The Swimming Song chords by Loudon Wainwright Iii

Verse 1:

   G
This summer I went swimming

   D          Em
This summer I might have drowned

   C          Em
But I held my breath and I kicked my feet

   C   Dadd9  Em
And I moved my arms around

 C    Dadd9 G
I moved my arms around

Verse 2:

   G
This summer I swam in the ocean

   D         Em
And I swam in a swimming pool

 C          Em
Salt my wounds, chlorine my eyes

   C   Dadd9   Em
I'm a self-destructive fool

   C   Dadd9   G
I'm a self-destructive fool


Verse 3:

   G
This summer I swam in a public place

   D       Em
And a reservoir, to boot

    C      Em
At the latter I was informal

    C    Dadd9  Em
At the former I wore my suit

 C    Dadd9  G
I wore my swimming suit


Verse 4:

   G
This summer I did the backstroke

    D          Em
And you know that that's not all

     C           Em
I did the breast stroke and the butterfly

    C  Dadd9   Em
And the old Australian crawl

  C  Dadd9   G
The old Australian crawl


Verse 5:

   G
This summer I did swan dives

  D         Em
And jackknifes for you all

  C           Em
And once when you weren't looking

 C   Dadd9 Em
I did a cannonball

 C   Dadd9 G
I did a cannonball


Verse 6:

   G
This summer I went swimming

   D          Em
This summer I might have drowned

   C          Em
But I held my breath and I kicked my feet

   C    Dadd9 Em
And I moved my arms around

 C    Dadd9 G
I moved my arms around