Beautiful Swimmers Cifras

Beautiful Swimmers
Jimmy Buffett
 
// 1. To match "Buffet Hotel" recording, tune "high pitch" A=452.5Hz
// 2. Esus4 in the Intro, Interludes, and Outro are technically Esus4/A, with the A played by the bass.
//    This is written assuming there's a bass guitar playing along.  Adjust this chord a"chord"ing
//    to your configuration.  Bubbles up!
 
[Chords]
E     022100
Esus4 022200
Asus2 x22200
B7    x21202
G#7   464544
C#m   x46654
G#    466544
 
[Intro]
E      Esus4  (4x)
 
[Verse 1]
E                    A                E
Marilyn Monroe did a night shoot in a pool
       B7
Posing naked for a Playboy spread
        Asus2                  E
She was old, but she still was cool
          Asus2                 E
When they wrapped right after midnight
        G#7              C#m
And the crew went to the bar
      Asus2             E
Norma Jean just did the backstroke
             B7                     E
Like she was reaching for a falling star
 
[Chorus]
Asus2      E
 Beautiful Swimmers
B7           E
 Know how to move
Asus2              E                     B7
 Slidin’ cross the water like a steel guitar
Asus2      E
 Beautiful Swimmers
G#7          C#m
 stay in the groove
Asus2           B7                E     Esus
Riding constant currents near and far
 
[Interlude]
E     Esus4
 
[Verse 2]
E
Standing in a tidal pool
     Asus2        E
Just East of Baltimore
B7
Watching little blue crabs
    Asus2            E
Navigate the eastern shore
      Asus2            E
Every bayou stream and river
   G#7              C#m
In time runs to the sea
      Asus2                  E
Every tadpole, flounder, and softshell
B7                  E
Feels the choreography
 
[Chorus]
Asus2      E
 Beautiful Swimmers
B7               E
They know how to move
Asus2              E                       B7
 Sneaking past the draggers and the oyster bars
Asus2      E       G#7            C#m
 Beautiful Swimmers just feel the groove
Asus2           B7                 E       Esus
Painting liquid brush strokes like Renoir
 
[Interlude]
E     Esus4
 
[Bridge]
G#         C#m
 I miss my dorsal fin
G#         C#m
 I can’t explain
      G#              C#m
I’m a big fish out of water
         Asus2          B7
Dwelling on the coastal plain
 
[Verse 3]
    E
Now If I was as rich as the Aga Khan
  Asus2                 E
I tell you what I would do
    B7
Buy every man, woman, and child on this planet
  Asus2              E
A mask and a snorkel too
         Asus2            E
Then I’d lead that wild migration
     G#7           C#m
Destination Waimea Bay
          Asus2           E
Then we’d splash our way around the world
B7                      E
Life is just a water ballet
 
[Chorus]
           Asus2      E
Come on you Beautiful Swimmers
B7               E
 Who know how to move
Asus2                     E                     B7
   Let’s glide across the water like a steel guitar
Asus2      E        G#7         C#m
 Beautiful Swimmers stay in the groove
Asus2             B7                E   Esus
Catching constant currents near and far
 
[Outro]
E   Esus4
E
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