Laura Marling : Alas, I Cannot Swim

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G

He walked down a busy street

D/a

Staring solely at his feet

G

Clutching pictures of past lovers at his side

D/a

G

Stood at the table where she sat

D/a

And removed his hat

G

In respect of her presence

D/a

G

Presents her with the pictures and says

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G

These are just ghosts that broke my heart before I met you

D/a

G

These are just ghosts that broke my heart before I met you

D/a

G

Opened up his little heart

D/a

Unlocked the lock that kept it dark

G

And read a written warning

D/a

Saying I'm still mourning, over ghosts

G

Over ghosts, over ghosts

D/a

G

Over ghosts that broke my heart before I met you

Em

G

Lover, please do not

Em

G

Fall to your knees it's not

Em

G

Like I believe in

Em

G

Everlasting love

D/a

G

D/a

G

D/a

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He'd went crazy at nineteen

D/a

Said he'd lost all his self esteem

G

D/a

G

And couldn't understand why he was cry, cry, crying, crying...

D/a

G

He would stare at empty chairs

D/a

Think of the ghosts who once sat there

G

The ghosts that broke his heart

D/a

Oh the ghosts that broke my heart

G

The ghosts that broke his heart

D/a

Oh the ghosts that broke my heart

G

The ghosts, the ghosts, the ghosts, the ghosts, the ghosts, the ghosts

D/a

G

The ghosts that broke my heart before I met you

Em

G

Lover, please do not

Em

G

Fall to your knees, it's not

Em

G

Like I believe in

Em

G

Everlasting love

Am

Bm

Am

He says I'm so lost

Bm

Am

Not at all well

C

Em

F

C

Ooooooooooohhh

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Em

F

C

Ooooooooooohhh

C

Em

Do as done and there is nothing left to be

F

C

Turned out I'd been following him and he'd been following me

C

Em

Do as done after it was over

F

We were just two lovers crying on each others shoulder

Em

G

Lover, please do not

Em

G

Fall to your knees, it's not

Em

G

Like I believe in

Em

G

Everlasting love

Capo:

I

A

C#m

He taps at my window

G

Bm

Willing that I let him in

A

C#m

I don't think I will though

G

Bm

My heart's taken, I won't tell him again

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F#*

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Maybe I'll write him a story

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And maybe I'll fall asleep in his arms

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Maybe I'll wake up lonely

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And fall unawake again

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And until you calm me down

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Race around this town

Am

F

Am

F

Trying to find, oh, an emotion you cannot deny

E

I will not have him treat me this way

A

C#m

And Mother, I blame you

G

Bm

Therein trying to be you again

A

C#m

For I have become you

G

Bm

And I know every part of the game

A

C#m

And Father, I love you

G

Bm

But how can you watch as I push her away?

A

C#m

I cannot forgive you

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Bm

For bringing me up this way Maybe I'll write them a story And maybe I'll fall asleep in his arms Maybe I'll wake up lonely and fall unawake again And until you calm me down I race around this town Until you calm me down I race around this town Trying to find, oh, an emotion you cannot deny I will not have them treat me this way So tap at my window Maybe I might let you in I don't think I will though My heart's taken, I won't tell you again

Capo:

I

Am

G

Am

G

Am

He wants to die in a lake in Geneva

Em7

The mountains can cover the shape of his nose

Am

He wants to die where nobody can see him

Em7

But the beauty of his death will carry on so

Am

Em7

I don't believe him He greets me with kisses when good days deceive him And sometimes we're scorned and sometimes I believe him And sometimes I'm convinced that my friends think I'm crazy Get scared and call him, but he's usually hazy At one in the morning the day is not ended By two he is scared that sleep is no friend By four he will drink but he cannot feel it Sleep will not come because sleep does not will it

Am

Em7

And I don't believe him

Am

Em7

Morning is mocking me I wander the streets, avoiding them eats Till the ring on my finger slips to the ground A gift to the gutter, a gift to the city The veins of which have broken me down

Am

Em7

And I don't believe him

Am

Em7

Morning is mocking me

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G

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G

Am

G

Am

G

All the gods that he believes never fail to amaze me

Am

G

He believes in the love in his god of all things

Am

G

But I find him wrapped up in all manner of sins

Am

G

The drugs that deceive him and the girls that believe him

Am

G

I can't control you, I don't know you well

F

Em7

These are the reasons I think that you're ill

Am

G

I can't control you, I don't know you well

F

Em7

These are the reasons I think that you're ill

Am

Em7

And since last that we partied, last that I saw him

Am

Em7

Down by a river, silent and hardened

Am

Em7

Morning was mocking us, blood hit the sky

Am

Em7

I was just happy, my manic and I

Am

Em7

He couldn't see me, the sun was in his eyes

Am

Em7

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G

And birds were singing to calm us down

Am

Em7

F

E

G

And birds were singing to calm us down

Am

G

And I'm sorry young man, I can not be your friend

Am

G

I don't believe in a fairytale end

Am

G

I don't keep my head up all of the time

Am

G

I find it dull when my heart meets my mind

Am

G

And I hardly know you, I think I can tell

F

Em7

These are the reasons I think that we're ill

Am

G

I hardly know you, I think I can tell

F

Em7

These are the reasons I think that I'm ill

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G

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And the gods that he believes never fail to disappoint me

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And the gods that he believes never fail to disappoint me

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Em7

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Em7

My nihilist, my happy man, my manic and I

Am

Em7

F

E

Have no plans to move on

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G

F

Em7

But birds are singing to calm us down

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G

F

E

And birds are singing to calm us down

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Em

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B

Em

Am

I woke up and he was screaming

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B

I'd left him dreaming

Em

Am

I'll roll over and shake him tightly

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B

And whisper "If they want you, well they're gonna have to fight me"

Am

Dm

Em

Oh, fight me I woke up on a bench on Shepherds Bush Green Oh, a candle at my chest, and a head on his knee I got up it was dark there's no one in the park at this hour How do I keep finding myself here? Oh, fight me If I look back and he is screaming I'd left him dreaming, a dangerous feeling And I'll roll back and shake him tightly And scream "if they want him, oh they're gonna have to fight me!" Oh, fight me But if I wake up on a bench on Shepherds Bush Green Oh, a candle at my chest, and a head on his knee I'll roll over and hold him tightly And scream "If you want him, well you're gonna have to fight me!" Oh, fight me

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Am

B

x4

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Dm

Em

Oh fight me

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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

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C

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

C

G

There's a life across the river that was meant for me

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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?

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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

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G

Gold is fleeting, gold is fickle, gold is fun

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

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C

G

Saying work more, earn more, live more, have more fun

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Saying work more, earn more, live more, have more fun

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Saying work more, earn more, live more, have more fun

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Laura Marling : Alas, I Cannot Swim
2008

Ghosts

Tap At My Window

My Manic And I

Night Terror

Alas, I Cannot Swim

Laura Marling : Alas, I Cannot Swim 2008

Ghosts

Tap At My Window

My Manic And I

Night Terror

Alas, I Cannot Swim

Laura Marling : Alas, I Cannot Swim
2008