Nightswimming   R.E.M.

 
 
 (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 
 
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 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. IÂ’m 
 |C9 D | 
 not sure all these people under- 
 |G C9 D | 
 -stand. ItÂ’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 oneÂ’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!