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Traceyanne plays the D Major chord on the tenth fret and the Em on the 12th fret. 
This is so she can play the D dim7 chord late in the song. 
All chords should be played using barre chords.
DThere's flowers in my Ahouse
DAnd I bought them Amyself
DNo surprises in my record cAollection
DYou must have thought I was someone Aelse
EmI'm still afraid to get Alost
DIn a city I might Bmexplore
EmBut I'm not afraid to Ahave
An eloquent Dboy at my Bmdoor
EmAt my door
AAt my door
DAt my door
DOh you want to be a Awriter
DFantastic Aidea
DYou say you've never seen AAmerica
DI really think you'll like it Athere
EmMaybe you should travel with Ame
DIs this the best Bmidea?
EmBecause you've never seen a ARedwood
and you've never Dtouched a Bmdeer
Em
 Adeer
A
 Adeer
    DDdim7
 Adeer
Em
 Adeer
A
 Adeer
DMy dear
EmAre the swans is deceiving us Aall?
DOh I for one should Bmknow
EmI never felt myself so Agraceful
And I never Dswam so Bmslow
EmSo slow
ASo slow
   DDdim7
So slow
EmSo slow
ASo slow
DSo slow.

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Swans

by Camera Obscura

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Traceyanne plays the D Major chord on the tenth fret and the Em on the 12th fret.

This is so she can play the D dim7 chord late in the song.

All chords should be played using barre chords.

D A

There's flowers in my house

D A

And I bought them myself

D A

No surprises in my record collection

D A

You must have thought I was someone else

Em A

I'm still afraid to get lost

D Bm

In a city I might explore

Em A

But I'm not afraid to have

D Bm

An eloquent boy at my door

At my door

D A

Oh you want to be a writer

D A

Fantastic idea

D A

You say you've never seen America

D A

I really think you'll like it there

Em A

Maybe you should travel with me

D Bm

Is this the best idea?

Em A

Because you've never seen a Redwood

D Bm

and you've never touched a deer

deer

Ddim7

deer

My dear

Em A

Are the swans is deceiving us all?

D Bm

Oh I for one should know

Em A

I never felt myself so graceful

D Bm

And I never swam so slow

So slow

Ddim7

So slow

So slow.

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