Traditional & Folk Songs with Chords
The Water Is Wide
Water Is Wide - Lyrics & Chords
|
G |
C |
G |
| The |
water is wide, |
I cannot get |
over, |
|
C |
D7 |
| And neither have I |
wings to |
fly. |
|
Bm |
Em |
| Give me a |
boat that can |
carry two, |
| C |
D7 |
G |
| And both shall |
row, my love and |
I. |
A ship there is and she sails the sea,
She's loaded deep as deep can be.
But not so deep as the love I'm in,
And I know not how I sink or swim.
I leaned my back up against some young oak,
Thinking he was a trusty tree.
But first he bended, and then he broke,
And thus did my false love to me.
I put my hand into some soft bush,
Thinking the sweetest flower to find.
I pricked my finger to the bone,
And left the sweetest flower alone.
Oh, love is handsome and love is fine,
Gay as a jewel when first it is new,
But love grows old, and waxes cold,
And fades away like summer dew.
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