R.E.M. - Nightswimming


Tuning: standard (EADGBe)

(Chords)

:     320033
: x32033
: x02033 (simply remove top 3 on )
:     xx0232


[Intro]

              
               


[Verse 1]

             
           Nig

           
ht - swimming.

       
..
             
deserves  a qu

                
iet  night.
            
              

             
              

       
    The..
             
 photograph on

           
 the dashboard

       
,
             
 taken    year

                
s   ago,
            
 turned around

              
 backwards so 

             
the windshield

       
 shows.
             
 Every streetl

           
ight        re

       
veals the
             
 picture   in 

                
  re-verse.
            
 Still it's so

                    
 much clearer.
             
 I  forgot  my

           
     shirt  at

       
 the
             
 water's edge.

          
 The moon is l

*      
ow  to-
            
-night.

             

       


[Instrumental]

              
               


[Verse 2]

             
           Nig

           
ht - swimming.

       
..
             
deserves  a qu

           
iet  night.   

     
    I’m
            
 not sure all 

             
these people  

       
 under-
             
-stand.       

           
It’s not like 

       
years
             
ago.          

           
 The fear  of 

     
getting
            
 caught,      

             
  of recklessn

       
ess and
             
 water.       

           
They cannot   

       
see me
             
 naked.      T

           
hese things   

     
they go
            
away,         

             
   replaced  b

       
y  every(day).


[Verse 3]

             
-day.      Nig

           
ht - swimming.

       
..
             
remembering  t

           
hat  night.   

     
    Sep-
            
-tember's  com

             
ing  soon.    

       
    I'm
             
 pining  for  

           
the  moon.    

       
    And
             
 what if there

           
 were two     

     
side by
            
 side in orbit

             
    around the

       
 fairest
             
 sun?         

           
That bright, t

       
ight for-
             
-ever drum can

           
not describe  

     
  night-
            
 swimming.

             

       


[Verse 4]

             
 You, I though

                  
t I  knew you.
             
 You,  I  can-

                
not  judge.
            
 You, I though

             
t you knew me.

          
 This one’s
             
 laughing    q

           
uiet-ly       

       
  under-
             
-neath  my bre

           
ath.          

     
  Night-
            
 swimming.

             

       


[Interlude]


[Intro]

              
               


[Verse] 
(w/ solo)

             
          * 
           
              

   
(The..)

[Verse 5]

             
 photograph re

            
-flects  every
             
 streetlight a

         
 reminder. Nig

 
ht-
            
-swimming   de

             
-serves a quie

 
t
             
 night.

           

 
             
            de

         
-serves a quie

 
t
            
 night.

             

 


[Outro]
(w/ solo)

             
          * 
              
          * 
                (one strum)


Progressions

Intro (2 measures, played once)

1.                            
           
  -d-u-d--u--u

             
-d-u-d-------d

     
---d---
   1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &

Verses (3 measures, repeat as needed)

1.                           
           
  -d---d--u--u

          
-d-u-d---d-u-d

*    
---d-u-
   1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &

then

          
  -d---d--u--u

             
-d-u-d---d--u-

     
-u-d-u-
   1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &


Notes:

I found the previous tab hard to follow and played around with the chords 
a little to get the rhythm down first. In doing so, I discovered that by 
simply removing the A note off the  chord it sounded closer to the song.
  
extremely simp

    
le to play and

   
 still sounds 

   
great (on my g

  
uitar, actuall


y
  
(Sure you'll l

   
et me know the

    (     
 real chord)

I show the basic Intro and Verse progressions above. I suggest just
strumming until you get the rhythm down as it's not a very complicated
   
some middle st

  
ring strumming

  
 you can make 

    
things a bit m

  
ore interestin


g.
Anyways, I love this song and give thanks and credit to for the original
post. If you're looking, this is a great acoustic solo-artist song.

(Hopefully, this version works with formatting, else I give up - sorry for the previous one)

Good luck, have fun!
-Chris (cjhall_99@msn.com)