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Swing, Swing
All-American Rejects
Main Strum:
D D D
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
Punk Strum:
D D D D D D D D
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
Bridge Strum (E5 and G5/F# only)
D D
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
Intro:
(w/main strum): / G5 -
- - / G5/F# - - - / E5 - - - / C5 - - - / x2
(w/punk strum): / G5 -
- - / G5/F# - - - / E5 - - - / C5 - - - / x2
Verse (w/main strum):
G5
Days swiftly come and go,
I'm dreaming of her
E5 C5
She's seeing other guys,
emotions astir
G5
The sun is gone, the
nights are long
E5 C5
And I am left while the
tears fall
Pre Chorus (w/punk strum):
G5
E5 C5
Did you think that I would cry on the phone
G5
E5 C5
Do you know what it feels like being alone
Bm C (x2)
I'll find someone new
Chorus:
G5
G5/F#
Swing, swing, swing from the tangles of
E5 C5
My heart is crushed by a former love
G5 G5/F# E5 C5
Can you help me find a way to carry on again
Verse (w/main strum):
G5
Wish cast into the sky,
I'm moving on
E5 C5
Sweet beginnings do arise,
she knows I was wrong
G5
The notes are old, they bend
they fold
E5 C5
so do I to a new love
Pre-Chorus and Chorus
Solo: / G5 - - - / G5/F# - - - / E5 - - - / C5 - - -
/ x2
Bridge:
E5 G5/F#
Bury me
G Gsus4
You thought your problems
were gone
E5 G5/F#
Carry me
C5 (x2)
Away, away, away
Chorus x 2
G (hold)
This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It's intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.
