{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":658628,"song":"Alas I Cannot Swim","artist":"Laura Marling","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11578048-alas-i-cannot-swim-chords-by-laura-marling/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/658628?type=chord","rating":4.97043,"votes":156,"content":"Put a capo on relative to the pitch of your voice. I found it was fitting on 3rd.\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere's a house across the river, but alas I cannot swim[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd a garden of such beauty that the flowers seem to grin[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere's a house across the river, but alas I cannot swim[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'll live my life regretting that I never jumped in[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere's a boy across the river with short black curly hair[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe wants to be my lover, and I want to be his peer[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere's a boy across the river, but alas I cannot swim[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI never will get to put my arms around him[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere's a life across the river that was meant for me[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nInstead I live my life in constant misery[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere's a life across the river, but I do not see[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhy I should please those who will never be pleased?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThere is gold across the river, but I don't want none[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere is gold across the river, but I don't want none[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGold is fleeting, gold is fickle, gold is fun[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGold is fleeting, gold is fickle, gold is fun[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro Verse]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere is gold across the river, but I don't want none[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI would rather be dry than held up by a golden gun[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSaying work more, earn more, live more, have more fun[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSaying work more, earn more, live more, have more fun[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSaying work more, earn more, live more, have more fun[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n(to end the song strum each of these chords once)[/tab]","plain_text":"Put a capo on relative to the pitch of your voice. I found it was fitting on 3rd.\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\nC G C G C G G\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\nC G C G C G G\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\nC G C G C G G\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro Verse]","chords":["G","C","D","Em"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}