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