Wainwright Loudon - The Swimming Song guitar tab

Author/Artist: Loudon Wainwright III

Title: The Swimming Song

Album: Attempted Mustache

Transcribed by: Ramsay Wallace

Email: RamsayW1@aol.com

Loudon plays this on a banjo. The tab here attempts to catch the melody & tempo of the version on Attempted Mustache

A    Asus4   E         F#m            E       A   E       A

-0-x--------|---------|-x--2---2---2-|-0-----0-0-|-0-----0-0-|

-2-3-0h3-0--|-0-0h2-0-|-x--2---2---2-|-0-0h2-0-2-|-0-0h2-0-2-|

-2-2------2-|-1-1-----|-2--4---2---2-|-1-1---1-2-|-1-1---1-2-|

-2--------2-|-2-------|-4--4-4-4---4-|-2-2---2-2-|-2-2---2-2-|

-x----------|-2-------|-4-4------4---|-2-2---2-0-|-2-2---2-0-|

-x----------|---------|-2------------|-0---------|-0---------|

  A       Asus4          A           E                 F#m  

This Summer I went swimming, last summer I might of drowned

F#m

But I held my breath, I kicked my feet

        E              A     E                A

And I waved my arms around, I waved my arms around

This summer I swam in the ocean and I swam in a the swimming pool

Salted my wounds, chlorined my eyes

I'm a self destructive fool, a self destructive fool

This summer I did the backstroke and you know that that's not all

I did the breaststroke, the butterfly

And the old Australian crawl, the old Australian crawl

This summer I swam in a public place & a reservoir to boot

At the latter I was informal

At the former I wore my suit, I wore my swimming suit

This summer I did swan dives & jacknives for you all

But once when you weren't looking

I did a cannonball, I did a cannonball

Repeat Verse 1