Intro: Am

Am (x02210@1)                G (320003@1)                F (133211@1) E (022100@1)  Annan water, you loom so deep and wide
Am (x02210@1)                     G (320003@1)                  F (133211@1) E (022100@1)  I would cross over if you would stem the tide
Am (x02210@1)                          G (320003@1)              F (133211@1) E (022100@1)  Build a boat that I might ford the other side
Am (x02210@1)                                 G (320003@1)            F (133211@1)    E (022100@1)       Am (x02210@1)  To reach the farthest shore where my true love lies in wait for me
F (133211@1) E (022100@1)         Am (x02210@1)  In wait for me
F (133211@1) E (022100@1)          Am (x02210@1)  In wait for me
F (133211@1)   E (022100@1)          Am (x02210@1)  In wait for me


                      G (320003@1)            F (133211@1) E (022100@1)  O grey river, your waters ramble wild
Am (x02210@1)                     G (320003@1)                F (133211@1)  E (022100@1)  The horses shiver and bite against the bridle
Am (x02210@1)                             G (320003@1)                  F (133211@1) E (022100@1)  But I will cross if mine own horse is pulled from me
Am (x02210@1)                           G (320003@1)          F (133211@1)        E (022100@1)      Am (x02210@1)  Though my mother cries that if I try, I sure will drowned be
F (133211@1)   E (022100@1)         Am (x02210@1)  Will drowned be
F (133211@1)   E (022100@1)         Am (x02210@1)  Will drowned be
F (133211@1)     E (022100@1)       Am (x02210@1) A (x02220@1)  Will drowned be


         DDm            A (x02220@1) F#mIf (244222@1)you calm and let me pass
         D (xx0232@1)          E (022100@1)               A (x02220@1) A7You (x02020@1)may render me a wreck when I come back
              D (xx0232@1)Dm (xx0231@1)              A (x02220@1) F#mSo (244222@1)calm your waves and slow the churn
             D (xx0232@1)              E (022100@1)           AmAnd (x02210@1)you may have my precious bones on my return


[Interlude: Am  G  F  E (x2)]


Am (x02210@1)              G (320003@1)                   F (133211@1) E (022100@1)  Annan Water, O hear my true love's call
Am (x02210@1)                  G (320003@1)               F (133211@1) E (022100@1)  Here her holler above your water's pall
Am (x02210@1)                              G (320003@1)                 F (133211@1) E (022100@1)  God that I could, that my two arms could give me wing
Am (x02210@1)                                  G (320003@1)               F (133211@1)     E (022100@1)     Am (x02210@1)  And I would cross your breadth and rest my breast about her amber ring
F (133211@1)  E (022100@1)        Am (x02210@1)  Her amber ring
F (133211@1)    E (022100@1)       Am (x02210@1)  Her amber ring
F (133211@1)     E (022100@1)      Am (x02210@1)  A (x02220@1)  Her amber ring


             DDm            A (x02220@1) F#mBut (244222@1)if you calm and let me pass
         D (xx0232@1)          E (022100@1)               A (x02220@1) A7You (x02020@1)may render me a wreck when I come back
              D (xx0232@1)Dm (xx0231@1)              A (x02220@1) F#mSo (244222@1)calm your waves and slow the churn
             D (xx0232@1)              EAnd (022100@1)you may have my precious bones on my
        DmOn (xx0231@1)my return