The Swimming Song

The Swimming Song easy guitar chords by Loudon Wainwright Iii

1973Folk
Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 2

Capo

Transpose

0

Capo
  • G

  • D

  • Em

  • C

  • G

  • D

  • Em

  • C

  • Intro 1



    Verse 1
    This 
    summer 
    went 
    swimming 

    This 
    summer 
    might 
    have 
    drowned 

    But 
    held 
    my 
    breath 
    and 
    kicked 
    my 
    feet 

    And 
    moved 
    my 
    arms 
    a
    round 

    moved 
    my 
    arms 
    a
    round 

    This 
    summer 
    swam 
    in 
    the 
    ocean 

    And 
    swam 
    in 
    swimming 
    pool 

    Salt 
    my 
    wounds, 
    chlo
    rine 
    my 
    eyes 

    I'm 
    self-destructive 
    fool 

    I'm 
    self-destructive 
    fool 

    Interlude 1



    Verse 2
    This 
    summer 
    did 
    the 
    backstroke 

    And 
    you 
    know 
    that 
    that's 
    not 
    all 

    did 
    the 
    breast 
    stroke 
    and 
    the 
    butterfly 

    And 
    the 
    old 
    Australian 
    crawl 

    The 
    old 
    Australian 
    crawl 

    This 
    summer 
    swam 
    in 
    public 
    place 

    And 
    reservoir, 
    to 
    boot 

    At 
    the 
    latter 
    was 
    in
    formal 

    At 
    the 
    former 
    wore 
    my 
    suit 

    wore 
    my 
    swimming 
    suit, 
    yeah 

    Interlude 2



    Verse 3
    This 
    summer 
    did 
    swan 
    dives 

    And 
    jackknifes 
    for 
    you 
    all 

    And 
    once 
    when 
    you 
    weren't 
    looking 

    did 
    cannon
    ball 

    did 
    cannon
    ball 

    This 
    summer 
    went 
    swimming 

    This 
    summer 
    might 
    have 
    drowned 

    But 
    held 
    my 
    breath 
    and 
    kicked 
    my 
    feet 

    And 
    moved 
    my 
    arms 
    a
    round 

    moved 
    my 
    arms 
    a
    round 

    Outro 1


    (Hey 
    hee!) 



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