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R.E.M. - Nightswimming Chords

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Nightswimming Chords

(ver. 2)
R.E.M.
[Intro]
   G       G/B   Cadd9           G       G/B    D
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[Verse 1]
G    G/B     Cadd9    D6         G            G/B
    Night - swimming   ...de - serves a quiet night,

 Cadd9   A7       C              D4    D4 D  Dsus2 D
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       G          G/B   Cadd9    D6  G         G/B Cadd9  A7
The photograph on the dashboard,    taken years a - go,
   C                               D4       D4  D  Dsus2 D
Turned around backwards, so the windshield shows,
  G            G/B  Cadd9       D          G        G/B  Cadd9
Every street - light   ...re - veals the picture in re - verse,
A7    C                   D4     D4 D  Dsus2 D
    Still, it's so much clearer,
G       G/B  Cadd9  D6       G           G/B
I forgot my  shirt  at the water's edge,
   Cadd9     A7       C        D4    D4 D Dsus2 D
The Moon is low to- night!  |  /  /  /__/   /__/  |


[Link]
   G       G/B   Cadd9           G       G/B    D
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[Verse 2]
G    G/B     Cadd9    D6         G             G/B
    Night - swimming   ...de - serves a quiet night,
Cadd9   A7      C                  D4      D       G    G/B
           I'm not sure all these people under - stand,
    Cadd9      D6       G    G/B
It's not like years a - go,
  Cadd9     A7            C       D4        D         G     G/B
A fear of getting caught,    of wreckless - ness and water,
     Cadd9  D6      G     G/B        Cadd9       A7      C
They cannot see me naked,      these things they go a - way,
      D4         D    G
Re - placed by every day,
 G/B     Cadd9   D6           G     G/B  Cadd9  A7
Night - swimming  ...re - membering that night,
        C                      D4    D4 D Dsus2 D
Sep - tember's coming soon! |  /  /  /__/   /__/  | 


[Verse 3]
      G        G/B Cadd9  D6      G            G/B  Cadd9
I'm pining for the  moon,    and what if there were two,
 A7        C                 D4          D     G    G/B
Side- by -side in orbit a - round the fairest sun?
     Cadd9    D6          G         G/B
That bright, tight for - ever drum,
     Cadd9         A7             C       D4    D4 D Dsus2 D
Could not describe---  night - swimming!|  /  /  /__/   /__/  |


[Verse 4]
 G            G/B Cadd9     D6   G          G/B  Cadd9  A7
You, I thought I  knew you!     You, I can - not judge!
 C                  D4
You, I thought you knew me,
 D          G            G/B Cadd9  D6      G              G/B
This one laughing quiet - ly    ...under - neath my breath,
Cadd9  A7            C          D4    D4 D Dsus2 D
            Night swimming!  |  /  /  /__/   /__/  |

[Link]
   G       G/B   Cadd9           G       G/B    D
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[Instrumental Verse]
   G       G/B   Cadd9  D6      G        G/B   Cadd9  A7
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   C             D4    D4 D Dsus2 D
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[Verse 5]
        G     G/B   Cadd9   D6       G        G/B   Cadd9   A7
The photograph re - flects every streetlight a re - minder, 
        C             D4       D     G    G/B
Night swimming de - serves a quiet night,

 Cadd9   D6       G       G/B
|  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |

     Cadd9      A7   C        D4    D4 D Dsus2 D
De - serves a quiet night!  |  /  /  /__/   /__/  |


[Coda]
   G       G/B   Cadd9  D6       G       G/B   Cadd9  A7
|  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |

   C              D4    D4 D Dsus2 D
|  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /__/   /__/  |

   G       G/B   Cadd9  D6       G       G/B   Cadd9  A7
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   C              D4    D4 D Dsus2 D    G
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