Biography:
Great Lake Swimmers is a Canadian indie folk band which formed in 2003 in Wainfleet, Ontario, Canada. The band began with Tony Dekker (vocals, guitar, harmonica), Erik Arneson (banjo, guitar, harmonium), Bret Higgens (bass), Julie Fader (keyboards, vocals) and Greg Millson (drums). Julie Fader subsequently left, and Miranda Mulholland, on violin and backing vocals, joined.
Fifty-five years ago, Marilyn Bell took a plunge and traversed Lake Ontario.
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Other songs:
- Pulling On A Line
- Your Rocky Spine
- Backstage With The Modern Dancers
- Changing Colours
- Concrete Heart
- Easy Come Easy Go
- Everything Is Moving So Fast
- Great Lake Swimmers
- I Am Part Of A Large Family
- I Became Awake
- I Could Be Nothing
- I Will Never See The Sun
- Imaginary Bars
- Lets Trade Skins
- Moving Pictures Silent Films
- Moving Shaking
- New Wild Everywhere
- On The Water
- Palmistry
- Passenger Song
- Rivers Edge
- See You On The Moon
- She Comes To Me In Dreams
- Song For The Angels
- Stealing Tomorrow
- Still
- The Great Exhale
- The Man With No Skin
- There Is A Light
- Think That You Might Be Wrong
- This Is Not Like Home
- Three Days At Sea Three Lost Years
- To Leave It Behind
- Unison Falling Into Harmony
- Various Stages
- When It Flows
- Where In The World Are You
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Great Lake Swimmers
Strummed or finger-picked slowly.
[Intro]
G D G D G D
[Verse]
G D G D
The currents want to pull you down. The bottom is empty, invisible.
G D G D
Where is the shore? Oh I can't see it anymore.
G D G D
Feeling so tired. Have to keep floating.
G D G D
The bottom is so far away. The shore is so far away.
G D G D
The finish line is out of sight. I won't give up without a fight.
Em D D
It's such a long swim.
G D G D
The waves are coming at full force. And even though I thrash about
G D Em D
It only makes it worse. I only get more tired.
G D G D
Have I gotten out so far. I don't know where the boat docks are.
G D G D
And the moon just laughs at me. A sickle in a cotton veil.
G D Em D D
Will I make it through this gale? It's such a long swim.
[Chorus]
G D G D
It's such a long swim. It's such a long swim.
G D Em D D
It's such a long swim. It's such a long swim.
[Verse]
G D G D
I was standing on a pier. Was it very far from here?
G D G D
Nothing but the water sounds. And if I had it in a glass
G D G D
I could drink it down and laugh. I would laugh and drink it down.
G D G D
The water is so pure tonight. It brings you life yet makes you drown.
Em D D G D
The fish must be laughing. I have seen the boats of steel.
G D G D
I have used a fishing reel. I am bobbing like a cork.
G D G D
In this never-ending dark. I am soaked from toe to chin.
G D G D
I will not let the water in. Is there any use at all
G D G D
To fight against this heavy tide? Will it take me in it's stride?
Em D D
It's such a long swim.
[Chorus]
G D G D
It's such a long swim. It's such a long swim.
G D Em D D
It's such a long swim. It's such a long swim.
[Verse]
G D G D
I was sitting in the sand. Waves were tumbling with the wind.
G D G D
They pulled him out. They pulled him in. The stretcher brought him back again.
G D G D
The sirens let the swimmers know not to wrestle undertows.
Em D D
It's such a long swim
G D G D
And now there is no sign of land. The breakers are behind me now.
G D G D
Splashing in a hopeless flow. Far above the muddy sand.
G D G D
Will I dry off on the rocks? Will I ever see the docks?
G D G D
The beacons must have all burnt out. I am flooded with this doubt.
Em D D
It's such a long swim.
[Chorus]
G D G D
It's such a long swim. It's such a long swim.
G D Em D
It's such a long swim. It's such a long swim.
G D G D
It's such a long swim. It's such a long swim.
G D Em D D D G
It's such a long swim. It's such a long swim.
Strummed or finger-picked slowly.
[Intro]
G D G D G D
[Verse]
G D G D
The currents want to pull you down. The bottom is empty, invisible.
G D G D
Where is the shore? Oh I can't see it anymore.
G D G D
Feeling so tired. Have to keep floating.
G D G D
The bottom is so far away. The shore is so far away.
G D G D
The finish line is out of sight. I won't give up without a fight.
Em D D
It's such a long swim.
G D G D
The waves are coming at full force. And even though I thrash about
G D Em D
It only makes it worse. I only get more tired.
G D G D
Have I gotten out so far. I don't know where the boat docks are.
G D G D
And the moon just laughs at me. A sickle in a cotton veil.
G D Em D D
Will I make it through this gale? It's such a long swim.
[Chorus]
G D G D
It's such a long swim. It's such a long swim.
G D Em D D
It's such a long swim. It's such a long swim.
[Verse]
G D G D
I was standing on a pier. Was it very far from here?
G D G D
Nothing but the water sounds. And if I had it in a glass
G D G D
I could drink it down and laugh. I would laugh and drink it down.
G D G D
The water is so pure tonight. It brings you life yet makes you drown.
Em D D G D
The fish must be laughing. I have seen the boats of steel.
G D G D
I have used a fishing reel. I am bobbing like a cork.
G D G D
In this never-ending dark. I am soaked from toe to chin.
G D G D
I will not let the water in. Is there any use at all
G D G D
To fight against this heavy tide? Will it take me in it's stride?
Em D D
It's such a long swim.
[Chorus]
G D G D
It's such a long swim. It's such a long swim.
G D Em D D
It's such a long swim. It's such a long swim.
[Verse]
G D G D
I was sitting in the sand. Waves were tumbling with the wind.
G D G D
They pulled him out. They pulled him in. The stretcher brought him back again.
G D G D
The sirens let the swimmers know not to wrestle undertows.
Em D D
It's such a long swim
G D G D
And now there is no sign of land. The breakers are behind me now.
G D G D
Splashing in a hopeless flow. Far above the muddy sand.
G D G D
Will I dry off on the rocks? Will I ever see the docks?
G D G D
The beacons must have all burnt out. I am flooded with this doubt.
Em D D
It's such a long swim.
[Chorus]
G D G D
It's such a long swim. It's such a long swim.
G D Em D
It's such a long swim. It's such a long swim.
G D G D
It's such a long swim. It's such a long swim.
G D Em D D D G
It's such a long swim. It's such a long swim.
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