Written by Jimmy Buffett
Beautiful Swimmers Jimmy Buffett E A (4x) E A E Marilyn Monroe did a night shoot in a pool B Posing naked for a Playboy spread A E She was old, but she still was cool A E When they wrapped right after midnight G#m C#m And the crew went to the bar A E Norma Jean just did the backstroke B E Like she was reaching for a fallen starE Standing in a tidal pool A E Just east of Baltimore B Watching little blue crabs A E Navigate the eastern shore A E Every bayou stream and river G#m C#m In time runs to the sea A E Every tadpole, flounder, and softshell B E Feels the choreography A E They’re all Beautiful Swimmers B E They know how to move A E B Sneaking past the draggers and the oyster bars A E G#m C#m Beautiful Swimmers just feel the groove A B E A Painting liquid brush strokes like Renoir G#m C#m I miss my dorsal fin G#m C#m I can’t explain G#m C#m I’m a big fish out of water A B Dwelling on the coastal plain E Now If I was as rich as the Aga Khan A E I tell you what I would do B Buy every man, woman, and child on this planet A E A mask and a snorkel too A E Then I’d lead the wild migration G#m C#m Destination Waimea Bay A B Then we’d splash our way around the world A B E Life is just a water ballet A E B Come on you Beautiful Swimmers E Who know how to move A E B Let’s glide across the water like a steel guitar A E G#m C#m Beautiful Swimmers stay in the groove A B E A E A E Catching constant currents near and farA E Beautiful Swimmers B E Know how to move A E B Slidin’ cross the water like a steel guitar A E G#m C#m Beautiful Swimmers stay in the groove A B E A Riding constant currents near and far
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