Chords for Ani DiFranco Swan Dive

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[C] _ [Am] _ _ I'm cradling the softest, _ warmest [F] part of you in my [Am] hands.
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_ _ _ Feels like a baby [F] bird [Am]
falling from the nest. _ _ _ _
_ [F] I [A] think that your body [F] [Am] is something I _ [C] [Am] understand. _ _ _ _ _
_ I think that I'm happy.
[Am] I think that I'm blessed.
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But I've had a [Am] lack of inhibition.
I've had a loss of [C] perspective.
[Fm] I've had [C] a little bit to drink, and it's making me think that I can [Am] jump ship and swim.
The ocean will hold me, but there's got to be more [F] than this [Am] boat I'm [F] in.
Cause they can [C] call me crazy [G] if I fail.
All the [C] chance that [F] I need is one [C] in a million, and they can [G] call me brilliant [C] if I [F] succeed.
[C] Gravity is not their [G] enemy.
I'm moving at the [C] speed of sound.
I just want to get [G] my feet wet here until [A] I drown.
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_ [G] _ _ [C] _ [D] _ [F] _ [G] _ [Am] _
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_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [Am] And I teeter between [F] tired [Am] and really, really tired.
I'm wiped and I'm wired, but I guess it's just as well.
_ [C] _ Cause I built [E] my own [Am] empire out of car tires and chicken wire.
[F] And now I'm [Am] queen of my own compost heap, and I'm getting used to the smell.
[F] But I've had a lack of [C] inhib [F] information.
I've had a lot [Em] [A] of [C] revelation.
And I'm climbing up on a rail line, trying not [A] to look down.
[F] And I'm gonna [Am] do my best swan dive into shark-infested waters.
I'm gonna pull out my tampon and just start splashing around.
[C] Cause I don't [G] care if they [C] leave me alive.
I've got better [G] things else to do than [F] survive.
I've [C] got the memory [G] of your warm [C] skin in [F] my hands.
And I've [C] got a vision [G] of blue, blue sky [A] and dry land.
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_ [C] _ _ [F] _ [G] _ [Am] _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [Fm] I'm [Am] cradling the hardest, _ heaviest part of me in my hands.
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_ [C] _ _ [A] _ [F] _ [Am] And the ship is pitching and [F] heaving.
[Am] And our limbs are bobbing and [F] weaving.
[Am] And I think that this is one thing [F] I ought [Eb] to do.
_ [Bb] [F] I just need [Am] a couple of exhalations [F] from my faraway vacation.
I'm [Am] gonna go ahead and go boldly, [A] cause a little bird, little bird told [F] me
that [C] jumping is easy, [F] and [Am] falling is fun.
But right up until you hit the sidewalk, shivering and [F] stunned and aching,
[C] call me crazy if [G] I fail.
All the [C] chance that [F] I need is one [C] in a million,
and they can [G] call me brilliant if I [F] succeed.
But [C] gravity is nothing [G] to me.
I'm moving at the speed [F] of sound.
And I just [C] wanna get [G] my feet wet again until [F] I drown.
I [C] just wanna get [G] my feet wet again until [F] I drown.
[C] I just wanna [D] get [G] my feet wet again.
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