The Water Is Wide

Rhonda Vincent

Traditional

Key of C · Chords: I IV V vi

Verse 1

C                 F             C
The water is wide I can't cross o'er
            Am    C            G7
And neither have  our wings to fly
          C                    Am
Give me a boat that will carry two
               C    G7          C
And both shall row  my love and I

Verse 2

                  F           C
Oh love is gentle and love is kind
             Am      C               G7
The sweetest flower  when first it’s new
               C                  Am
But love grows old and the wax is cold
          C     G7           C
And fades away  like morning dew

Verse 3

                F                 C
There is a ship and she sails the sea
             Am    C           G7
She's loaded deep  as deep can be
           C                    Am
But not as deep as the love I'm in
           C   G7        C
I know not if  I sink or swim

Verse 1

C                 F             C
The water is wide I can't cross o'er
            Am    C            G7
And neither have  our wings to fly
          C                    Am
Give me a boat that will carry two
               C    G7          C
And both shall row  my love and I

Verse 4

                    G7          C
And both shall row  my love and I