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Swimming Lesson

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EELS
Tomorow morning  2010
"Swimming lesson"
   D    G    Ax2
DIf the world's a rotten place
GYou better just forget Ait
DIn the crowd just another face
GGonna make 'em regret Ait
CTake a heart and Gsquash it hard
DLike a little graGpe
CPush it down 'tweGen boot and ground
D'Til it loses shaGpe
(  G    C  Dm)                   F  C  
And if you feel like you can't swim
DWhen you're thrown in the Glake
(   G       C  Dm) F  
Just watch the bugs
Passin' by Cyou as you
GSlip under their Fwake
         D      G    A(simple picking)
Again
If you let your feelings shine
You better cover 'em up, kid
Ain't no sense in wastin' time
Dream behind your eyelids
Take a heart and squash it hard
Like a little bug
Swig it down and spit it out
And kick it under the rug
And if you feel like you can't swim
When you're thrown in the lake
Just watch the bugs
Passin' by you as you
Slip under their wake
Again
Take a heart and squash it hard
Like a little ant
Scrape it off the sole of your shoe
On the welcome mat
And if you feel like you can't swim
When you're thrown in the lake
Just watch the bugs
Passin' by you as you
Slip under their wake
Again
Ooh
Ooh

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Swimming Lesson

by Eels

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EELS

Tomorow morning 2010

"Swimming lesson"

D G A

If the world's a rotten place

G A

You better just forget it

In the crowd just another face

G A

Gonna make 'em regret it

C G

Take a heart and squash it hard

D G

Like a little grape

C G

Push it down 'tween boot and ground

D G

'Til it loses shape

G C Dm F C

( )

And if you feel like you can't swim

D G

When you're thrown in the lake

G C Dm F

( )

Just watch the bugs

Passin' by you as you

G F

Slip under their wake

D G A

(simple picking)

Again

If you let your feelings shine

You better cover 'em up, kid

Ain't no sense in wastin' time

Dream behind your eyelids

Take a heart and squash it hard

Like a little bug

Swig it down and spit it out

And kick it under the rug

And if you feel like you can't swim

When you're thrown in the lake

Just watch the bugs

Passin' by you as you

Slip under their wake

Again

Take a heart and squash it hard

Like a little ant

Scrape it off the sole of your shoe

On the welcome mat

And if you feel like you can't swim

When you're thrown in the lake

Just watch the bugs

Passin' by you as you

Slip under their wake

Again

Ooh

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