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(This is a repost to hopefully remove butchered formatting issues)
NIGHTSWIMMING (Easy Chords - for Acoustic Strumming)
REM
Chords: Std Tuning
G – 320033
C(add)9 – x32033
A(add)9* - x02033 (simply remove top 3 on Cadd9)
D - xx0232
---
Intro: (x1)
|G C9 |
|G D |
Verse 1:
|G C9 D |
Night - swimming...
|G C9 A9* |
deserves a quiet night.
|C9 D |
The..
|G C9 D |
photograph on the dashboard,
|G C9 A9* |
taken years ago,
|C9 D |
turned around backwards so the windshield shows.
|G C9 D |
Every streetlight reveals the
|G C9 A9* |
picture in re-verse.
|C9 D |
Still it's so much clearer.
|G C9 D |
I forgot my shirt at the
|G C9 A9* |
water's edge. The moon is low to-
|C9 D |
-night.
[Intro] (x1)
|G C9 |
|G D |
Verse 2:
|G C9 D |
Night - swimming...
|G C9 A9* |
deserves a quiet night. I’m
|C9 D |
not sure all these people under-
|G C9 D |
-stand. It’s not like years
|G C9 A9* |
ago. The fear of getting
|C9 D |
caught, of recklessness and
|G C9 D |
water. They cannot see me
|G C9 A9* |
naked. These things they go
|C9 D |
away, replaced by every(day).
Verse 3:
|G C9 D |
-day. Night - swimming...
|G C9 A9* |
remembering that night. Sep-
|C9 D |
-tember's coming soon. I'm
|G C9 D |
pining for the moon. And
|G C9 A9* |
what if there were two side by
|C9 D |
side in orbit around the fairest
|G C9 D |
sun? That bright, tight for-
|G C9 A9* |
-ever drum cannot describe night-
|C9 D |
swimming.
Verse 4:
|G C9 D |
You, I thought I knew you.
|G C9 A9* |
You, I can-not judge.
|C9 D |
You, I thought you knew me. This one’s
|G C9 D |
laughing quiet-ly under-
|G C9 A9* |
-neath my breath. Night-
|C9 D |
swimming.
Interlude:
[Intro]
|G C9 |
|G D |
[Verse] (w/ solo)
|G C9 D |
|G C9 A9* |
|C9 D |
(The..)
Verse 5:
|G C9 D |
photograph re-flects every
|G C9 A9* |
streetlight a reminder. Night-
|C9 D |
-swimming de-serves a quiet
|G C9 D |
night.
|G C9 A9* |
de-serves a quiet
|C9 D |
night.
Outro: (w/ solo)
|G C9 D |
|G C9 A9* |
|C9 D |
|G C9 A9* |
|C9 D |G (one strum)
**End of Song**
Progressions:
Intro (2 measures, played once)
1.|G C9 |
2.|G D |
-d-u-d--u--u-d-u-d-------d---d---
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Verses (3 measures, repeat as needed)
1.|G C9 D |
2.|G C9 A9* |
-d---d--u--u-d-u-d---d-u-d---d-u-
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
then
3.|C9 D |
-d---d--u--u-d-u-d---d--u--u-d-u-
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Notes:
I found the previous tab hard to follow and played around with the chords
a little to get the rhythm down first. In doing so, I discovered that by
simply removing the A note off the C chord it sounded closer to the song.
Then, by changing the C to a Cadd9 and doing the same thing, song became
extremely simple to play and still sounds great (on my guitar, actually
better this way, to me). Thus creating the "Aadd9" (A9*) for lack of a name.
(Sure you'll let me know the real chord)
I show the basic Intro and Verse progressions above. I suggest just
strumming until you get the rhythm down as it's not a very complicated
song. Then by adding in base lines especially on the G chords, and using
some middle string strumming you can make things a bit more interesting.
Anyways, I love this song and give thanks and credit to for the original
post. If you're looking, this is a great acoustic solo-artist song.
(Hopefully, this version works with formatting, else I give up - sorry for the previous one)
Good luck, have fun!
-Chris (cjhall_99@msn.com)
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much better :P
Your Aadd9 is a A7sus4! jst thaught i'd let you know! nice tab though works very well! If you ever get stuck with chord names try this site http://chordfind.com/ It lets you put in the tabs for a chord then it tells you what it's called if it has a name! = )
thanks for the chord name tip (just added it to favorites). really, i was just trying to keep things simple. i wasn't really even sure if the "Cadd9" everyone throws around was correct (just checked your link and it is, so cool), but i wanted to stress in my naming that the "A" chord i made up was based directly off that one. i can update tabs i've submitted. do you think the correct name is more affective here or does the "A9*" get the message across? (the later is easier to put in the tab as room is limited - I guess I could go with "A7s4" w/o a major rework). regardless thanks for being constructively critical. on that note, "thought" is spelled with an "o" not an "a". you can look that up at websters.com (just kidding)