Beautiful Swimmers

E      A  (4x)

E                    A           
Marilyn Monroe did a night shoot 
     E
in a pool
       B
Posing naked for a Playboy spread
        A                      E
She was old, but she still was cool
          A                  
When they wrapped right after 
 E
midnight
        G#m              C#m
And the crew went to the bar
      A                 E
Norma Jean just did the backstroke
             B                     
Like she was reaching for a fallen 
E
star

Chorus:
A                E
Beautiful Swimmers
B           E
Know how to move
A                 E              
Slidin’ cross the water like a 
    B
steel guitar
A         E        G#m         
Beautiful Swimmers stay in the 
C#m
groove
A               B                 
Riding constant currents near and 
E     A
far

E
Standing in a tidal pool
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     A            E
Just east of Baltimore
B
Watching little blue crabs
    A                E
Navigate the eastern shore
      A                E
Every bayou stream and river
   G#m              C#m
In time runs to the sea
      A                     
Every tadpole, flounder, and 
 E
softshell
B                  E
Feels the choreography
            A         E
They’re all Beautiful Swimmers

B                E
They know how to move
A                 E              
Sneaking past the draggers and 
         B
the oyster bars
A         E        G#m           
Beautiful Swimmers just feel the 
C#m
groove
A               B                 
Painting liquid brush strokes like
 E       A
 Renoir
G#m       C#m
I miss my dorsal fin
G#m       C#m
I can’t explain
G#m                   C#m
I’m a big fish out of water
A                       B
Dwelling on the coastal plain
E
Now If I was as rich as the Aga Khan
A                       E
I tell you what I would do
    B
Buy every man, woman, and child on 
this planet
  A                  E
A mask and a snorkel too
         A               E
Then I’d lead the wild migration
     G#m           C#m
Destination Waimea Bay
          A               B
Then we’d splash our way around the 
world
A              B        E
Life is just a water ballet
            A         E           B
Come on you Beautiful Swimmers
                E
Who know how to move
A                      E         
Let’s glide across the water like
            B
 a steel guitar
A         E        G#m         
Beautiful Swimmers stay in the 
C#m
groove
A                 B              
Catching constant currents near 
   E      A  E   A  E
and far