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 (xx0232@1)Dsus4 (xx0233@1)D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)   A (x02220@1)D (xx0232@1)   Gmaj7 (xx5432@1)Em7  Asus4 (x02230@1)     D (xx0232@1) Dsus4 (xx0233@1)DThe (xx0232@1)water is wide,           I can't cross over
    D (xx0232@1)A/C# (042220@1)Bm (x24432@1)Bm/A (x04440@1)G (320003@1) Em7      Asus4 (x02230@1)AAnd (x02220@1)neither have         I wings to fly
     A (x02220@1)A/GF#m   D7 (xx0212@1)              G (320003@1) G/f#  Em7
Give me a   boat     that can carry two
               F#m (244222@1)Em7   Asus4A   DAnd (xx0232@1)both shall row,    my love  and I

G (320003@1)  A (x02220@1)D (xx0232@1)    Gmaj7 (xx5432@1)Em7      Asus4 (x02230@1) D (xx0232@1) Dsus4 (xx0233@1)DOh, (xx0232@1)love is gentle             and love is kind
    D (xx0232@1) A/C#Bm    Bm/A (x04440@1)G (320003@1)    Em7        Asus4 (x02230@1)AThe (x02220@1)sweetest flower        when first it's new
    A (x02220@1)  A/G (302220@1) F#m (244222@1)D7 (xx0212@1)         G (320003@1) G/f#  Em7
but love grows old     and waxes cold
          Fm (133111@1) Em7     Asus4 (x02230@1) Dand (xx0232@1)fades away    like morning dew

[Solo with basically the same chords]

G (320003@1)AD    Gmaj7 (xx5432@1)Em7         Asus4 (x02230@1)   D (xx0232@1)  Dsus4 (xx0233@1)DThere (xx0232@1)is aship (x02210@1)           and she sails the sea
      D (xx0232@1)A/C#Bm  Bm/A (x04440@1)G (320003@1)  Em7      Asus4 (x02230@1)AShe's (x02220@1)loaded  deep        as deep can be
    A (x02220@1) A/GF#m   D7 (xx0212@1)               G (320003@1) G/f#  Em7
But not as  deep     as the love I'm in
           F#m (244222@1) Em7  Asus4 (x02230@1) DI (xx0232@1)know not how      I sink or swim

G (320003@1)   A (x02220@1)D (xx0232@1)   Gmaj7 (xx5432@1)Em7  Asus4 (x02230@1)     D (xx0232@1) Dsus4 (xx0233@1)DThe (xx0232@1)water is wide,           I can't cross over
    D (xx0232@1)A/C# (042220@1)Bm (x24432@1)Bm/A (x04440@1)G (320003@1) Em7      Asus4 (x02230@1)AAnd (x02220@1)neither have         I wings to fly
     A (x02220@1)A/GF#m   D7 (xx0212@1)              G (320003@1) G/f#  Em7
Give me a   boat     that can carry two
               F#m (244222@1)Em7   Asus4A   DAnd (xx0232@1)both shall row,    my love  and I
    G (320003@1)        Asus4 (x02230@1)A (x02220@1)             D (xx0232@1)Dsus4D
And both shall row,      my love  and I