Chords for Swimmin' in the Sea Gaelic Storm
Tempo:
115.1 bpm
Chords used:
Ab
Db
Eb
Bbm
Cm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Cm] [Db] [Eb] [Ab] [Db] [Ab]
[Db] [Eb] [Ab] [Db] [Eb]
[Ab] [Db] [Eb] [Ab] When I was five, we'd get up at [Db] four, [Ab]
drive all night on the Commonwealth Shore.
[Db] [Eb]
[Bbm] Our holidays would [Eb] come at last,
[Bbm] they came real slow, they went [Eb] by fast.
[Ab] Well just one week is all we had, [Db] [Eb]
[Ab] went back to [Db] work when [Eb] Mama [Ab] died.
[Db] [Eb]
[Bbm] Happy to be [Eb] swimming [Ab] in the [Db] sea.
[Eb] [Ab] [Db] [Ab]
The sea goes [Db] yell, [Ab] ooh, you're getting [Db] near.
[Ab] We'd wake up [Db] reasonably [Eb] all the [Ab] year, [Db] [Eb] [Bbm] and we hadn't slept a wink [Eb] all night.
[Bbm] White faces in the [Eb] morning light, [Ab] I see the sea, my sister cried.
[Db] [Eb] [Ab] Seaside we'd soon be beside, [Db] [Eb] [Bbm] happy to be [Eb] swimming [Ab] in the sea.
[Db] [Ab]
[Db] [Ab] Down to the sand, ooh, with our bucket and our spade, behind a [Db] yellow wind [Ab] barricade.
[Db] [Eb]
[Bbm] We'd bury Dad up [Eb] to his chin,
[Bbm] and with our trucks we'd jump [Eb] right in.
[Ab] Round our [Db] ways a rubber [Ab] ring, [Db] [Ab]
and on each [Db] time I'd [Eb] walk [Ab] away.
[Db] [Eb]
[Bbm] Happy to be [Eb] swimming [Ab] in the sea.
[Db] [Eb] [Ab] [Db] [Eb]
[Db] It's [Ab] so cold [Bbm] and raining [Ab] too, [Db] we'd stay [Ab] all day [Bbm] till our lips [Eb] turned blue.
[Db] Only [Ab] a week, [Bbm] it [Fm] wasn't fair.
[Bbm] We're on holiday, holiday,
[Eb] holiday, oh, and we [Ab] don't [Db] care.
[Eb] [Ab] [Db] [Eb]
[Ab] [Db] [Eb] [Ab] [Db] [Ab]
[Db] [Ab] [Db] [Ab]
[Db] [Eb] [Ab] [Db] [Ab]
In every pool, stranded by [Db] a [Eb] tide, [Ab] lanterns, fishes and a seaweed hide.
[Db] [Eb] [Bbm] We'd catch them all in a [Eb] fishing net, as close to heaven as we could get.
[Ab] We'd dream of smugglers and pirate ships, lunches, ice cream and a bag of chips.
[Bbm] Happy to [Eb] be swimming [Ab] in the sea.
[Db] [Ab]
[Db] [Eb] [Ab] Down to a kitty fight, by a rocky shore, was a magical [Db] place to [Ab] tell you I'm in love.
[Db] [Eb]
[Bbm] Now the seagulls are calling [Eb] for me,
[Bbm] hey, come on back to the [Eb] Cornish Sea.
[Ab] They'll buy the [Db] water by [Ab] the foam, just one more [Db] week and I'm [Ab] going home.
[Bbm] Happy to be, [Eb]
[Bbm] happy to [Eb] be, well, [Bbm] I'm happy to [Eb] be, oh, [Ab] swimming in the sea.
[Eb] [Ab] Swimming in the sea, swimming in the sea, yeah, I'm swimming in the sea.
[Eb] [Ab]
[N]
[Db] [Eb] [Ab] [Db] [Eb]
[Ab] [Db] [Eb] [Ab] When I was five, we'd get up at [Db] four, [Ab]
drive all night on the Commonwealth Shore.
[Db] [Eb]
[Bbm] Our holidays would [Eb] come at last,
[Bbm] they came real slow, they went [Eb] by fast.
[Ab] Well just one week is all we had, [Db] [Eb]
[Ab] went back to [Db] work when [Eb] Mama [Ab] died.
[Db] [Eb]
[Bbm] Happy to be [Eb] swimming [Ab] in the [Db] sea.
[Eb] [Ab] [Db] [Ab]
The sea goes [Db] yell, [Ab] ooh, you're getting [Db] near.
[Ab] We'd wake up [Db] reasonably [Eb] all the [Ab] year, [Db] [Eb] [Bbm] and we hadn't slept a wink [Eb] all night.
[Bbm] White faces in the [Eb] morning light, [Ab] I see the sea, my sister cried.
[Db] [Eb] [Ab] Seaside we'd soon be beside, [Db] [Eb] [Bbm] happy to be [Eb] swimming [Ab] in the sea.
[Db] [Ab]
[Db] [Ab] Down to the sand, ooh, with our bucket and our spade, behind a [Db] yellow wind [Ab] barricade.
[Db] [Eb]
[Bbm] We'd bury Dad up [Eb] to his chin,
[Bbm] and with our trucks we'd jump [Eb] right in.
[Ab] Round our [Db] ways a rubber [Ab] ring, [Db] [Ab]
and on each [Db] time I'd [Eb] walk [Ab] away.
[Db] [Eb]
[Bbm] Happy to be [Eb] swimming [Ab] in the sea.
[Db] [Eb] [Ab] [Db] [Eb]
[Db] It's [Ab] so cold [Bbm] and raining [Ab] too, [Db] we'd stay [Ab] all day [Bbm] till our lips [Eb] turned blue.
[Db] Only [Ab] a week, [Bbm] it [Fm] wasn't fair.
[Bbm] We're on holiday, holiday,
[Eb] holiday, oh, and we [Ab] don't [Db] care.
[Eb] [Ab] [Db] [Eb]
[Ab] [Db] [Eb] [Ab] [Db] [Ab]
[Db] [Ab] [Db] [Ab]
[Db] [Eb] [Ab] [Db] [Ab]
In every pool, stranded by [Db] a [Eb] tide, [Ab] lanterns, fishes and a seaweed hide.
[Db] [Eb] [Bbm] We'd catch them all in a [Eb] fishing net, as close to heaven as we could get.
[Ab] We'd dream of smugglers and pirate ships, lunches, ice cream and a bag of chips.
[Bbm] Happy to [Eb] be swimming [Ab] in the sea.
[Db] [Ab]
[Db] [Eb] [Ab] Down to a kitty fight, by a rocky shore, was a magical [Db] place to [Ab] tell you I'm in love.
[Db] [Eb]
[Bbm] Now the seagulls are calling [Eb] for me,
[Bbm] hey, come on back to the [Eb] Cornish Sea.
[Ab] They'll buy the [Db] water by [Ab] the foam, just one more [Db] week and I'm [Ab] going home.
[Bbm] Happy to be, [Eb]
[Bbm] happy to [Eb] be, well, [Bbm] I'm happy to [Eb] be, oh, [Ab] swimming in the sea.
[Eb] [Ab] Swimming in the sea, swimming in the sea, yeah, I'm swimming in the sea.
[Eb] [Ab]
[N]
Key:
Ab
Db
Eb
Bbm
Cm
Ab
Db
Eb
[Cm] _ _ [Db] _ [Eb] _ [Ab] _ _ [Db] _ [Ab] _
_ _ [Db] _ [Eb] _ [Ab] _ _ [Db] _ [Eb] _
[Ab] _ _ [Db] _ [Eb] [Ab] When I was five, _ _ _ _ we'd get up at [Db] four, [Ab] _
drive all night on the Commonwealth Shore.
_ [Db] _ [Eb] _
[Bbm] Our holidays would [Eb] come at last, _ _
[Bbm] they came real slow, they went [Eb] by fast.
[Ab] Well just one week is all we had, _ [Db] _ [Eb]
[Ab] went back to [Db] work when [Eb] Mama [Ab] died.
_ [Db] _ [Eb] _
[Bbm] Happy to be [Eb] _ swimming [Ab] in the [Db] sea.
[Eb] _ [Ab] _ _ [Db] _ [Ab]
The sea goes [Db] yell, [Ab] ooh, _ _ _ you're getting [Db] near.
[Ab] We'd wake up [Db] reasonably [Eb] all the [Ab] year, _ [Db] _ [Eb] _ [Bbm] and we hadn't slept a wink [Eb] all night.
_ _ [Bbm] White faces in the [Eb] morning light, _ [Ab] I see the sea, my sister cried.
_ [Db] _ [Eb] _ [Ab] Seaside we'd soon be beside, _ [Db] _ [Eb] _ [Bbm] happy to be [Eb] _ _ swimming [Ab] in the sea.
[Db] _ [Ab] _
_ _ [Db] _ [Ab] Down to the sand, ooh, _ _ with our bucket and our spade, behind a [Db] yellow wind [Ab] barricade.
_ [Db] _ [Eb] _
[Bbm] We'd bury Dad up [Eb] to his chin, _ _
[Bbm] and with our trucks we'd jump [Eb] right in. _
[Ab] Round our [Db] ways a rubber [Ab] ring, _ [Db] _ [Ab]
and on each [Db] time I'd [Eb] walk [Ab] away.
_ [Db] _ [Eb] _
[Bbm] Happy to be [Eb] _ swimming [Ab] in the sea.
[Db] _ [Eb] _ [Ab] _ _ [Db] _ [Eb] _
[Db] It's [Ab] so cold [Bbm] and raining [Ab] too, [Db] we'd stay [Ab] all day [Bbm] till our lips [Eb] turned blue.
_ _ [Db] Only [Ab] a week, [Bbm] it [Fm] wasn't fair. _ _ _ _
[Bbm] We're on holiday, _ _ holiday, _
[Eb] _ holiday, _ oh, and we [Ab] don't [Db] care.
[Eb] _ [Ab] _ _ [Db] _ [Eb] _
[Ab] _ _ [Db] _ [Eb] _ [Ab] _ _ [Db] _ [Ab] _
_ _ [Db] _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Db] _ [Ab] _
_ _ [Db] _ [Eb] _ [Ab] _ _ [Db] _ [Ab]
In every pool, _ _ _ _ stranded by [Db] a [Eb] tide, [Ab] lanterns, fishes and a seaweed hide.
_ [Db] _ [Eb] _ [Bbm] We'd catch them all in a [Eb] fishing net, _ _ as close to heaven as we could get.
[Ab] We'd dream of smugglers and pirate ships, _ _ _ lunches, ice cream and a bag of chips.
_ _ _ [Bbm] Happy to [Eb] be _ swimming [Ab] in the sea.
[Db] _ [Ab] _
_ _ [Db] _ [Eb] [Ab] Down to a kitty fight, _ _ _ by a rocky shore, was a magical [Db] place to [Ab] tell you I'm in love.
_ [Db] _ [Eb] _
[Bbm] Now the seagulls are calling [Eb] for me, _ _
[Bbm] hey, come on back to the [Eb] Cornish Sea. _
[Ab] They'll buy the [Db] water by [Ab] the foam, _ _ just one more [Db] week and I'm [Ab] going home. _ _ _
[Bbm] _ Happy to be, [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Bbm] happy to [Eb] be, _ well, [Bbm] I'm happy to [Eb] be, oh, _ _ [Ab] swimming in the sea.
_ [Eb] [Ab] Swimming in the sea, _ swimming in the sea, yeah, I'm swimming in the sea. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ _ [Db] _ [Eb] _ [Ab] _ _ [Db] _ [Eb] _
[Ab] _ _ [Db] _ [Eb] [Ab] When I was five, _ _ _ _ we'd get up at [Db] four, [Ab] _
drive all night on the Commonwealth Shore.
_ [Db] _ [Eb] _
[Bbm] Our holidays would [Eb] come at last, _ _
[Bbm] they came real slow, they went [Eb] by fast.
[Ab] Well just one week is all we had, _ [Db] _ [Eb]
[Ab] went back to [Db] work when [Eb] Mama [Ab] died.
_ [Db] _ [Eb] _
[Bbm] Happy to be [Eb] _ swimming [Ab] in the [Db] sea.
[Eb] _ [Ab] _ _ [Db] _ [Ab]
The sea goes [Db] yell, [Ab] ooh, _ _ _ you're getting [Db] near.
[Ab] We'd wake up [Db] reasonably [Eb] all the [Ab] year, _ [Db] _ [Eb] _ [Bbm] and we hadn't slept a wink [Eb] all night.
_ _ [Bbm] White faces in the [Eb] morning light, _ [Ab] I see the sea, my sister cried.
_ [Db] _ [Eb] _ [Ab] Seaside we'd soon be beside, _ [Db] _ [Eb] _ [Bbm] happy to be [Eb] _ _ swimming [Ab] in the sea.
[Db] _ [Ab] _
_ _ [Db] _ [Ab] Down to the sand, ooh, _ _ with our bucket and our spade, behind a [Db] yellow wind [Ab] barricade.
_ [Db] _ [Eb] _
[Bbm] We'd bury Dad up [Eb] to his chin, _ _
[Bbm] and with our trucks we'd jump [Eb] right in. _
[Ab] Round our [Db] ways a rubber [Ab] ring, _ [Db] _ [Ab]
and on each [Db] time I'd [Eb] walk [Ab] away.
_ [Db] _ [Eb] _
[Bbm] Happy to be [Eb] _ swimming [Ab] in the sea.
[Db] _ [Eb] _ [Ab] _ _ [Db] _ [Eb] _
[Db] It's [Ab] so cold [Bbm] and raining [Ab] too, [Db] we'd stay [Ab] all day [Bbm] till our lips [Eb] turned blue.
_ _ [Db] Only [Ab] a week, [Bbm] it [Fm] wasn't fair. _ _ _ _
[Bbm] We're on holiday, _ _ holiday, _
[Eb] _ holiday, _ oh, and we [Ab] don't [Db] care.
[Eb] _ [Ab] _ _ [Db] _ [Eb] _
[Ab] _ _ [Db] _ [Eb] _ [Ab] _ _ [Db] _ [Ab] _
_ _ [Db] _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Db] _ [Ab] _
_ _ [Db] _ [Eb] _ [Ab] _ _ [Db] _ [Ab]
In every pool, _ _ _ _ stranded by [Db] a [Eb] tide, [Ab] lanterns, fishes and a seaweed hide.
_ [Db] _ [Eb] _ [Bbm] We'd catch them all in a [Eb] fishing net, _ _ as close to heaven as we could get.
[Ab] We'd dream of smugglers and pirate ships, _ _ _ lunches, ice cream and a bag of chips.
_ _ _ [Bbm] Happy to [Eb] be _ swimming [Ab] in the sea.
[Db] _ [Ab] _
_ _ [Db] _ [Eb] [Ab] Down to a kitty fight, _ _ _ by a rocky shore, was a magical [Db] place to [Ab] tell you I'm in love.
_ [Db] _ [Eb] _
[Bbm] Now the seagulls are calling [Eb] for me, _ _
[Bbm] hey, come on back to the [Eb] Cornish Sea. _
[Ab] They'll buy the [Db] water by [Ab] the foam, _ _ just one more [Db] week and I'm [Ab] going home. _ _ _
[Bbm] _ Happy to be, [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Bbm] happy to [Eb] be, _ well, [Bbm] I'm happy to [Eb] be, oh, _ _ [Ab] swimming in the sea.
_ [Eb] [Ab] Swimming in the sea, _ swimming in the sea, yeah, I'm swimming in the sea. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _