Jimmy Buffett – Beautiful Swimmers (Guitar)

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// 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