Loudon Wainwright III - The Swimming Song

      I play the Dadd9 as a Dadd9/11 which is fingered like a C but two frets up.
So you just slide your hand up after the C.


[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