Beautiful Swimmers

	  		Beautiful Swimmers 
Jimmy Buffett  

E      A  (4x) 

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 
     G#m           C#m 
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