The Water Is Wide
Karla BonoffVersion1
90
Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
(She plays Drop D, but it gets kinda difficult with low chords such as and )
The water is wide, I can't cross over
And neither have I wings to fly
Give me a boat that can carry two
And both shall row, my love and I
Oh, love is gentle and love is kind
The sweetest flower when first it's new
but love grows old and waxes cold
and fades away like morning dew
There is a ship and she sails the sea
She's loaded deep as deep can be
But not as deep as the love I'm in
I know not how I sink or swim
The water is wide, I can't cross over
And neither have I wings to fly
Give me a boat that can carry two
And both shall row, my love and I
And both shall row, my love and I
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Readable chord sheet for The Water Is Wide by Karla Bonoff
(She plays Drop D, but it gets kinda difficult with low chords such as [G] and [F#m])
[D] [Gmaj7] [Em7] [Asus4]
[D] [Dsus4] [D]
The [G]water [A]is [D]wide, [Gmaj7] [Em7] I [Asus4]can't cross [D]over[Dsus4] [D]
And [D]nei[A/C#]ther h[Bm]ave [Bm/A] [G] I [Em7]wings to [Asus4]fly [A]
[A] [A/G] [F#m] [D7] [G] [G/f#] [Em7]
Give me a boat that can carry two
And both shall [F#m]row, [Em7] my [Asus4]love [A]and [D]I
Oh, [G]love [A]is [D]gentle [Gmaj7] [Em7] and [Asus4]love is [D]kind[Dsus4] [D]
The [D]swee[A/C#]test [Bm]flower[Bm/A] [G] when [Em7]first it's [Asus4]new [A]
[A] [A/G] [F#m] [D7] [G] [G/f#] [Em7]
but love grows old and waxes cold
and fades [Fm]away [Em7] like [Asus4]morning [D]dew
[Solo with basically the same chords]
There [G]is [A]a [D]ship [Gmaj7] [Em7] and she [Asus4]sails the [D]sea [Dsus4] [D]
She's [D]loa[A/C#]ded [Bm]deep[Bm/A] [G] as [Em7]deep can [Asus4]be [A]
[A] [A/G] [F#m] [D7] [G] [G/f#] [Em7]
But not as deep as the love I'm in
I know not [F#m]how [Em7] I [Asus4]sink or [D]swim
The [G]water [A]is [D]wide, [Gmaj7] [Em7] I [Asus4]can't cross [D]over[Dsus4] [D]
And [D]nei[A/C#]ther h[Bm]ave [Bm/A] [G] I [Em7]wings to [Asus4]fly [A]
[A] [A/G] [F#m] [D7] [G] [G/f#] [Em7]
Give me a boat that can carry two
And both shall [F#m]row, [Em7] my [Asus4]love [A]and [D]I
And [G]both shall [Asus4]row, [A] my love and [D]I [Dsus4] [D]