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]
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
[Solo with basically the same chords]
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