Chord/Tab song: When Mac Was Swimming

tabbed by: Rob
e-mail: u_rmaher@umassd.edu

The Innocence Mission - When Mac was Swimming

no capo for chords (guitar 1)
capo 3 for tablature (guitar 2)

[Fmaj7] 0 [A#maj7] x
[1] [6]
[2] [7]
[3]3 [7]x
x 6

intro, instrumentals, and chorus:

[Fmaj7] [A#maj7] [Fmaj7]

|2-------2-2-----|2-------2-2--(0)|2-------2-2-----|
|2-------2-2-----|0-------0-0--(0)|2-------2-2-----|
|2-------2-2-----|0-------0-0--(0)|2-------2-2-----|
|0-----0-------0-|------0-----0---|0-----0-------0-|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|


VERSE:

[Dm]When Mac was s[Gm]wimming
[C]I was running l[F]ate
[A#maj7]Walking aro[Gm]und New Orleans
[C]Looking for a b[F]irthday cake
[Dm]It was a great s[Gm]urprise to him
[C]So many people c[Fmaj7]ame

CHORUS:

[A#maj7]Nobody knows, d[Fmaj7]arling
[A#maj7]Nobody knows [Fmaj7]how they are [A#maj7]loved
Don't worry, my [Fmaj7]darling
The [A#maj7]sun's coming up

SHORT INSTRUMENTAL PART:

[Fmaj7] [A#maj7] [Fmaj7]

|9-----5-----7---|----------------|9-----5-----7---|
|7-----7-----8---|----------------|7-----7-----8---|
|7-----------0---|----------------|7-----------0---|
|----------------|----------------|------------0---|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|


[Dm]Let's get up e[Gm]arly now
[C]Dive clear int[F]o the day
[A#maj7]Let's get out of the [Gm]car with open a[C]rms
Not wait to [F]be embraced
[Dm]The flowers that [Gm]grew, the things that
[C]happened since the[Fmaj7] day you came.

CHORUS

INSTRUMENTAL (w/ piano)

CHORUS x2 (piano tinkering in background)

la da da da da da da ah ah

INSTRUMENTAL till end