Nightswimming Chords by R.E.M

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[G] _ _ Night's [C] only [D] _ _ [G]
deserves a quiet night.
[C] _ _ [A] _ [C] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] The photograph on the [Cm] dashboard [D] _ [G] taken _ years [Cm] ago
[A] _ _ [C]
turned around backwards [D] so the windshield shows
[G]
every street [Cm] light _ [D] reveals [G] a picture in [C] reverse.
[A] _ [C] Still it's so much [G] clearer.
_ [A] [G] I forgot my [C] shirt [D] at the [G]
water's edge.
[Cm] The moon is [A] low [C]
tonight.
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ Night [D] swimming _ deserves [G]
a quiet night.
[Cm] _ [A] _ _ [C] I'm not sure all these [D] people _ _ [G] understand.
It's [C] not [D] like years [G] ago.
_ _ [D] The fear of [A] getting [C] caught. _
_ _ [D] Of recklessness and [G] water.
_ They [C] cannot [D] see me [G] naked.
_ _ [C] These things they go away.
_ _ [D] Replaced by everyday.
[G] _
_ Night [C] swimming.
_ [D] _ [G] Remember in that [C] night
[A] _ _ [C]
September's coming [D] sound.
_ _ _ [G]
Hiding for the [C] moon.
_ [D] _ [G] And what if there were [C] two
[A] side by [C]
side in orbit
[D] around the fairest [G]
sun?
_ [C] That bright [D] tide [G] forever drawn
could [C] not describe [A] night [C] swimming.
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_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] You I thought I [C] knew [D] you.
[G] You I cannot [C] judge.
[A] _ _ [C]
You I thought you [D] knew me.
The swan [G]
laughing quietly
[C] _ [Bm] underneath [E] _ [G]
my breath.
[C] _ _ [A] Night [C] swimming.
_ _ [D] The _ _ _ [G] _
photograph _ [C] reflects
[D] every [G]
street light a [C] reminder.
[A] Night [C] swimming _ _ [D] deserves a quiet _ [G]
night.
_ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [C] Deserves [A] a quiet _ [C]
night.
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