
    the 
    way 

    for 
    poor 
    boy's 
    dream 

    Things 
    will 
    get 
    rough, 
    times 
    will 
    get 
    lean 

    But 
    the 
    only 
    choice 
    you 
    got 
    is 
    keep 

    Interlude 1
    swimming 
    up
    stream 



    Verse 4
    Every 
    time 
    I think 
    my 
    ship 
    is 
    comin' 
    in 

    That 
    old 
    tide 
    will 
    turn 
    and 
    it'll 

    take 
    me 
    back 
    out 
    again 

    If 
    I just 
    lay 
    back 
    and float 

    I'll be 
    in trouble 
    you 
    see 

    So 
    I gotta 
    keep 
    working 
    and kick

    ing 
    and 
    swimming 
    upstream 

    Verse 5
    Swimming 
    upstream 

    swimming 
    upstream 

    Fightin' 
    every 
    inch 
    of 
    the 
    way 

    for 
    poor 
    boy's 
    dream 

    Things 
    will 
    get 
    rough, 
    times 
    will 
    get 
    lean 

    But 
    the 
    only 
    choice 
    you 
    got 
    is 
    keep 

    swimming 
    up
    stream 

    Verse 6

    Swimming 
    upstream 

    swimming 
    upstream 

    Fightin' 
    every 
    inch 
    of 
    the 
    way 

    for 
    a poor 
    boy's 
    dream 

    Things 
    will 
    get 
    rough, 
    times 
    will get 
    lean 

    But 
    the 
    only 
    choice 
    you 
    got 
    is 

    keep 
    swimming 
    up
    stream 

    Verse 7

    Yeah, 
    the 
    only 
    choice 
    that 
    you 
    got 

    is 
    keep 
    swimming 
    up
    stream 


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