Swimming Song

C        G  Am    F  G  Am  G  C

[Verse 1]

This summer I went swimming
     G                   Am
This summer I might have drowned
                           F
But I held my breath and I kicked my feet
      G              Am
And I moved my arms 'round
G              C
Moved my arms around


[Verse 2]

This summer I swam in the ocean
     G                  Am
Then swam in a swimming pool
                    F
Salt my wounds, chlorine my eyes
      G                Am
I'm a self-destructive fool
  G                C
A self-destructive fool


[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]

This summer I did the backstroke
        G                    Am
And you know that that’s not all
                               F
I did the breaststroke and the butterfly
        G              Am
And the old Australian Crawl
    G              C
The old Australian Crawl


[Verse 4]

This summer I swam in a public place
      G            Am
And a reservoir to boot
                      F
At the latter I was informal
       G                Am
At the former I wore my suit
  G                C
I wore my swimming suit


[Instrumental]
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[Verse 5]

This summer I did swan-dives
    G                   Am
And jack-knifes for you all
                          F
And once when you weren’t looking
  G           Am
I did a cannonball
G           C
Did a cannonball


[Verse 6]

This summer I went swimming
     G                   Am
This summer I might have drowned
                           F
But I held my breath and I kicked my feet
      G              Am
And I moved my arms around
G              C
Moved my arms around