The Water Is Wide Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[C][Am][Dm][G]
[C]

[Verse 1]
[C]The wat[F]er is [G]wid[C]e,[Am]
[Dm]I can'[G]t cross o'er[C]
[C]And neithe[G]r hav[Am]e,[G]
[F]I win[Dm]gs to fly[G]
[G]Give me a boa[Em]t
[C]that can carry two[F]
[Dm]And both shall row,[Em]
[Dm]my love [F]and [G]I[C]

[Verse 2]
[C]Oh, lov[F]e is [G]gen[C]tle[Am]
[Dm]and love[G] is kind[C]
[C]The sweetest[G] flo[Am]wer[G]
[F]when fir[Dm]st it's new[G]
[G]But love grows old[Em]
[C]and waxes col[F]d
[Dm]And fades away[Em]
[Dm]like morn-[F] ing d[G]ew[C]

[Solo 1]
[C][F][G][C][Am]
[Dm][G][C]
[C][G][Am][G]
[F][Dm][G]
[G][Em]
[C][F]
[Dm][Em]
[Dm][F][G][C]

[Verse 3]
[C]There is [F]a s[G]hip[C][Am]
[Dm]and she sail[G]s the sea[C]
[C]She's loaded [G]dee[Am]p[G]
[F]as dee[Dm]p can be[G]
[G]But not as dee[Em]p,
[C]as the love I'm in[F]
[Dm]I know not how[Em]
[Dm]I sink[F] or sw[G]im[C]

[Verse 4]
[C]The wat[F]er is [G]wid[C]e,[Am]
[Dm]I can'[G]t cross o'er[C]
[C]And neithe[G]r hav[Am]e,[G]
[F]I win[Dm]gs to fly[G]
[G]Give me a boa[Em]t
[C]that can carry two[F]
[Dm]And both shall row,[Em]
[Dm]my love [F]and [G]I[C]
[C]And bot[F]h sha[Dm]ll row[G],
my love and [C]I[C]