Alas I Cannot Swim Chords & Tabs

by Laura Marling

[Content]
Put a capo on relative to the pitch of your voice. I found it was fitting on 3rd.

[Verse 1]
          G                            C            G   
There's a house across the river, but alas I cannot swim
      G                              D                   
And a garden of such beauty that the flowers seem to grin
          G                            C            G   
There's a house across the river, but alas I cannot swim
     G                              D            G 
I'll live my life regretting that I never jumped in
C G C G C G G

[Verse 2]
          G                         C                 G   
There's a boy across the river with short black curly hair
   G                           D                  
He wants to be my lover, and I want to be his peer
          G                          C            G   
There's a boy across the river, but alas I cannot swim
  G                        D           G  
I never will get to put my arms around him
C G C G C G G

[Verse 3]
          G                              C         G 
There's a life across the river that was meant for me
  G                                D     
Instead I live my life in constant misery
          G                            C      G  
There's a life across the river, but I do not see
    G                              D        G       
Why I should please those who will never be pleased?
C G C G C G G

[Bridge]
         Em                           C          Em  
There is gold across the river, but I don't want none
         Em                           C          G   
There is gold across the river, but I don't want none
        Em                C               G  
Gold is fleeting, gold is fickle, gold is fun
        Em                D               G  
Gold is fleeting, gold is fickle, gold is fun

[Outro Verse]
         G                            C          G   
There is gold across the river, but I don't want none
        G                          D              
I would rather be dry than held up by a golden gun
       G                     C                    G  
Saying work more, earn more, live more, have more fun
       G                     C                    G  
Saying work more, earn more, live more, have more fun
       G                     C                    G  
Saying work more, earn more, live more, have more fun
G G C G                                          
(to end the song strum each of these chords once)