Bm G
Don’t you know the world is water?
A
You can’t just float on it.
B
Can’t skim it,
G
Afraid to swim it.
A E A
No, you can’t just stay on land.
B G
Somehow, you gotta break that water,
A
Kick and pull through it.
B
You cross each length
G
With stride and strength,
B
You pace the course
G
With even force,
A E A
Your hand in front of hand,
You go
Bm G A
Stroke by stroke by stroke by stroke by stroke.
You go
Bm G A D
Stroke by stroke by stroke by stroke by stroke.
B G
So meet me at the touch of water—
A D
And take some laps with me.
B
Some free, some test,
G
With our back and breast,
B
We’ll keep our style
G
Through the millionth mile,
Bm E A
And when it’s more than we can stand,
We’ll go
Bm G A
Stroke by stroke by stroke by stroke by stroke.
We’ll go
Bm G A
Stroke by stroke by stroke by stroke by stroke.
C G A
Let others walk around an ocean,
C G D
Let others try to build a Bridge across.
Bb D Bb D
But you and me, we fall in, fall in,
F D
Never sure we’ll survive.
G D
But we’ll find out how deep,
G
Learn the secrets they keep
D G
At the bottom where we arrive.
Em
Now, let’s jump.
Let’s jump!
G
We’ll never know we’re alive
A
‘Till we jump, till we dive…!
And we go
Bm G A
Stroke by stroke by stroke by stroke by stroke!
Yeah, we go
Bm G A
Stroke by stroke by stroke by stroke by stroke
C G D
By stro-oh-oke!
Bm Em G
So meet me at the touch of water—
A
And take the swim with me…