Swimming Upstream Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[C]

[Verse 1]
God [C]bless my daddy,
I learned so much from him
He taught me at an early age I
had to sink [G]or swim
He said, [C]"Boy, that old river of life
can wash away your [F]dreams
But you [C]gotta keep right on kick[G]ing
and swimming upstream"
[C]

[Verse 2]
Before I knew it I was out
there on the street
That old gal they call lady luck she
wasn't kind [G]to me[Gm][G]
As a [C]matter of fact you could say
she was down right [F]mean
[C]She kept me in way over my [G]head
and swimming upstream
[C]

[Verse 3]
Swimming upstream,
swimming upstream
Fightin' every inch of the way
for a poor boy's [G]dream
Things will get [C]rough, times will get [F]lean
But the [C]only choice you [G]got is keep

[Interlude 1]
swimming upstream
[C][D][G][D][A][D]

[Verse 4]
Every [D]time I think my ship is comin' in
That old tide will turn and it'll
take me back out [A]again
If [D]I just lay back and float
I'll be in trouble you [G]see
[D]So I gotta keep working and kick
[A]ing and swimming upstream
[D]

[Verse 5]
Swimming upstream
swimming upstream
Fightin' 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 [A]got is keep
swimming upstream
[D]

[Verse 6]
Swimming upstream
swimming upstream
Fightin' 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 [A]got is
keep swimming upstream
[D]

[Verse 7]
Yeah, the only choice that you [A]got
is keep swimming upstream
[D]