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Swimming Upstream
Glen Campbell
album Somebody Like That
Intro     A   D  
Verse 1
DWell God Bless my daddy I learned so much from him
You know he taught me at an early age how to D7sink or Aswim
A7He said Dboy that ole river of life can wash aD7way your Gdreams
So you Dgotta' keep right on Akicking son swimmin' up Dstream
Verse 2
DWell before I knew it I was out there on the street
That ole gal called Lady Luck she wasn't D7kind to Ame
A7As a Dmatter of fact you could say she was D7downright Gmean
She kept me Din way over my Ahead swimmin' up Dstream
Chorus 1
DSwimmin' up stream   swimmin' up stream
Fightin' every inch of the way for a D7poor boy's Adream
TA7hings'll get Drough times'll get Glean
G7But the Donly choice you Agot is to keep swimmin' up Dstream
Riff     D    D7    A    A7    D    D7    G    D    A  D  
Verse 3
DWell the time I thought my ship was comin' in
That ole tide would turn an take it back out Aagain
Well if I Djust lay back an D7float I'll be a troubled Gme
So I Dgotta' keep workin' at Akicking an A7swimmin' up Dstream
Chorus 2
DSwimmin' up stream   swimmin' up stream
Fightin' every inch of the way for a pD7oor boy's Adream
TA7hings'll get Drough times'lD7l get Glean
BG7ut the Donly choice you Agot's to keep swimmin' up DstreamBb  
Outro
Swimmin' up D#stream   swimmin' up stream
Fightin' every inch of the way for a D#7poor boy's Bbdream
TBb7hings'll get D#rough times'll D#7get G#lean
G#7But the D#only choice you Bbgot's to keep swimmin' up D#stream
Yes you gotta' gotta' gotta' gotta' Bbgotta'
Keep swimmin' up D#stream
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God Bless Glen Travis Campbell

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Swimming Up Stream

by Glen Campbell

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D#7

Bb7

G#7

Swimming Upstream

Glen Campbell

album Somebody Like That

A D

Intro

Verse 1

Well God Bless my daddy I learned so much from him

D7 A

You know he taught me at an early age how to sink or swim

A7 D D7 G

He said boy that ole river of life can wash away your dreams

D A D

So you gotta' keep right on kicking son swimmin' up stream

Verse 2

Well before I knew it I was out there on the street

D7 A

That ole gal called Lady Luck she wasn't kind to me

A7 D D7 G

As a matter of fact you could say she was downright mean

D A D

She kept me in way over my head swimmin' up stream

Chorus 1

Swimmin' up stream swimmin' up stream

D7 A

Fightin' every inch of the way for a poor boy's dream

A7 D G

Things'll get rough times'll get lean

G7 D A D

But the only choice you got is to keep swimmin' up stream

D D7 A A7 D D7 G D A D

Riff

Verse 3

Well the time I thought my ship was comin' in

That ole tide would turn an take it back out again

D D7 G

Well if I just lay back an float I'll be a troubled me

D A A7 D

So I gotta' keep workin' at kicking an swimmin' up stream

Chorus 2

Swimmin' up stream swimmin' up stream

D7 A

Fightin' every inch of the way for a poor boy's dream

A7 D D7 G

Things'll get rough times'll get lean

G7 D A D Bb

But the only choice you got's to keep swimmin' up stream

Outro

Swimmin' up stream swimmin' up stream

D#7 Bb

Fightin' every inch of the way for a poor boy's dream

Bb7 D# D#7 G#

Things'll get rough times'll get lean

G#7 D# Bb D#

But the only choice you got's to keep swimmin' up stream

Yes you gotta' gotta' gotta' gotta' gotta'

Keep swimmin' up stream

flyinglibra51

God Bless Glen Travis Campbell

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