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