The Water Is Wide Chords & Lyrics by Karla Bonoff
The Water Is Wide
guitar chords lyrics
Karla Bonoff
The Water Is Wide
(Traditional)
(She plays Drop D, but it gets kinda difficult with low chords such as G and F#m)
Intro: D Gmaj7 Em7 Asus4
D Dsus4 D
G A D Gmaj7 Em7 Asus4 D Dsus4 D
The water is wide, I can't cross over
D A/C# Bm Bm/A G Em7 Asus4 A
And neither have I wings to fly
A A/G F#m D7 G G/F# Em7
Give me a boat that can carry two
F#m Em7 Asus4 A D
And both shall row, my love and I
G A D Gmaj7 Em7 Asus4 D Dsus4 D
Oh, love is gentle and love is kind
D A/C# Bm Bm/A G Em7 Asus4 A
The sweetest flower when first it's new
A A/G F#m D7 G G/F# Em7
but love grows old and waxes cold
Fm Em7 Asus4 D
and fades away like morning dew
[Solo with basically the same chords]
G A D Gmaj7 Em7 Asus4 D Dsus4 D
There is a ship and she sails the sea
D A/C# Bm Bm/A G Em7 Asus4 A
She's loaded deep as deep can be
A A/G F#m D7 G G/F# Em7
But not as deep as the love I'm in
F#m Em7 Asus4 D
I know not how I sink or swim
G A D Gmaj7 Em7 Asus4 D Dsus4 D
The water is wide, I can't cross over
D A/C# Bm Bm/A G Em7 Asus4 A
And neither have I wings to fly
A A/G F#m D7 G G/F# Em7
Give me a boat that can carry two
F#m Em7 Asus4 A D
And both shall row, my love and I
G Asus4 A D Dsus4 D
And both shall row, my love and I
