Standard (EADGBE)
Repeat 4 measures.
Verse
Dadd4/add2
Mott the Hoople and the game of Life, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Dadd4/add2
Andy Kaufman in the wrestling match, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Dadd4/add2
Monopoly, Twenty-one, checkers, and chess, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Dadd4/add2
Mister Fred Blassie, and a breakfast mess, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Dadd4/add2
Let's play Twister, let's play Risk, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Dadd4/add2
I'll see you heaven if you make the list, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Now Andy did you hear about this one, tell me are you locked in the punch?
Hey Andy are you goofing on Elvis? Hey baby, are we losing touch?
If you believed they put a man on the moon, man on the moon.
If you believe there's nothing up my sleeve, then nothing is cool.
Dadd4/add2
Moses went walking with the staff of wood, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Dadd4/add2
Newton got beaned by the apple good, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Dadd4/add2
Egypt was troubled by the horrible asp, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Dadd4/add2
Mister Charles Darwin had the gall to ask, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Now Andy, did you hear about this one? Tell me, are you locked in the punch?
Hey Andy are you goofing on Elvis? Hey baby, are you having fun?
If you believed they put a man on the moon, man on the moon.
If you believe there's nothing up my sleeve, then nothing is cool.
Dadd4/add2
Here's a little agit for the never believer, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Dadd4/add2
Here's a little ghost for the offering, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Dadd4/add2
Here's a truck stop instead of Saint Peter's, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Dadd4/add2
Mister Andy Kaufman's gone wrestling, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Now Andy did you hear about this one? Tell me are you locked in the punch?
Hey Andy are you goofing on Elvis? Hey baby, are we losing touch?
If you believed they put a man on the moon, man on the moon.
If you believe there's nothing up my sleeve, then nothing is cool.
If you believed they put a man on the moon, man on the moon.
If you believe there's nothing up my sleeve, then nothing is cool.
If you believed they put a man on the moon, man on the moon.
If you believe there's nothing up my sleeve, then nothing is cool.
End on Em.
song: The Great Beyond
artist: R.E.M.
Intro
I´ve watched the stars fall silent
from your eyes
All the sights that I have seen
I can´t believe that I
believed I wished that you could see
There´s a new planet in the solar system
There is nothing up my sleeve
I´m pushing an elephant up the stairs
I´m tossing up punchlines that were never there
Over my shoulder a piano falls
Crashing to the ground
And all this talk of time
Talk is fine
And I don´t want to stay around
Why can´t we pantomime, just
close our eyes and sleep sweet dreams
Being here with wings on our feet
I´m pushing an elephant up the stairs
I´m tossing up punchlines that were never there
Over my shoulder a piano falls
Crashing to the ground
I´m breaking through I´m bending spoons
I´m keeping flowers in full bloom
I´m looking for answers from the great beyond
I want the hummingbirds, the dancing bears
Sweetest dreams of you
Look into the stars
Look into the moon
I´m pushing an elephant up the stairs
I´m tossing up punchlines that were never there
Over my shoulder a piano falls
Crashing to the ground
I´m breaking through I´m bending spoons
I´m keeping flowers in full bloom
I´m looking for answers from the great beyond
I´m breaking through I´m bending spoons
I´m keeping flowers in full bloom
I´m looking for answers from the great
Answers from the great, answers
I´m breaking through I´m bending spoons
I´m keeping flowers in full bloom
I´m looking for answers from the great beyond
I´m breaking through I´m bending spoons
I´m keeping flowers in full bloom
(Here's a little agit for the never believer)
I´m looking for answers from the great
(Here's a little ghost for the offering)
Answers from the great, answers
End on Asus2
REM- Bad Day--best video ever!
Intro, played throughout verses
A public service announcement followed me home the other day.
I paid it nevermind. Go Away.
Shits so thick you could stir it with a stick-free Teflon whitewashed presidency.
We're sick of being jerked around, wear that on your sleeve.
Bridge
Broadcast me a joyful noise unto the times, lord, count your blessings.
We're sick of being jerked around we all fall down.
Verse
Have you ever seen the televised St. vitus subcommittee prize
Investigation dance? Those ants in pants glances.
Well,look behind the eyes. It's a hallowed hollow anesthetized
"save my own ass, screw these guys" smoke and mirror lock down.
Bridge
Broadcast me a joyful noise unto the times, lord, count your blessings.
The Papers wouldn't lie! I sigh, Not one more.
Chorus
(x2)
It's been a bad day.
Please don't take a picture.
It's been a bad day.
Please.
Verse
We're dug in deep the price is steep. The auctioneer is such a creep.
The lights went out, the oil ran dry we blamed it on the other guy.
Sure, all men are created equal. Heres the church, heres the steeple.
Please stay tuned-we cut to sequel. Ashes, ashes, we all fall down.
Bridge
Broadcast me a joyful noise unto the times, lord, count your blessings.
Ignore the law of fear. Ugh, this means war.
Chorus
It's been a bad day.
Please don't take a picture.
It's been a bad day.
Please.
Bridge
Broadcast me a joyful noise unto the times, lord, count your blessings.
We're sick of being jerked around we all fall down.
Chorus
(PLAY UNTIL END)
It's been a bad day.
Please don't take a picture.
It's been a bad day.
Please.
R.E.M. Whats The Frequency, Kenneth?
Intro
Verse 1
Whats the frequency, Kenneth? Is your Benzedrine, uh-huh.
I was brain-dead, locked out, numb, not up to speed.
I thought I pegged you an idiots dream.
Tunnel vision from the insiders screen.
I never understood the frequency, uh-huh.
You wore our expectations like an armoured suit, uh-huh.
Verse 2
Id studied youre cartoons, radio, music, TV, movies, magazines.
Richard said, withdraw in disgust is not the same as apathy.
A smile like the cartoon, tooth for a tooth.
You said that irony was the shackles of youth.
You wore a shirt of violent green, uh-huh.
I never understood the frequency, uh-huh.
INSTRUMENTAL [BUCK'S NEW VERSION, NOT FROM THE ORIGINAL RECORD]
Verse 3
Whats the frequency, Kenneth? Is your Benzedrine, uh-huh.
Butterfly decal, rear-view mirror, dogging the scene.
You smile like the cartoon, tooth for a tooth.
You said that irony was the shackles of youth.
You wore a shirt of violent green, uh-huh.
I never understood the frequency, uh-huh.
You wore our expectations like an armoured suit, uh-huh.
Verse 4
I couldnt understand.
You said that irony was the shackled of youth, uh-huh.
I couldnt understand.
You wore a shirt of violent green, uh-huh.
I couldnt understand.
I never understood, dont fuck with me, uh-huh.
Chords Used:
? 032010
? 355333
? 688766
C VIII? 8-10-10-9-8-8
? 557765
? 068886
? 133211
Intro
Riff 1
Verse 1
Humming all the way to Reno
You?ve dusted the non-believers
Gm Riff 1
And challenged the laws of chance
Now, Sweet, You were so sugar sweet
You may as well have had ?kick me?
Gm Riff 1
Fastened on your sleeve
Chorus
VIII
You know what you are
You?re gonna be a star
VIII
You know what you are
You?re gonna be a star
Verse 2
Wing, is written on your heel
Your Achilles heel
Gm Riff 1
Is a tendency?
To dream but you?ve known that from the beginning
You didn?t have to go so far
Gm Riff 1
You didn?t have to go
Chorus
same as above)
Middle 8
You know who you are
You know who you are
You know who you are
Verse three
Chorus twice
Verse four
Chorus repeat to fade
Hello everyone and welcome to my endevour to keep myself sane. I'm going to submit a set
of chords to UG for a great song once or twice a week in an effort to stop myself dying
of boredom during these exam thingys. I've been playing these chords for as long as I've
played guitar (two years...) and so I know for a fact they're accurate.
: Guitar Chord Chart :
:Name : :
:F : 1 3 3 2 1 1 :
:Dm : x x 0 2 3 1 :
:G : 3 2 0 0 0 3 :
:Am : x 0 2 2 1 0 :
:Am/B : x 2 x 2 1 0 :
:Am/C : x 3 x 2 1 0 :
:Am/D : x x 0 2 1 0 :
:Em : 0 2 2 0 0 0 :
<>[INTRO]
<!--<span-->B>
<>[VERSE 1]
<!--<span-->B>
Oh, life is bigger
It's bigger than you
And you are not me.
The lengths that I will go to,
The distance in your eyes,
Oh no, I've said too much,
I set it up.
<>[CHORUS]
<!--<span-->B>
That's me in the corner,
That's me in the spotlight
Losing my religion.
Trying to keep up with you.
And I don't know if I can do it.
Oh no, I've said too much,
I haven't said enough.
<>[BRIDGE]
<!--<span-->B>
I thought that I heard you laughing,
I thought that I heard you sing.
I think I thought I saw you try.
<>[VERSE 2]
<!--<span-->B>
Every Whisper of every waking hour
I'm choosing my confessions,
Trying to keep an eye of you
Like a hurt lost and blinded fool, fool
Oh no, I've said too much,
I set it up.
<>[VERSE 3]
<!--<span-->B>
Consider this, consider this,
The hint of a century,
Consider this: the slip
That brought me to my knees failed.
What if all these fantasies
Come flailing around?
Now I've said too much.
<>[BRIDGE]
<!--<span-->B>
I thought that I heard you laughing,
I thought that I heard you sing.
I think I thought I saw you try.
<>[LINK]
<!--<span-->B>
Here you can play the mandolin fill or just the chords.
But that was just a dream,
That was just a dream.
<>[CHORUS]
<!--<span-->B>
That's me in the corner,
That's me in the spotlight
Losing my religion.
Trying to keep up with you.
And I don't know if I can do it.
Oh no, I've said too much,
I haven't said enough.
<>[BRIDGE]
<!--<span-->B>
I thought that I heard you laughing,
I thought that I heard you sing.
I think I thought I saw you try.
But that was just a dream,
Try, cry, why, try.
That was just a dream, just a dream, just a dream, dream.
Outro
This is the mandolin outro played over Am on the guitar.
E-Bow the Letter by microwaave!
Verse chords
then
then repeat
Chorus chords
repeat
First VERSE
Look up, what do you see?
All of you and all of me
Fluorescent and starry
Some of them, they surprise
The bus ride, I went to write this, 4:00 a.m.
This letter
Fields of poppies, little pearls
All the boys and all the girls sweet-toothed
Each and every one a little scary
I said your name
I wore it like a badge of teenage film stars
Hash bars, cherry mash and tinfoil tiaras
Dreaming of Maria Callas
Whoever she is
This fame thing, I don't get it
I wrap my hand in plastic to try to look through it
Maybelline eyes and girl-as-boy moves
I can take you far
This star thing, I don't get it
Chorus
I'll take you over, there
I'll take you over, there
Aluminum, tastes like fear
Adrenaline, it pulls us near
Picking Style:
Play with a pick or finger
While fretting the entire chord
Verse
Chorus

Look up, what do you see?

All of you and all of me

Fluorescent and starry

Some of them, they surprise


The bus ride, I went to write this, 4:00 a.m.
This letter

Fields of poppies, little pearls

All the boys and all the girls sweet-toothed

Each and every one a little scary

I said your name


I wore it like a badge of teenage film stars

Hash bars, cherry mash and tinfoil tiaras

Dreaming of Maria Callas

Whoever she is

This fame thing, I don't get it

I wrap my hand in plastic to try to look through it

Maybelline eyes and girl-as-boy moves

I can take you far
This star thing,
I don't get it

I'll take you over, there

I'll take you over, there

Aluminum, tastes like fear

Adrenaline, it pulls us near


I'll take you over
It tastes like fear, there

I'll take you over


Will you live to 83?

Will you ever welcome me?

Will you show me something that nobody else has seen?

Smoke it, drink

Here comes the flood

Anything to thin the blood

These corrosives do their magic slowly and sweet

Phone, eat it, drink
Just another chink
Cuts and dents, they catch the light

Aluminum, the weakest link


I don't want to disappoint you

I'm not here to anoint you

I would lick your feet
But is that the sickest move?

I wear my own crown and sadness and sorrow

And who'd have thought tomorrow could be so strange?

My loss, and here we go again


I'll take you over, there

I'll take you over, there

Aluminum, tastes like fear

Adrenaline, it pulls us near


I'll take you over
It tastes like fear, there

I'll take you over


Look up, what do you see?

All of you and all of me

Fluorescent and starry

Some of them, they surprise

I can't look it in the eyes

Seconal, Spanish fly, absinthe, kerosene

Cherry-flavored neck and collar

I can smell the sorrow on your breath

The sweat, the victory and sorrow

The smell of fear, I got it


I'll take you over, there

I'll take you over, there

Aluminum, tastes like fear

Adrenaline, it pulls us near


I'll take you over

It tastes like fear, there

I'll take you over


Pulls us near

Tastes like fear.


Nearer, nearer

Over, over, over, over

Yeah, look over

I'll take you there, oh, yeah

I'll take you there

Oh, over

I'll take you there

Over, let me

I'll take you there..

There, there, baby, yeah
Orange Crush
|Verse riff
|Chorus riff
|Bridge (bass only - guitar 1 come in on 5th bar with harmonics solo)
|Interlude
|---- x2 really fast
Order
- Intro
- Verse riff x6
- Chorus riff x2
- Verse riff x6
- Chorus riff x2
- Bridge
- Interlude
- Verse riff x6
- Chorus riff x4
Outro
same as interlude)
Feel free to email me @ green_onions28
Imitation of Life REM
Intro
Verse
Charades, pop skill water hyacinth,
named by a poet. imitation of life
like a koi in a frozen pond like a goldfish in a bowl
I dont want to hear you cry
Thats sugarcane that tasted good
thats cinnamon thats Hollywood
c'mon c'mon no one can see you try
You want the greatest thing
the greatest thing since bread came sliced.
You've got it all, you've got it sized.
like a friday fashion show teenager
freezing in the corner
trying to look like you dont try
Thats sugarcane that tasted good
thats cinnamon thats Hollywood
c'mon c'mon no one can see you try
Middle 8
Thats sugarcane that tasted good
thats freezing rain thats what you could
c'mon c'mon no one can see you cry
This sugarcane, this lemonade
this hurricane, i'm not afraid.
c'mon c'mon no one can see me cry
This lightning storm this tidal wave
this avalanche, i'm not afraid.
c'mon c'mon no one can see me cry
Thats sugarcane that tasted good
thats who you are, thats what you could
c'mon c'mon no one can see you cry
Thats sugarcane that tasted good
thats who you are, thats what you could
c'mon c'mon no one can see you cry
Solo/Synthi-organ arranged for guitar
DAYSLEEPER
Intro
4x
Verse
Receiving department, 3 AM
Staff cuts have socked up the overage
Directives are posted No call backs, complaints
Everywhere is calm
VERSE TO CHORUS:
Hong Kong is present, Taipei wakes up
Talk of circadian rhythm
Chorus
I see today with a newsprint frame
My night is colored headache-grey
Daysleeper, daysleeper
daysleeper
The bull and the bear are marking their territories
They're leading the blind with their international glories
I('m the) screen, the blinding light
I('m the) screen, I work at night
I see today with a newsprint frame
My night is colored headache-grey
Don't wake me
(You're) so much
Daysleeper
2x
Bridge
I cried the other night
I can't even say why
flourescent, flat, caffeine lights
It's furious balancing
I('m the) screen, the blinding light
I('m the) screen, I work at night
I see today with a newsprint frame
My night is colored headache grey
Don't wake me (you're) so much
The ocean machine is set to night
I'll squeeze into heaven and Valentine
My bed is pulling me, gravity, daysleeper
Daysleeper, daysleeper, daysleeper, daysleeper
End on C
ANIMAL
Play this riff for the intro and during the verse:
Chorus
What's the big deal?
I'm an animal...
I'm an animal...
I'm an animal...
Bridge
| | | (3x), then | | |
Bridge solo
Song progression:
Intro riff X2
Verse riff X8
Chorus
Verse riff X8
Chorus
Bridge
Verse riff X10
Chorus x2
Verse riff X8
Hey, what's the big deal-

I'm an animal. 
(The answer landed on my rooftop. Whoa.)

I'm an animal. 
(The future and the truth, on my rooftop. Whoa.) 

I'm an animal. 
(It's calling me to work it out.) [x2]

(Whoa) 


I don't wanna boomerang. 

I don't wanna cannonball.

I'm not angling.

I don't want to fall.

Tell me I'm the anchor of my own ascension. 

Tell me I'm a tourist in the 4th dimension? 


Hey, what's the big deal-

I'm an animal. 
(The answer landed on my rooftop. Whoa.)

I'm an animal. 
(The future and the truth, on my rooftop. Whoa.) 

I'm an animal. 
(It's calling me to work it out.) 

(Whoa) 


work it out. 


I am vibrating at the speed of light.

Take my hand, we'll wind up the night.

Spin me, win me, lift me, kis me.

Trip me, trust me, cuss me, judge me. 

touch me now.

you take my hand.

you trust me now 
you understand. 


Hey, what's the big deal- 

I'm an animal. 
(The answer landed on my rooftop. Whoa.)

I'm an animal. 
(The future and the truth, on my rooftop. Whoa.) 

I'm an animal. 
(It's calling me to work it out.)

(Whoa) 


I am vibrating at the speed of light.
Intro, same as chorus:
Verse 1
(* For all the verses, the F's, C's, and Am's are played as barre
chords, the F's in A formation, the C's and Am's in E form. He
upstrokes them in pairs, on what sounds like a big hollowbody electric.
The placement of the chords over the words here is inteneded only to
to denote their *approximate* temporal location. Listen to the song
and you'll be able to hear and feel where they actually go.*)
This here is the place where I will be stayin'
There isn't a number you can call on the payphone, let it ring a long,long,
long, long time
If I don't pick up, hang up, call back let it ring some more
[Untranscribable Stipe yodel]
If I don't pick up, pick up, the sidewinder sleep, sleep, sleeps in a coil
Chorus 1
*I won't even try to pretend that I know what he's
Verse 2
There's scratches all around the coinslot, like a heartbeat baby, tryin' to
wake up
But this machine can only swallow money, you can't lay a patch by computer
design
With just alot of stupid, stupid signs
["Tell her" yodeled]
Tell her she can kiss my ass and say that you were
Only kidding, that way she'll know that it's really, really, really,
really me
Chorus 2
(*Same as chorus one, including transition*)
Verse 3
(*Short verse*)
Baby eat some soup, does it really grab me today I need something more
sub-stub-sub-substantial
A can of beans, some black eyed peas, some Nescafe and ice
A candy bar, a fall(*en/in'*) star, or a reading from Doctor Seuss
Chorus 3
Bridge
(*During the bridge, Am and Bm are played as A barres, and the picking
pattern is like this:
The C below is picked in the same pattern, i.e. A str, D str, e str, B str*)
The cat in the hat came back, and wrecked alot of havoc
On the way, always had a smile and a reason to pretend
That their world, was flat back brown, too little, need to sleep but to dream
The sidewinder sleeps on his back
Chorus 3 and outro:
(*The chorus is the same*)
We got a boogy-woogy groove on this one
Chorus
Call me when you try to wake her up, call me when you try to wake her
Call me when you try to wake her up, call me when you try to wake her
Call me when you try to wake her up, call me when you try to wake her
====== Rem - Stand ======
Stand in the place where you live
Now face north
Think about direction
Wonder why you haven't before
Now stand in the place where you work
Now face west
Think about the place where you live
Wonder why you haven't before
If you are confused check with the sun
Carry a compass to help you along
Your feet are going to be on the ground
Your head is there to move you around
So Stand in the place where you live
Now face north
Think about direction
Wonder why you haven't before
Now stand in the place where you work
Now face west
Think about the place where you live
Wonder why you haven't before
Your feet are going to be on the ground
Your head is there to move you around
If wishes were trees the trees would be falling
Listen to reason, season is calling
Stand in the place where you live
Now face north
Think about direction
Wonder why you haven't before
Now stand in the place where you work
Now face west
Think about the place where you live
Wonder why you haven't before
If wishes were trees the trees would be falling
Listen to reason, season is calling
Your feet are going to be on the ground
Your head is there to move you around
So stand (stand)
Now face north
Think about direction, wonder why you haven't before
Now stand (stand)
Now face west
Think about the place where you live
Wonder why you haven't
Stand in the place where you live
Now face north
Think about direction
Wonder why you haven't before
Now stand in the place where you work
Now face west
Think about the place where you live
Wonder why you haven't before
Stand in the place where you are (now face north)
Stand in the place where you are (now face west)
Stand in the place where you are (Your feet are going to be on the ground)
Stand in the place where you are (Your head is there to move you around)
So stand
ELECTROLITE
Your eyes are burning holes through me.
I'm gasoline.
I'm burnin' clean.
Twentieth Century go to sleep
You're plasticine.
That is obscene.
That is obscene.
You are the star tonight.
Your sun electric, outta sight.
Your light eclipsed the moon tonight.
Elecrolite. You're outa sight.
If I ever want to fly.
Mulholland Drive.
I am alive.
Hollywood is under me.
I'm Martin Sheen
I'm Steve McQueen
I'm Jimmy Dean
You are the star tonight.
Your sun electric, outta sight.
Your light eclipsed the moon tonight.
Elecrolite.
You're outta sight.
Solo section
(Piano lead-in)
If you want to fly.
Mulholland Drive.
Up in the sky.
Stand on a cliff and look down there.
Don't be scared, you are alive.
You are alive.
You are the star tonight.
Your sun electric, outta sight.
Your light eclipsed the moon tonight.
Elecrolite.
You're outa sight.
Twentieth century go and sleep
Really deep
We won't blink
You're eyes are burnin' holes through me.
I'm not scared
I'm outa here.
I'm not scared.
I'm outa here.
ALL THE RIGHT FRIENDS
one, two, three... A/// B
I know you say
Maybe some day
I need never be alone
I know I say
It's the right way
But you'll never be the one
For a long long, long time
I don't wanna hang out now
With the folks that just stopped by
While you party
You've been looking
But your searching never ends
You've been going
With the wrong crowd
You've got all the right friends
For a long, long time
I don't want to spend now
With the folks...that just aren't mine
I don't wanna be with you anymore
I just don't want you anymore
I don't wanna be with you anymore
I just don't want you anymore
Rave on!
Fall to...fall to...fall to...fall too
Fall to...fall to...fall to...fall too
I don't wanna be with you anymore
I just don't want you anymore
I don't wanna be with you anymore
I just don't want you anymore
I know you say
Maybe some day
I need never be alone
I know I say
It's the right way
But you'll never be alone
For a long, long time
I don't gotta hang out
With the folks...that just aren't mine
I don't wanna be with you anymore
I just don't want you anymore
I don't wanna be with you anymore
I just don't want you anymore
The whole sond goes like this. Play the root of the chord first
then the 4th 5th and 6th srings follow and then back up.
When the day is long and the night, the night is yours alone
When you're sure you've had enough of this life, well hang on
Don't let yourself go, everybody cries
and everybody hurts sometimes
Sometimes everything is wrong, now it's time to sing along
When your day is night alone (hold on, hold on)
If you feel like letting go (hold on)
When you think you've had too much of this life, well hang on
Everybody hurts, take comfort in your friends
Everybody hurts,
Bridge
Don't throw your hand, oh no, don't throw your hand
when you feel like you're alone, no, no, no, you are not alone
If you're on your own in this life, the days and nights are long
When you think you've had too much, of this life, to hang on
Well everybody hurts, sometimes
Everybody cries, everybody hurts, sometimes
But everybody hurts sometimes so hold on, hold on, hold on,
Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on,
Everybody hurts
You are not alone
"At My Most Beautiful"
R.E.M. - At My Most Beautiful
From the album - UP (1998)
x3
I've found a way to make you
I've found a way
A way to make you smile
I read bad poetry
Into your machine.
I save your messages
Just to hear your voice.
You always listen carefully
To awkward rhymes.
You always say your name,
Like I wouldn't know it's you,
At your most beautiful.
I've found a way to make you
I've found a way
A way to make you smile
At my most beautiful
I count your eyelashes,
Secretly.
With every one, whisper I love you.
I let you sleep.
I know you're closed eye watching me,
Listening.
I though I saw a smile.
I've found a way to make you
I've found a way
A way to make you smile
x2
NIGHTSWIMMING (Easy Chords - for Acoustic Strumming)
REM
Intro
(x1)
Verse 1
Night - swimming...
deserves a quiet night.
The..
photograph on the dashboard,
taken years ago,
turned around backwards so the windshield shows.
Every streetlight reveals the
picture in re-verse.
Still it's so much clearer.
I forgot my shirt at the
water's edge. The moon is low to-
-night.
Intro
(x1)
Verse 2
Night - swimming...
deserves a quiet night. Im
not sure all these people under-
-stand. Its not like years
ago. The fear of getting
caught, of recklessness and
water. They cannot see me
naked. These things they go
away, replaced by every(day).
Verse 3
-day. Night - swimming...
remembering that night. Sep-
-tember's coming soon. I'm
pining for the moon. And
what if there were two side by
side in orbit around the fairest
sun? That bright, tight for-
swimming.
Verse 4
You, I thought I knew you.
You, I can-not judge.
You, I thought you knew me. This ones
laughing quiet-ly under-
-neath my breath. Night-
swimming.
Interlude
Intro
Verse
(w/ solo)
(The..)
Verse 5
photograph re-flects every
streetlight a reminder. Night-
-swimming de-serves a quiet
night.
de-serves a quiet
night.
Outro
(w/ solo)
Progressions:
Intro
2 measures, played once)
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Verses
3 measures, repeat as needed)
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Nightswimming deserves a quiet night.

The photograph on the dashboard, taken years ago,

Turned around backwards so the windshield shows.

Every streetlight reveals the picture in reverse.

Still, it's so much clearer.

I forgot my shirt at the water's edge.

The moon is low tonight.


Nightswimming deserves a quiet night.

I'm not sure all these people understand.

It's not like years ago,

The fear of getting caught,

Of recklessness and water.

They cannot see me naked.

These things, they go away,

Replaced by everyday.


Nightswimming, remembering that night.

September's coming soon.

I'm pining for the moon.

And what if there were two

Side by side in orbit

Around the fairest sun?

That bright, tight forever drum

Could not describe nightswimming.


You, I thought I knew you.

You I cannot judge.

You, I thought you knew me,

this one laughing quietly
underneath my breath.

Nightswimming.


The photograph reflects,

Every streetlight a reminder.

Nightswimming
deserves a quiet night,
deserves a quiet night.