The Swimming Song Loudon Wainwright III

The Swimming Song

Loudon Wainwright III

Gary

588
0:00 2:21
Tuning Standard (E A D G B E)
Beat 4/4
Key: A
Capo:
Fret 2
Strumming 1

Whole song: ↓ · ↓ ↑ ↓ · ↓ ↑ ↓ · ↓ · ↓ · ↓ ↑

Lyrics

[Intro]
| G - | D Em | - C | D Em |

[Verse 1]
D G     G
   This summer I went swimming
     D                   Em
This summer I might have drowned
                           C
But I held my breath and I kicked my feet
      D              Em
And I moved my arms around
D                G
I moved my arms around
     G
This summer I swam in the ocean
      D                      Em
And I swam in a swimming pool
                    C
Salt my wounds, chlorine my eyes
      D               Em
I'm a selfdestructive fool
      D               G
I'm a selfdestructive fool

[Interlude]
                    | G - |
| D Em | - C | D Em |

[Verse 2]
D G     G
   This summer I did the backstroke
        D                       Em
And you know that that's not all
                                C
I did the breast stroke and the butterfly
        D              Em
And the old Australian crawl
    D              G
The old Australian crawl
     G
This summer I swam in a public place
      D             Em
And a reservoir, to boot
                      C
At the latter I was informal
       D                Em
At the former I wore my suit
  D                G
I wore my swimming suit, yeah

[Solo]
             | G - | D Em |
| - C | D Em |

[Verse 3]
D G     G
   This summer I did swan dives
    D                  Em
And jackknifes for you all
                          C
And once when you weren't looking
  D               Em
I did a cannonball
D             G
I did a cannonball
     G
This summer I went swimming
     D                   Em
This summer I might have drowned
                           C
But I held my breath and I kicked my feet
      D              Em
And I moved my arms around
D                G
I moved my arms around

[Outro]
G D Em C D Em
D G   G
  Yeah hee!
D Em C D Em D G

Bars

[Intro]
| G - | D Em | - C | D Em |

[Verse 1]
| D G  | G -  | D Em | - C  |
| D Em | D G  | G -  | D Em |
| - C  | D Em | D G  |

This summer I went swimming
This summer I might have drowned
But I held my breath and I kicked my feet
And I moved my arms around
I moved my arms around
This summer I swam in the ocean
And I swam in a swimming pool
Salt my wounds, chlorine my eyes
I'm a selfdestructive fool
I'm a selfdestructive fool

[Interlude]
                    | G - |
| D Em | - C | D Em |

[Verse 2]
                     | D G  |
| G -  | D Em | - C  | D Em |
| D G  | G -  | D Em | - C  |
| D Em | D G  |

This summer I did the backstroke
And you know that that's not all
I did the breast stroke and the butterfly
And the old Australian crawl
The old Australian crawl
This summer I swam in a public place
And a reservoir, to boot
At the latter I was informal
At the former I wore my suit
I wore my swimming suit, yeah

[Solo]
             | G - | D Em |
| - C | D Em |

[Verse 3]
              | D G  | G -  |
| D Em | - C  | D Em | D G  |
| G -  | D Em | - C  | D Em |
| D G  |

This summer I did swan dives
And jackknifes for you all
And once when you weren't looking
I did a cannonball
I did a cannonball
This summer I went swimming
This summer I might have drowned
But I held my breath and I kicked my feet
And I moved my arms around
I moved my arms around

[Outro]
       | G -  | D Em | - C  |
| D Em | D G  | G -  | D Em |
| - C  | D Em | D G  |

Yeah hee!

How accurate is this chord sheet?