Nightswimming Tabulatur von R.E.M.

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           Night  swimming
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deserves  a quiet  night.

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The photograph on the dashboard,
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taken    years   ago,
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turned around backwards so the windshield shows.
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Every streetlight        reveals 
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the picture   in   reverse.
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Still it's so much clearer.
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I  forgot  my     shirt  at the
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water's edge. The moon is low 
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tonight.

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           Night  swimming
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deserves  a quiet  night.       I'm
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not sure all these people   under-
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stand.       It's not like years
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ago.           The fear  of getting
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caught,        of recklessness and
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water.       They cannot   see me
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naked.      These things   they go
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away,            replaced  by  every


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day.      Night  swimming
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remembering  that  night.       
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September's  coming  soon.        I'm
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pining  for  the  moon.        And
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what if there were two.    side by
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side in orbit    around the fairest
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sun?         That bright, tight 
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forever drum cannot describe    night
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swimming.


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You, I thought I  knew you.
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You,  I  cannot  judge.
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You, I thought you knew me. This one's
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laughing    quietly         under-
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neath  my breath.            Night
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swimming.

Interlude:

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The photograph reflects  every
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streetlight a reminder. Night
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swimming   deserves a quiet
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night.
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            deserves a quiet
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night.

Outro:
 
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