beautiful swimmers
jimmy buffett

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marilyn monroe did a night shoot in a pool
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posing naked for a playboy spread
A E
she was old , but she still was cool
A E
when they wrapped right after midnight
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and the crew went to the bar
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norma jean just did the backstroke
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like she was reaching for a fallen star

chorus :
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beautiful swimmers
B E
know how to move
A E B
slidin cross the water like a steel guitar
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beautiful swimmers stay in the groove
A B E A
riding constant currents near and far

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standing in a tidal pool
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just east of baltimore
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watching little blue crabs
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navigate the eastern shore
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every bayou stream and river
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in time runs to the sea
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every tadpole , flounder , and softshell
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feels the choreography
A E
theyre all beautiful swimmers

B E
they know how to move
A E B
sneaking past the draggers and the oyster bars
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beautiful swimmers just feel the groove
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painting liquid brush strokes like renoir
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i miss my dorsal fin
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i cant explain
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im a big fish out of water
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dwelling on the coastal plain
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now if i was as rich as the aga khan
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i tell you what i would do
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buy every man , woman , and child on this planet
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a mask and a snorkel too
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then id lead the wild migration
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destination waimea bay
A B
then wed splash our way around the world
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life is just a water ballet
A E B
come on you beautiful swimmers
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who know how to move
A E B
lets glide across the water like a steel guitar
A E G#m C#m
beautiful swimmers stay in the groove
A B E A E A E
catching constant currents near and far