• Song:

    Nightswimming

  • Artist:

    Rem

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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 (320003@1)      - 320033
C(add)9  - x32033
A(add)9* - x02033 (simply remove top 3 on Cadd9)
D (xx0232@1)      - xx0232

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Intro: (x1)
|G       C9 (x3233x@1)     |
|G       D (xx0232@1)      |

Verse 1:
|G                 C9 (x3233x@1)     D (xx0232@1)     |
           Night - swimming...
|G                 C9 (x3233x@1)     A9*     |
deserves  a quiet  night.
|C9                D (xx0232@1)              |
                                The..
|G                 C9 (x3233x@1)     D (xx0232@1)     |
 photograph on the dashboard,
|G                 C9 (x3233x@1)     A9*     |
 taken    years   ago,
|C9                           D (xx0232@1)                 |
 turned around backwards so the windshield shows.
|G                 C9 (x3233x@1)     D (xx0232@1)     |
 Every streetlight        reveals the
|G                 C9 (x3233x@1)     A9*     |
 picture   in   re-verse.
|C9                D (xx0232@1)              |
 Still it's so much clearer.
|G                 C9 (x3233x@1)     D (xx0232@1)     |
 I  forgot  my     shirt  at the
|G                 C9 (x3233x@1)    A9*      |
 water's edge. The moon is low  to-
|C9                D (xx0232@1)              |
-night.

[Intro] (x1)
|G       C9 (x3233x@1)     |
|G       D (xx0232@1)      |

Verse 2:
|G                 C9 (x3233x@1)     D (xx0232@1)     |
           Night - swimming...
|G                 C9 (x3233x@1)     A9*     |
deserves  a quiet  night.       I'm
|C9                D (xx0232@1)              |
 not sure all these people   under-
|G                 C9 (x3233x@1)     D (xx0232@1)     |
-stand.       It's not like years
|G                 C9 (x3233x@1)     A9*     |
ago.           The fear  of getting
|C9                D (xx0232@1)              |
 caught,        of recklessness and
|G                 C9 (x3233x@1)     D (xx0232@1)     |
 water.       They cannot   see me
|G                 C9 (x3233x@1)     A9*     |
 naked.      These things   they go
|C9                D (xx0232@1)              |
away,            replaced  by  every(day).

Verse 3:
|G                 C9 (x3233x@1)     D (xx0232@1)     |
-day.      Night - swimming...
|G                 C9 (x3233x@1)     A9*     |
remembering  that  night.       Sep-
|C9                D (xx0232@1)              |
-tember's  coming  soon.        I'm
|G                 C9 (x3233x@1)     D (xx0232@1)     |
 pining  for  the  moon.        And
|G                  C9 (x3233x@1)    A9*     |
 what if there were two     side by
|C9                D (xx0232@1)              |
 side in orbit    around the fairest
|G                 C9 (x3233x@1)     D (xx0232@1)     |
 sun?         That bright, tight for-
|G                 C9 (x3233x@1)     A9*     |
-ever drum cannot describe    night-
|C9                D (xx0232@1)              |
 swimming.

Verse 4:
|G                 C9 (x3233x@1)     D (xx0232@1)     |
 You, I thought I  knew you.
|G                 C9 (x3233x@1)     A9*     |
 You,  I  can-not  judge.
|C9                 D (xx0232@1)                |
 You, I thought you knew me. This one's
|G                 C9 (x3233x@1)     D (xx0232@1)     |
 laughing    quiet-ly         under-
|G                 C9 (x3233x@1)     A9*     |
-neath  my breath.            Night-
|C9                D (xx0232@1)              |
 swimming.

Interlude:
[Intro]
|G       C9 (x3233x@1)     |
|G       D (xx0232@1)      |
[Verse] (w/ solo)
|G       C9 (x3233x@1) D (xx0232@1) |
|G       C9 (x3233x@1) A9* |
|C9      D (xx0232@1)      |
              (The..)
Verse 5:
|G             C9 (x3233x@1)    D (xx0232@1)    |
 photograph re-flects  every
|G             C9 (x3233x@1)    A9*    |
 streetlight a reminder. Night-
|C9            D (xx0232@1)            |
-swimming   de-serves a quiet
|G             C9 (x3233x@1)    D (xx0232@1)    |
 night.
|G             C9 (x3233x@1)    A9*    |
            de-serves aquiet (x02210@1)|C9            D (xx0232@1)            |
 night.

Outro: (w/ solo)
|G       C9 (x3233x@1) D (xx0232@1) |
|G       C9 (x3233x@1) A9* |
|C9      D (xx0232@1)      |
|G       C9 (x3233x@1) A9* |
|C9      D (xx0232@1)      |G  (one strum)

**End of Song**

Progressions:

Intro (2 measures, played once)
1.|G               C9 (x3233x@1)           |
2.|G               D (xx0232@1)            |
  -d-u-d--u--u-d-u-d-------d---d---
   1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &

Verses (3 measures, repeat as needed)
1.|G               C9 (x3233x@1)    D (xx0232@1)    |
2.|G               C9 (x3233x@1)    A9*    |
  -d---d--u--u-d-u-d---d-u-d---d-u-
   1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &
then
3.|C9              D (xx0232@1)            |
  -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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