Nightswimming   R.E.M

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Artist: Rem
Song: Nightswimming


(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
rhythm down first. In doing so, I discovered that by taking the A note off the C chord top
it sounded closer to the song. Then by changing the C to a Cadd9 and doing the 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 and making
until you get the rhythm down as it's not a very complicated song. Then by in base
especially on the G chords, and using some middle string strumming you make things a bit 
interesting. Anyways, I love this song and give thanks and credit to for the original
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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