Key: E
Introduction:
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
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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