R.E.M. - Nightswimming

Intro:

G                  C    G                  D5

Verses & Bridge:

G                   C

D5               G

C          A             C

D5

G        C    D5            G

Nightswimming     deserves

C A C D5

a quiet night.

G                     C      D5

The photograph on the dashboard,

G               C A

taken years ago,

C

turned around backwards

D5

so the windshield shows.

G                 C

Every streetlight

D5         G               C  A

reveals the picture in reverse.

C                       D5

Still, it's so much clearer.

G                 C   D5

I forgot my shirt   at

G

the water's edge.

C           A          C  D5

The moon is low   tonight.

Repeat Bridge

G         C   D5           G

Nightswimming    deserves     a quiet night.

C                     D5              G5

I'm not sure all these people understand.

C            D5       G

It's not like years   ago,

C          A            C

The fear of getting caught,

D5                 G5

of recklessness and water.

C     D5      G

They cannot see me naked.

C          A        C

These things, they go away,

D5                G

replaced by everyday.

C         G                    C  A

Nightswimming.  Remembering that night.

C                     D5

September's coming soon.

C                     C  D5

I'm pining for the moon.

G                      C

And what if there were two

A         C

side   by side   in orbit

D5                   G

around the fairest sun?

C       D5       G

That bright, tight forever drum

C       A             C    D5

could not describe   nightswimming.

G                     C       D5

You, I thought I knew   you.

G                     C  A

You, I cannot judge.

C                       D5

You, I thought you knew    me.

G           C

This one laughing quietly

D5         G              C

underneath   my breath.

A        C      D5

Nightswimming.

Repeat Bridge

Solo:

G           C                   G

C       A              C

D5

G                     C

The photograph reflects,

D5          G             C    A

every streetlight a reminder.

A         C        D5                 G   C D5  G

Nightswimming deserves a quiet night,

G    C         A        C  D5

deserves a quiet night.

Outro:

G             C          D5       G

C               A

C               D5

C       A               C

Bridge:

D5 C G G x4

D5                     G