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Nightswimming

R.E.M.
Von dem Album "Automatic for the people" 1992

Benutzte Akkorde:

Akkorde Nightswimming

Intro: G - C - G - Dsus2

Verse 1:
G               C Dsus2    G                  C  A  C  Dsus2
Nightswimming deserves a quiet night.
      G                                C     Dsus2 G                  C  A
The photograph on the dashboard, taken years ago,
      C                                        Dsus2
turned around backwards so the windshield shows.
G                     C       Dsus2   G                   C  A
Every streetlight reveals the picture in reverse.
C                            Dsus2
Still, it's so much clearer.
G                    C Dsus2  G
I forgot my shirt at the water's edge.
      C                A          C  Dsus2 
The moon is low tonight.

Übergang: G - C - G - Dsus2

Verse 2:
G               C Dsus2    G                  C  A  C  Dsus2
Nightswimming deserves a quiet night.
     C                         Dsus2                  G
I'm not sure all these people understand.
     C            Dsus2   G
It's not like years ago,
      C            A              C  Dsus2                     G
The fear of getting caught, of recklessness and water.
            C   Dsus2     G
They cannot see me naked.
            C             A          C  Dsus2                    G
These things, they go away, replaced by everyday.

Verse 3:
                  C             G                         C  A
Nightswimming. Remembering that night.
          C                     Dsus2 C                             Dsus2

September's coming soon. I'm pining for the moon.
        G                              C   A          C
And what if there were two side by side in orbit
  Dsus2                      G
around the fairest sun?
           C   Dsus2     G                           C        A                   C  Dsus2
That bright, tight forever drum could not describe nightswimming.
G                             C Dsus2 G                      C  A
You, I thought I knew you. You, I cannot judge.
 C                             Dsus2
You, I thought you knew me.
                    G             C Dsus2   G               C
This one laughing quietly underneath my breath.
A              C      Dsus2
Nightswimming.

Übergang: G - C - G - Dsus2

Solo : G - C- G - C - A - C - Dsus2

Verse 4:
      G                            C
The photograph reflects,
Dsus2      G                 C
every streetlight a reminder.
A             C            Dsus2                 G C Dsus2
Nightswimming deserves a quiet night,
G      C             A        C  Dsus2
  deserves a quiet night.

Outro: G - C - Dsus2 - G - C - A - C - Dsus2 - C - A - C - Dsus2 - G
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