Put a capo on relative to the pitch of your voice. I found it was fitting on 3rd. there's a house over the river but alas i cannot swim and a garden of such beauty that the flowers seem to grin there's a house over the river but alas i cannot swim ill live my life regretting that i never jumped in there's a boy over the river with short black curly hair he wants to be my lover and i want to be his peer there's a boy over the river but alas i cannot swim i never will get to put my arms around him there's a life up by the river that was meant for me instead i live my life in constant misery there's a life across the river but i do not see why i should please those who'll never be pleased there is gold across the river but i dont want none there is gold across the river but i dont want none gold is fleeting, gold is fickle, gold is fun gold is fleeting, gold is fickle, gold is fun there is gold across the river but i dont want none i would rather be driving being held up by a golden gun saying work more, earn more, live more, have more fun saying work more, earn more, live more, have more fun saying work more, earn more, live more, have more fun To end the song strum each chords once in this order: GGCG