Swimming Upstream Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D]

[Verse 1]
[D]Well, God blessed my daddy,
I learned so much from him
You know, he taught me at an early age,
I had to sink or [A]swim
He said, [D]boy, that old river of life
can wash away your [G]dreams
So you [D]gotta keep right on [A]kickin',
son,
swimmin' up the [D]street
Well, before I knew it,
I was out there on the street
That old gal called Lady Luck,
she wasn't kind to [A]me
As a [D]matter of fact,
you could say she was downright [G]mean
She kept me [D]in way over my [A]head,
swimmin' up [Dm]the street
[D]Swimmin' upstream,
swimmin' upstream
Findin' every inch of the way
for a poor boy's [A]dream
Things will get [D]rough,
times will get [G]lean
But the [D]only choice you've got's
[A]to keep swimmin' upstream
[D]
[A][D][G][D][A]
[D]Wel[Dm]l,
[D]every time I thought
my ship was coming in
That old tide would turn
and take it back out [A]again
Well if I [D]just lay back and float
I'll be in trouble [G]deep
So I [D]gotta keep workin' at it, [A]kickin' at it,
swimmin' up[D]stream
Swimmin' upstream, swimmin' upstream
If I can never itch in the way
for a poor boy's [A]dream
But things will get to [D]rough,
times will get to [G]mean
But the [D]only choice you've got's
[A]to keep swimmin' upstr[D]eam[Bb]
Swimmin' up[Eb]stream,
swimmin' upstream
I'd never get in the way
for a poor boy's [Bb]dream
But things will get to [Eb]rough,
times will get to [Ab]mean
But the [Eb]only choice you've got
[Bb]is to keep swimming upstre[Eb]am
Yes, you gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta,
[Bb]gotta keep swimming upstream

[Outro 1]
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