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Swim With Sam

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artist: A Balladeer
G
|e|--3--
|b|--3--
|g|--0--
|d|--0--
|a|--2--
|E|--3--
Cadd9
|e|--3--
|b|--3--
|g|--0--
|d|--2--
|a|--3--
|E|--x--
D
|e|--2--
|b|--3--
|g|--2--
|d|--0--
|a|--x-
|E|--x--
|e|--5--
|b|--3--
|g|--2--
|d|--0--
|a|--x--
|E|--x--
intro:  G-  Cadd9- D  
G
Sammy says he lost his call
Cadd9                  D
On the day Cousteau had died
GThe ocean was a tub of sharks
Cadd9                  D
With Jacques Yves as a guide
G
Sammy says the water's safe
Cadd9                     D
That man should not have left the seas
G
Called the Human Bathyscaphe
Cadd9            D
He's King of Expertise
REFRAIN:
D5                     Cadd9
So if someone wants to know
   D5               Cadd9
And asks you where I am
  Cadd9             D5
You say you saw me go
               G
For a swim with Sam
G
Sammy says they call him "nice"
Cadd9                        D
And that it makes him really sick
G
That his "nice" is like "polite"
Cadd9                 D
And silence does the trick
G
Sammy says he'd like to go
Cadd9                   D
Somewhere far away from here
G
To a sea that no one knows
Cadd9                D
To completely disappear
REFRAIN:
D5                     Cadd9
So if someone wants to know
   D5               Cadd9
And asks you where I am
  Cadd9             D5
You say you saw me go
               G
For a swim with Sam
solo
strum the bottem E string while playing the solo
|E|--------------------------------------------|
|b|-10/12-12-12-10-10-10-8-8-8-8h10-10-10------|
|g|--------------------------------------------|
|E|--------------------------------------------|
|b|-10/12-12-12-10-10-10-8-8-8-7/8\7-8---------|
|g|--------------------------------------------|
|E|--------------------------------------------|
|b|-10/12-12-12-10-10-10-8-8-8-8h10-10-10------|
|g|--------------------------------------------|
|E|--------------------------------------------|
|b|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-0-0------|
|g|--------------------------------------------|
REFRAIN:
D5                     Cadd9
So if someone wants to know
   D5               Cadd9
And asks you where I am
  Cadd9             D5
You say you saw me go
               G
For a swim with Sam
G                G
Don't try to talk me out of this
Not Cadd9while I'm here in CDarla's seat
G              G
"The sea has many drops of water
     Cadd9                   D
But the salt won't let you taste the sweet"
G                       G
Don't try to talk me out of this
Cadd9                   D
G                        G
Not while I'm here in Carla's seat
Cadd9                   D

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Swim With Sam

by A Balladeer

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Cadd9

artist: A Balladeer

|e|--3--

|b|--3--

|g|--0--

|d|--0--

|a|--2--

|E|--3--

Cadd9

|e|--3--

|b|--3--

|g|--0--

|d|--2--

|a|--3--

|E|--x--

|e|--2--

|b|--3--

|g|--2--

|d|--0--

|a|--x-

|E|--x--

|e|--5--

|b|--3--

|g|--2--

|d|--0--

|a|--x--

|E|--x--

G Cadd9 D

intro: - -

Sammy says he lost his call

Cadd9 D

On the day Cousteau had died

The ocean was a tub of sharks

Cadd9 D

With Jacques Yves as a guide

Sammy says the water's safe

Cadd9 D

That man should not have left the seas

Called the Human Bathyscaphe

Cadd9 D

He's King of Expertise

REFRAIN:

D5 Cadd9

So if someone wants to know

D5 Cadd9

And asks you where I am

Cadd9 D5

You say you saw me go

For a swim with Sam

Sammy says they call him "nice"

Cadd9 D

And that it makes him really sick

That his "nice" is like "polite"

Cadd9 D

And silence does the trick

Sammy says he'd like to go

Cadd9 D

Somewhere far away from here

To a sea that no one knows

Cadd9 D

To completely disappear

REFRAIN:

D5 Cadd9

So if someone wants to know

D5 Cadd9

And asks you where I am

Cadd9 D5

You say you saw me go

For a swim with Sam

solo

strum the bottem E string while playing the solo

|E|--------------------------------------------|

|b|-10/12-12-12-10-10-10-8-8-8-8h10-10-10------|

|g|--------------------------------------------|

|E|--------------------------------------------|

|b|-10/12-12-12-10-10-10-8-8-8-7/8\7-8---------|

|g|--------------------------------------------|

|E|--------------------------------------------|

|b|-10/12-12-12-10-10-10-8-8-8-8h10-10-10------|

|g|--------------------------------------------|

|E|--------------------------------------------|

|b|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-0-0------|

|g|--------------------------------------------|

REFRAIN:

D5 Cadd9

So if someone wants to know

D5 Cadd9

And asks you where I am

Cadd9 D5

You say you saw me go

For a swim with Sam

G G

Don't try to talk me out of this

Cadd9 D

Not while I'm here in Carla's seat

G G

"The sea has many drops of water

Cadd9 D

But the salt won't let you taste the sweet"

G G

Don't try to talk me out of this

Cadd9 D

G G

Not while I'm here in Carla's seat

Cadd9 D

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