The Water Is Wide

	  		
 


Intro: C  G  C  G  C  G  C  G 

verse 1: 
             C       F            C    
The water is wide, I cannot cross o'er 
            Am              G  
And neither have I wings to fly 
          C   Am               C 
Give me a boat that will carry two 
    F          C   G            C 
And both shall row, my love and I 


verse 2: 
                        F         C    
A ship there is and she sails the sea 
             Am                G  
She's loaded deep, as deep can be 
           C   Am               C 
But not so deep as the love I'm in 
  F        C G          C 
I know not if I sink or swim 


verse 3: 
               F              C    
Down in the meadows the other day 
            Am                    G  
A-gathering flowers both rich and gay 
            C      Am               C 
A-gathering flowers for the red and blue 
  F      C      G                C 
I little thought what love could do 


verse 4: 
             F              C    
I put my hand into one soft bush 
             Am                 G  
Thinking the sweetest flower to find  
             C   Am              C 
I pricked my finger right to the bone  
      F        C        G        C      G  C  G 
And I left the sweetest flower behind  


VERSE 5: 
  C                    F       C    
A love is handsome and love is kind  
         Am                    G  
Gay as a jewel when first it's new  
              C   Am                 C 
But when it's old and it grows quite cold  
       F      C  G                 C 
And it fades away like the morning dew 


OUTRO: C  G  C  G  C  G  C  G  C