Josh Ritter – Strong Swimmer (Guitar)

Every time C is played it's with this picking pattern:
e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|----0-----0-----0-----0-|
D|------0h2---2h3----2----|
A|--3---------------------|
E|------------------------|

C
On the night that you were born

C
Your mama who had many friends

G                         F
Took you down across the reach

                      C
To meet the tide come in

C
There were no lilies from my footsteps

C
There were no temple curtains torn

G                         F                 F (hold twice as long)
Still I felt you move inside me

                        C
A strong swimmer to be born

G                 F        C
Da da da da da da da da da da

C
The wind was in my hair

C
And your cheeks were flecked with salt

G                   F
Your eyes were two boats for the moon

                                    C
I said, a strong swimmer you'll be called

G                 F        C
Da da da da da da da da da da

G
Now I cannot believе to see

        F
The leagues that you havе swum

G
Cannot believe you once were me

      F
That you and I were one

G
Time only travels one way

       F
I’m afraid still I'm a fool

G
Cause in my mind I try to wind

     F
The twine back on the spool now

C
Now I'm standing on the cliffs

C
And the cold sea far below

G                   F
And the birds that float the midway air

                       C
Like driven flakes of snow

C
I cannot go where you are going

C
I can no longer fight those waves

G                   F
Still I’ll watch you 'til you're out of sight

                       C
A strong swimmer all the way

G                 F        C
Da da da da da da da da da da

G                 F        C
Da da da da da da da da da da

C
On the night that you were born

C
Your mama who had many friends

G                   F
Took you down across the reach

                       C
To meet the tide come in