R.E.M. – Nightswimming (Guitar)

G                 C9       D       
           Night - swimming...

G                 C9       A9*     
deserves  a quiet  night.

C9                D                
                                The..

G                 C9       D       
 photograph on the dashboard,

G                 C9       A9*     
 taken    years   ago,

C9                           D                   
 turned around backwards so the windshield shows.

G                 C9       D       
 Every streetlight        reveals the

G                 C9       A9*     
 picture   in   re-verse.

C9                D                
 Still it's so much clearer.

G                 C9       D       
 I  forgot  my     shirt  at the

G                 C9      A9*      
 water's edge. The moon is low  to-

C9                D                
-night.

G                 C9       D       
           Night - swimming...

G                 C9       A9*     
deserves  a quiet  night.       I’m

C9                D                
 not sure all these people   under-

G                 C9       D       
-stand.       It’s not like years

G                 C9       A9*     
ago.           The fear  of getting

C9                D                
 caught,        of recklessness and

G                 C9       D       
 water.       They cannot   see me

G                 C9       A9*     
 naked.      These things   they go

C9                D                
away,            replaced  by  every(day).

G                 C9       D       
-day.      Night - swimming...

G                 C9       A9*     
remembering  that  night.       Sep-

C9                D                
-tember's  coming  soon.        I'm

G                 C9       D       
 pining  for  the  moon.        And

G                  C9      A9*     
 what if there were two     side by

C9                D                
 side in orbit    around the fairest

G                 C9       D       
 sun?         That bright, tight for-

G                 C9       A9*     
-ever drum cannot describe    night-

C9                D                
 swimming.

G                 C9       D       
 You, I thought I  knew you.

G                 C9       A9*     
 You,  I  can-not  judge.

C9                 D                  
 You, I thought you knew me. This one’s

G                 C9       D       
 laughing    quiet-ly         under-

G                 C9       A9*     
-neath  my breath.            Night-

C9                D                
 swimming.

C9      D        
              (The..)

G             C9      D      
 photograph re-flects  every

G             C9      A9*    
 streetlight a reminder. Night-

C9            D              
-swimming   de-serves a quiet

G             C9      D      
 night.

G             C9      A9*    
            de-serves a quiet

C9            D              
 night.

2.G               D              
  -d-u-d--u--u-d-u-d-------d---d---

2.G               C9      A9*    
  -d---d--u--u-d-u-d---d-u-d---d-u-

3.C9              D              
  -d---d--u--u-d-u-d---d--u--u-d-u-

Then, by changing the C to a Cadd9 and doing the same thing, song became
extremely simple to play and still sounds great (on my guitar, actually

better this way, to me). Thus creating the Aadd9 (A9)* for lack of a name.
(Sure you'll let me know the real chord)

song. Then by adding in base lines especially on the G chords, and using
some middle string strumming you can make things a bit more interesting.