Author/Artist: Loudon Wainwright III
Title: The Swimming Song
Album: Attempted Mustache
Transcribed by: Ramsay Wallace
Email: RamsayW1@aol.com
Loudon plays this on a banjo. The tab here attempts to catch the melody & tempo of the version on Attempted Mustache
 A    Asus4   E         F#m            E       A   E       A
-0-x--------|---------|-x--2---2---2-|-0-----0-0-|-0-----0-0-|
-2-3-0h3-0--|-0-0h2-0-|-x--2---2---2-|-0-0h2-0-2-|-0-0h2-0-2-|
-2-2------2-|-1-1-----|-2--4---2---2-|-1-1---1-2-|-1-1---1-2-|
-2--------2-|-2-------|-4--4-4-4---4-|-2-2---2-2-|-2-2---2-2-|
-x----------|-2-------|-4-4------4---|-2-2---2-0-|-2-2---2-0-|
-x----------|---------|-2------------|-0---------|-0---------|

  A       Asus4          A           E                 F#m
This Summer I went swimming, last summer I might of drowned
 F#m
But I held my breath, I kicked my feet
        E              A     E                A
And I waved my arms around, I waved my arms around

This summer I swam in the ocean and I swam in a the swimming pool
Salted my wounds, chlorined my eyes
I'm a self destructive fool, a self destructive fool

This summer I did the backstroke and you know that that's not all
I did the breaststroke, the butterfly
And the old Australian crawl, the old Australian crawl

This summer I swam in a public place & a reservoir to boot
At the latter I was informal
At the former I wore my suit, I wore my swimming suit

This summer I did swan dives & jacknives for you all
But once when you weren't looking
I did a cannonball, I did a cannonball

Repeat Verse 1