Nightswimming Acoustic Chords

by R.E.M.
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Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: 1st fret
Author eilaplaninc1 [a] 46.
1 contributor total, last edit on Aug 4, 2018
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Chords

D
A9
Gadd9
Cadd9
G
C9

Strumming

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[NOTE] I play these chords like this:
   D                A9
e|----3--------|-----------------|
B|----3--------|-----------------|
G|----2--------|-----------------|
D|-------------|--------2--------|
A|-------------|-----------------|
E|-------------|-----------------|
 
[Intro]
Gadd9              Cadd9     Gadd9           D
e|-----------3----------1-------------3---------2--------------------|
B|-----3----------------0------0----------------3--------------------|
G|----------------------0-----------------------2--------------------|
D|-------------0--------2----------------0------0--------------------|
A|-------2--------------3---------2----------------------------------|
E|--3------------------------3---------------------------------------|
 
[Verse]
Gadd9                   Cadd9      D
e|-----------3-------------------------------3------------------------------|
B|-----3----------3--------3-----3-----3------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------2---------------------------------|
D|----------------------------2------0--------------------------------------|
A|--------2----2----2---3---------------------------------------------------|
E|--3-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
             Night-- swimming....
Gadd9                 Cadd9       A9       Cadd9           D
e|-----------3---------------------------------------3-----------------3---------|
B|-----3----------3--------3-----3-----3---3----3----------3------3--------3-----|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------2-----------|
D|----------------------------2----------2--------2-----------0----------0-------|
A|--------2----2----2---3-----------0--------3----------3------------------------|
E|--3----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
Deserves a quiet      night...
 
Gadd9                   Cadd9      D
e|-----------3-------------------------------3------------------------------|
B|-----3----------3--------3-----3-----3------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------2---------------------------------|
D|----------------------------2------0--------------------------------------|
A|--------2----2----2---3---------------------------------------------------|
E|--3-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
The photograph on the dashboard,
Gadd9                 Cadd9       A9       Cadd9           D
e|-----------3---------------------------------------3-----------------3---------|
B|-----3----------3--------3-----3-----3---3----3----------3------3--------3-----|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------2-----------|
D|----------------------------2----------2--------2-----------0----------0-------|
A|--------2----2----2---3-----------0--------3----------3------------------------|
E|--3----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
Taken    years        ago,              Turned around backward so the windshield shows.
 
 
Gadd9        Cadd9   D
Every streetlight   reveals the
Gadd9       Cadd9  A9
picture in reverse.
Cadd9            D
Still, it's so much clearer.
Gadd9        Cadd9    D
I forgot my shirt at the
Gadd9             Cadd9    A9
water's edge. The moon is low to-
Cadd9   D
-night.
 
[Instrumental]
Gadd9              Cadd9     Gadd9           D
e|-----------3----------1-------------3---------2--------------------|
B|-----3----------------0------0----------------3--------------------|
G|----------------------0-----------------------2--------------------|
D|-------------0--------2----------------0------0--------------------|
A|-------2--------------3---------2----------------------------------|
E|--3------------------------3---------------------------------------|
 
[Verse 2]
Gadd9     Cadd9  D
      Nightswimming
Gadd9             Cadd9   A9
 deserves a quiet night
     Cadd9            D
I'm not sure all these people under-
Gadd9    Cadd9         D
-stand.  It's not like years
Gadd9    Cadd9    A9
ago.    The fear of getting
Cadd9      D
caught,   Of recklessness and
Gadd9       Cadd9  D
water.    They cannot see me
Gadd9           Cadd9    A9
naked.    These things, they go
Cadd9    D
away,   Replaced by every-
Gadd9        Cadd9   D
-day. Nightswimming,
Gadd9            Cadd9  A9
remembering that night.
  Cadd9           D
September's coming soon
    Gadd9         Cadd9     D
I'm pining for the moon. And
Gadd9             Cadd9   A9
what if there were two, Side
Cadd9            D
by side in orbit, Around the fairest
Gadd9   Cadd9       D
sun?   That bright, tight for--
Gadd9                Cadd9    A9
--ever drum Could not describe   night--
Cadd9      D
--swimming.
 
[Verse 3]
Gadd9           Cadd9     D
You, I thought I knew you
Gadd9        Cadd9   A9
You, I cannot judge
Cadd9              D
You, I thought you knew me. This one
Gadd9         Cadd9  D
laughing quietly     Under-
Gadd9        Cadd9   A9
-neath my breath.   Night-
Cadd9     D
-swimming
 
[Instrumental]
Gadd9              Cadd9     Gadd9           D
e|-----------3----------1-------------3---------2--------------------|
B|-----3----------------0------0----------------3--------------------|
G|----------------------0-----------------------2--------------------|
D|-------------0--------2----------------0------0--------------------|
A|-------2--------------3---------2----------------------------------|
E|--3------------------------3---------------------------------------|
 
Gadd9                   Cadd9      D
e|-----------3-------------------------------3------------------------------|
B|-----3----------3--------3-----3-----3------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------2---------------------------------|
D|----------------------------2------0--------------------------------------|
A|--------2----2----2---3---------------------------------------------------|
E|--3-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
Gadd9                 Cadd9       A9       Cadd9           D
e|-----------3---------------------------------------3-----------------3---------|
B|-----3----------3--------3-----3-----3---3----3----------3------3--------3-----|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------2-----------|
D|----------------------------2----------2--------2-----------0----------0-------|
A|--------2----2----2---3-----------0--------3----------3------------------------|
E|--3----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
[Outro]
  Gadd9          Cadd9      D
The photograph reflects  every
Gadd9           Cadd9      A9
 streetlight a reminder. Night-
Cadd9          D
-swimming   de-serves a quiet
Gadd9          Cadd9      D
 night.
G             C9      A9*
            Desserves a quiet
C9            D
night.
 
[Outro instrumental]
Gadd9     Cadd9   D
Gadd9     Cadd9   A9
Cadd9     D
Gadd9     Cadd9   A9
Cadd9     D        Gadd9
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3 comments
DonH
capo 1 makes sense with this tab
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DonH
On the tab that A9 should be shown that the 5th, 3rd, 2nd and 1st string should show as played open (0 on the string)
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