The Water Is Wide chords by Karla Bonoff

Tuning: Drop D

Difficulty: Novice

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: D Gmaj7 Em7 Asus4
    D Dsus4 D

G   A D   Gmaj7 Em7 Asus4    D  Dsus4 D
The water is wide,      I can't cross over
  D A/C# Bm Bm/A G  Em7   Asus4 A
And neither have     I wings to fly
   A A/G F#m  D7        G  G/f# Em7
Give me a  boat   that can carry two
        F#m Em7  Asus4 A  D
And both shall row,  my love and I

G  A D   Gmaj7 Em7   Asus4  D  Dsus4 D
Oh, love is gentle       and love is kind
  D  A/C# Bm  Bm/A G   Em7    Asus4 A
The sweetest flower    when first it's new
  A  A/G  F#m D7      G  G/f# Em7
but love grows old   and waxes cold
     Fm  Em7   Asus4  D
and fades away  like morning dew

[Solo with basically the same chords]

G A D  Gmaj7 Em7     Asus4   D  Dsus4 D
There is a ship      and she sails the sea
   D A/C# Bm Bm/A G  Em7   Asus4 A
She's loaded deep    as deep can be
  A  A/G F#m  D7         G  G/f# Em7
But not as deep   as the love I'm in
      F#m  Em7 Asus4  D
I know not how   I sink or swim

G   A D   Gmaj7 Em7 Asus4    D  Dsus4 D
The water is wide,      I can't cross over
  D A/C# Bm Bm/A G  Em7   Asus4 A
And neither have     I wings to fly
   A A/G F#m  D7        G  G/f# Em7
Give me a  boat   that can carry two
        F#m Em7  Asus4 A  D
And both shall row,  my love and I
  G     Asus4 A        D Dsus4 D
And both shall row,   my love and I