• Song:

    The Water Is Wide

  • Artist:

    Carla Bonoff

  • Album:

    All My Life: The Best O...

(Traditional)


(She plays Drop D5 , but it gets kinda difficult with low chords such as G5 and F#5 )


Intro: D5  G5  E5  A5
       D5  D5  D5


    G5     A5  D5     G5  E5  A5       D5   D5  D5
The water is wide,           I can't cross over
    D5  A5  B5  B5  G5   E5      A5  A5
And neither have         I wings to fly
     A5  A5 F#5   D5                G5   G/f#  E5
Give me a   boat     that can carry two
               F#5  E5   A5 A5   D5
And both shall row,    my love  and I

    G5    A5  D5      G5  E5      A5   D5   D5  D5
Oh, love is gentle             and love is kind
    D5   A5 B5    B5  G5      E5        A5  A5
The sweetest flower        when first it's new
    A5    A5   F#5  D5           G5   G/f#  E5
but love grows old     and waxes cold
          F5   E5     A5   D5
and fades away    like morning dew


[Solo with basically the same chords]


      G5  A5 D5    G5  E5         A5     D5    D5  D5
There is a ship            and she sails the sea
      D5  A5 B5  B5  G5    E5      A5  A5
She's loaded  deep        as deep can be
    A5   A5 F#5   D5                 G5   G/f#  E5
But not as  deep     as the love I'm in
           F#5   E5  A5   D5
I know not how      I sink or swim


    G5     A5  D5     G5  E5  A5       D5   D5  D5
The water is wide,           I can't cross over
    D5  A5  B5  B5  G5   E5      A5  A5
And neither have         I wings to fly
     A5  A5 F#5   D5                G5   G/f#  E5
Give me a   boat     that can carry two
               F#5  E5   A5 A5   D5
And both shall row,    my love  and I
    G5          A5  A5               D5  D5 D5
And both shall row,      my love  and I
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