IntroE5D5 , E5D5 ,
VerseE5D5E5D5
Some say the end is near.
E5D5E5D5
Some say we'll see Armageddon soon.
EmD5EmD5
I certainly hope we will.
E5D5E5D5E5D5
I sure could use a vacation from this
ChorusEmD5EmD5EmD5EmD5Em
Bull-shit three ring circus side-show of freaks
GDA
Here in this hopeless fucking hole we call L.A.
EmGDA
The only way to fix it is to flush it all away.
EmGDA
Any fucking time. Any fucking day.
EmGDAE5D5
Learn to swim, I'll see you down in Arizona Bay.
VerseE5
Fret for your figure and
D5
Fret for your latte and
E5
Fret for your lawsuit and
D5
Fret for your hairpiece and
EmD5
Fret for your Prozac and
EmD5
Fret for your pilot and
E5D5
Fret for your contract and
E5D5
Fret for your car.
ChorusEmD5EmD5EmD5EmD5Em
It's a bull-shit three ring circus side-show of freaks
GDA
Here in this hopeless fucking hole we call L.A.
EmGDA
The only way to fix it is to flush it all away.
EmGDA
Any fucking time. Any fucking day.
EmGDAEmD
Learn to swim, I'll see you down in Arizona Bay.
VerseEmGDA
Some say a comet will fall from the sky.
EmGDA
Followed by meteor showers and tidal waves.
EmGDA
Followed by fault lines that cannot sit still.
EmGDA
Followed by millions of dumbfounded dip shits.
EmD5EmD5
And some say the end is near.
EmD5EmD5
Some say we'll see Armageddon soon.
EmD5EmD5
I certainly hope we will.
EmD5EmD5
I sure could use a vacation from this
E5D5E5D5E5D5
Stupid shit, silly shit, stupid shit.
EmGDA
One great big festering neon distraction,
EmGDA
I've a suggestion to keep you all occupied.
BridgeEmD
Learn to swim.
EmD
Learn to swim.
EmD
Learn to swim.
EmD
Mum's gonna fix it all soon.
EmGDEmD
Mum's comin' round to put it back the way it ought to be.
Em
Learn to swim.
D
Learn to swim.
VerseEmD
Fuck L Ron Hubbard and
E5D5
Fuck all his clones.
EmD5
Fuck all these gun-toting
E5D5
Hip gangster wannabes.
EmDEmD
Learn to swim. Learn to swim.
E5D5
Fuck retro anything.
EmD
Fuck your tattoos.
EmD
Fuck all you junkies and
E5D5
Fuck your short memory.
EmDEmD
Learn to swim. Learn to swim.
E5D5
Fuck smiley glad-hands
EmD
With hidden agendas.
EmD
Fuck these dysfunctional,
EmD
Insecure actresses.
EmDEmD
Learn to swim. Learn to swim.
ChorusEmGDA
Cause I'm praying for rain
EmGDA
And I'm praying for tidal waves
EmGDA
I wanna see the ground give way.
EmDEmD
I wanna watch it all go down.
EmDEmD
Mum, please flush it all away.
EmDEmD
I wanna see it go right in and down.
EmDEmD
I wanna watch it go right in.
EmDEmD
Watch you flush it all away.
[Coda]
E5D5E5D5
Cause it's time to bring it down again.
E5D5
Don't just call me pessimist.
EmD5EmD
Try and read between the lines.
EmDEm
I can't imagine why you wouldn't
DEmDEmD
Welcome any change, my friend.
EmD
I wanna see it all come down.
EmEm
Bring it down
DD
Suck it down.
EmEm
Flush it down.
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.