Frank Black - The Swimmer

[ intro ] – only piano is playing , but of course you can strum along

C#m C A# C C#m G# C# D#

[ verse 1 ]
C#m C
in the wake of his chariot
A# C
you swam toward the latitudes
C#m G#
leaving for happier times
C# D#
florida far behind
C#m C
trying your best you were
A# C
ignoring the rescuers
C#m G#
you’d gone so very long
C# D#
you were so very strong

[ bridge ]
Cm F
the scene was so tragic
Cm C# ( G# )
but that was the magic

[ chorus ]
D# A#
will you never drown?
G# G
will you learn to use
D# A# G G#
some forgotten part , some forgotten part?
D# A#
are you going down
G# G
where the ballyhoos
D# G# A# D#
and the tritons are?
G# G
and the tritons are

C# Cm A#m Cm C# G# C#m D#

[ verse 2 ]
C# Cm
you were so incredible
A#m Cm
finding all the edible
C# G#
prize of the sea ,
C#m D#
prize of the sea

[ verse 3 ] ( acoustic guitar is a twelve string i think )

C#m C
in the wake of his chariot
A# C
you swam toward the latitudes
C#m G#
leaving for happier times
C# D#
florida far behind

[ bridge ]
Cm F
in division pelagic
Cm C# G#
you were choragic

[ chorus ]
D# A#
will you never drown?
G# G
will you learn to use
D# A# G G#
some forgotten part , some forgotten part?
D# A#
are you going down
G# G
where the ballyhoos
D# G# A# D#
and the tritons are?
G# A# D#
and the tritons are?
G# A# G D#
and the tritons are