Strong Swimmer chords by Josh Ritter
Guitar chords with lyrics
- Capo on 4th
- Difficulty: Beginner 👶
Every time C is played it's with this picking pattern:
e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|----0-----0-----0-----0-|
D|------0h2---2h3----2----|
A|--3---------------------|
E|------------------------|
Every other chord is just strummed.
🎸 Verse 1:
C
On the night that you were born
C
Your mama who had many friends
G F
Took you down across the reach
C
To meet the tide come in
C
C
There were no lilies from my footsteps
C
There were no temple curtains torn
G F F (hold twice as long)
Still I felt you move inside me
C
A strong swimmer to be born
G F C
Da da da da da da da da da da
🎸 Verse 2:
C
The wind was in my hair
C
And your cheeks were flecked with salt
G F
Your eyes were two boats for the moon
C
I said, a strong swimmer you'll be called
C
G F C
Da da da da da da da da da da
🎸 Verse 3:
G
Now I cannot believе to see
F
The leagues that you havе swum
G
Cannot believe you once were me
F
That you and I were one
G
Time only travels one way
F
I’m afraid still I'm a fool
G
Cause in my mind I try to wind
F
The twine back on the spool now
C
🎸 Verse 4:
C
Now I'm standing on the cliffs
C
And the cold sea far below
G F
And the birds that float the midway air
C
Like driven flakes of snow
C
I cannot go where you are going
C
I can no longer fight those waves
G F
Still I’ll watch you 'til you're out of sight
C
A strong swimmer all the way
C
G F C
Da da da da da da da da da da
G F C
Da da da da da da da da da da
🎸 Outro:
C
On the night that you were born
C
Your mama who had many friends
G F
Took you down across the reach
C
To meet the tide come in
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