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Swimming Ground

Meat Puppets
Tab
★4.7(5)

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Main Riff

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------2p0---------------------2-3p2-------2-------------2p0---------------------2-5-3-2----------|
G|----2s4s2-----4s6s4-2s4s2---2s4s2-------4p2-4---4p2---2s4s2-----4s6s4-2s4s2---2s4s2---6-4-2-0-0h2h4--|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--0-----------------------0-------------------------0-----------------------0------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse 1

C F C G C F G C

e|--8-------8-------8-----------8------|
B|--8---10--8---12--8---10--12--8------|
G|--9---10--9---12--10--10--12--9------|
D|--10--10--10--12--10--10--12--10-----|
A|--10--8---10--10--10--8---10--10-----|
E|--8-------8-------8-----------8------|

("Sun is up..." - "The clouds would help..."

Prechorus 1

F C G C F G C

e|------8-------8-----------8-----|
B|--10--8---12--8---10--12--8-----|
G|--10--9---12--9---10--12--9-----|
D|--10--10--12--10--10--12--10----|
A|--8---10--10--10--8---10--10----|
E|------8-------8-----------8-----|

("They'd send showers..." - "In our favorite...")

Chorus 1

A

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--14----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--14---(Just strum this chord until the end of the chorus.)---------------|
D|--14----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--12----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

("The best place..." - "Everything just...")

Main Riff

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------2p0---------------------2-3p2-------2-------------2p0---------------------2-5-3-2----------|
G|----2s4s2-----4s6s4-2s4s2---2s4s2-------4p2-4---4p2---2s4s2-----4s6s4-2s4s2---2s4s2---6-4-2-0-0h2h4--|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--0-----------------------0-------------------------0-----------------------0------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse 2

C F C G C F G C

e|--8-------8-------8-----------8------|
B|--8---10--8---12--8---10--12--8------|
G|--9---10--9---12--10--10--12--9------|
D|--10--10--10--12--10--10--12--10-----|
A|--10--8---10--10--10--8---10--10-----|
E|--8-------8-------8-----------8------|

("Out to lunch..." - "The clouds would help..."

Prechorus 2

F C G C F G C

e|------8-------8-----------8-----|
B|--10--8---12--8---10--12--8-----|
G|--10--9---12--9---10--12--9-----|
D|--10--10--12--10--10--12--10----|
A|--8---10--10--10--8---10--10----|
E|------8-------8-----------8-----|

("They'd send showers..." - "In our favorite...")

Chorus 2

A

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--14----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--14---(Just strum this chord until the end of the chorus.)---------------|
D|--14----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--12----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

("The best place..." - "Everything just...")

[Bridge](Single strokes for all the chords.)

F G A F G C

e|---------------------------------------|
B|--10--12--14----10--12--5--------------|
G|--10--12--14----10--12--5----(X2)------|
D|--10--12--14----10--12--5--------------|
A|--8---10--12----8---10--3--------------|
E|---------------------------------------|

Main Riff

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------2p0---------------------2-3p2-------2-------------2p0---------------------2-5-3-2----------|
G|----2s4s2-----4s6s4-2s4s2---2s4s2-------4p2-4---4p2---2s4s2-----4s6s4-2s4s2---2s4s2---6-4-2-0-0h2h4--|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--0-----------------------0-------------------------0-----------------------0------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse 3

C F C G C F G C

e|--8---8---8---10--8---8---10--8------|
B|--8---10--8---12--8---10--12--8------|
G|--9---10--9---12--10--10--12--9------|
D|--10--10--10--12--10--10--12--10-----|
A|--10--8---10--10--10--8---10--10-----|
E|--8-------8-------8-----------8------|

("Sun is up..." - "The clouds would help..."

Prechorus 3

F C G C F G C

e|--8---8---10--8---8---10--8-----|
B|--10--8---12--8---10--12--8-----|
G|--10--9---12--9---10--12--9-----|
D|--10--10--12--10--10--12--10----|
A|--8---10--10--10--8---10--10----|
E|------8-------8-----------8-----|

("They'd send showers..." - "In our favorite...")

Chorus 3

A

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--14----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--14---(Just strum this chord until the end of the chorus.)---------------|
D|--14----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--12----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

("The best place..." - "Everything just...")

Main Riff

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------2p0---------------------2-3p2-------2-------------2p0---------------------2-5-3-2----------|
G|----2s4s2-----4s6s4-2s4s2---2s4s2-------4p2-4---4p2---2s4s2-----4s6s4-2s4s2---2s4s2---6-4-2-0-0h2h4--|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--0-----------------------0-------------------------0-----------------------0------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Lyrics:

Verse 1

The sun is up and beating down

It's hot enough to melt the ground

A little water would do us good

The clouds would help us if they could

Bridge

They'd send showers of pouring rain

Get everything wet again

We could go and float around

In our favorite swimming ground

Chorus

Best place I ever found

Wasn't close to any town

Was a little swimming ground

Everything just floating around

Verse 2

Out to lunch and out of town

Pretty close to falling down

A little water would do us good

The clouds would help us if they could

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