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 star
A 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
E
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 far