Loudon Wainwright Iii - Swimming Song

loudon wainwright the iii

swimming song

this is a tab of the acoustic rendition of this song :

G – C – G
this summer i went swimming ,

D – Dsus4 – Em – Em7 – Em
this summer i might have drowned

Em – C – Cadd9 – C
but i held my breath and i kicked my feet

D – Dsus4 – D Em – Em7 – Em
and i moved my arms around ,

D – Dsus4 – D G
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 self – destructive fool , a self – destructive fool .

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 .

this summer i did the backstroke
and you know that’s not all
i did the breast stroke and the butterfly
and the old australian crawl , the old australian crawl .

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 .