Swimmers Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays457

Swimmers by Broken Social Scene is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F, Am, G, C/B and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
Speed
  			
verse 1 
     C             F 
I was, waiting for you 
     C           F 
I was, standing around 
     C         F 
I was, getting older 
     C       F 
I was, going down 

 
       Am            G                     C 
If you always get up late, you'll never be on time 
       Am     G      C 
If you always make it 
  Am G C 
After  work (Ba ba dada) 
Am G  C 
After work 

verse 2 
                 F                  C 
Oh the day never comes, and I stand up 
        F    C 
waiting on 
F                                    C 
I saw you down there I know you were tired 
F              C         C/B F 
I saw you, you looked like a swimmer 

Instrumental 
Am G 
F C 

Bridge 
         F            Am  G 
I want to, be with you 
           F 
All of the time 
          Em 
Why can't you 
F            Am  G 
   satisfy? 
             C 
You look good 
               Em 
But you sound better 
             C 
You were the best I had 

 
       F                                            C 
If you always get up late, you're never going to be on time 
       F                          C 
If you always get up late, you're never going to be on time 
F                     C 
    And that's a shame 
                                   C 
Because I like you, I never see you 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante