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Short version:<br><br></div><div>Meet 10.45 (10.30 for peeps with that little extra to do - me, Pam, Paul?) at Riverside, Teddington - by blue start pin in <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/P6pvp" target="_blank">The End</a> map.<br>
</div><div>Shuttle most up to Lower Ham Road leaving dry stuff behind. <br>
Swim down. Hop over lock. Fish slap dance. Swim to obelisk. Have photo taken as here: <br></div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7aNe68jdmyM/T-T84sK11oI/AAAAAAAAIXI/Dh8gAMhquEM/s1600/brightonswim.jpg" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/swimhat</a>
</div><div>Make sure to bring smart hat for photoshoot. Get out. Get dressed. Walk or shuttle to party boat. <br></div><div>Party.<br></div><div><br>Locations. <br><a href="http://goo.gl/maps/P6pvp" target="_blank">http://goo.gl/maps/P6pvp</a><br>
<br></div><div>Long version:<br></div><div>Suggest pouring yourself a whiskey, making sure the neighbours are out, perhaps putting this on for some backing:<br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egY8rUpxqcE" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egY8rUpxqcE</a></div>
<div>Or grab your uke and play along. <br>And off you go.<br></div><div>Just do it your way. <br><br></div><div><p><span lang="EN-US"><span> D D7+<br>And now we’re at the end<br><br> A6 B7<br>
Oh yes we face the final lock cut<br><br> Em Em7<br>My friend, we swam the Thames<br><br> A7 D<br>From start to end, we swam it all but...<br><br><br> D7 D7+ D7<br>
We have one more to do<br><br> G Gm<br>Just one of 150 miles<br><br> D A7<br>And all, almost all of this<br><br> G Gm6 D<br>We did it freestyle<br>
<br> <br><br> D D7+ <br>Beset, by boats and crew<br><br> A6 B7<br>We met them all with brave intention<br><br>Em Em7<br>Tracy did what she had to do<br><br>
A7 D<br>And asked each one for some libation<br><br> <br> D7 D7+ D7<br>We planned each charted course<br><br> G Gm<br>
Each careful stroke around each isle<br><br> D A7<br>And starting at the source<br><br> G Gm6 D<br>We swam it freestyle<br><br> <br>D <br>Yes there were times<br>
<br>Am7<br>I’m sure you know<br><br> G G <br>Where we drank more<br><br>Gm6<br>More than we could swallow<br><br>Em7 A7<br>We’ve bobbed and waded on<br><br>F#m7 Bm7<br>
And Chris’s Garmin buzzed at every mile<br><br>Em7 A7<br>Adam wrangled every swan<br><br>G Gm6 D<br>And we did it freestyle<br><br> <br>D D7+<br>Sewage burst its tanks<br>
<br>A6 B7<br>We had our fill of good Thames water<br><br>Em Em7<br>But Charles was on the bank<br><br>A7 D<br>With Macaroons, and tea for afters<br><br> <br>
D7 D7+ D7<br>To think, we did all that<br><br>G Gm<br>From trolls we never shied away<br><br>D A7<br>Oh no, we butterflied<br><br> G Gm6 D<br>Each six-lane highway<br>
<br> <br>D Am7<br>Meet at Riverside Drive, faff, put rubber on<br><br> G G Gm6<br>From Kingston Bridge, swim to Teddington<br>
<br>Em7 A7<br>And Port of London jurisdiction<br><br>F#m7 Bm7<br>Now what will feed Neil’s addiction?<br><br>Em7 A7<br>Just one more mile, then we’ll swim the Nile,<br>
<br> <br>G Gm6 D<br>We’ll do it freestyle</span></span></p></div><p><span lang="EN-US">We did it freestyle</span></p><p><br><span lang="EN-US"></span></p><p>Signin' off, <br></p><p>Ol' Father Blue Eyes and the ratpack fish of the Tidal Thames</p>
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