The Water Is Wide

D D/B Dsus2/E Dsus2/A D Dsus4 +-------2-----------2----+-------0-----------0----+-------2-----2^3---2--0-+ +-------3-----------3----+-------3-----------3----+-------3-----3-----3--3-+ +----2--------------2----+-------2--------2-----2-+----2-----2--2----------+ +-0--------0-----0-------+----0-----0-------------+-0--------------0-------+ +-------------2--------2-+-------------0----------+------------------------+ +------------------------+-0----------------------+------------------------+ D D D/B Dsus2/E Dsus2/A +-2----------------------+-------2-----------2----+-------0-----------0----+ +-3----------------------+-------3-----------3----+-------3-----------3----+ +----2-----0-----0-----0-+----2--------------2----+-------2--------2-----2-+ +------------------------+-0--------0-----0-------+----0-----0-------------+ +-------0-----2-----4----+-------------2--------2-+-------------0----------+ +------------------------+------------------------+-0----------------------+ The water is wide ___ I can't cross D Dsus4 D D/A D/C# Bm Bm/A +-------2-----2^3---2--0-+-2--------2-------------+-------2-----------2----+ +-------3-----3-----3--3-+-3--------3-----3-----3-+-------3-----------3----+ +----2--------2-----2--2-+-2--------2-----2-----2-+-------4-----------4----+ +-0--------0-----0-------+----0--------0----------+----4-----------4-------+ +------------------------+-------0-----------4----+-2--------2--0--------0-+ +------------------------+------------------------+------------------------+ over and nei---ther have G Em7 A A A7 +-------3-----------0----+------------------------+-------------0----------+ +-------0-----------3----+-------2-----3-----5----+-------2--------2-------+ +-------0-----------0----+-------2----------------+-------2-----------0----+ +----0-----------2-----2-+----2--------4-----5----+----2-----2-----------2-+ +------------------------+-0--------0-----0-----0-+-0----------------------+ +-3--------2--0----------+------------------------+------------------------+ I wings to fly give me a F#m D D/E G +-------------2----------+------------------------+-------------3----------+^ +-------2--------2-------+-------3-----------3----+-------0--------0-------+ +-------2-----------2----+----2-----2--------2----+-------0-----------0----+ +----4-----4-----------4-+-0--------------0-----0-+----0-----0-------------+ +------------------------+------------------------+------------------------+ +-2----------------------+-------------0----------+-3--------------------2-+ boat that can ca_rry two Em7 F#m Em7 A +-------------0----------+-------------2----------+------------------------+ +-------3--------3-------+-------2--------2-------+-------3-----------2----+ +-------0-----------0----+-------2-----------2----+-------0-----------2----+ +----2-----2-----------2-+----4-----4-------------+----2-----2-----2-----2-+ +------------------------+------------------------+-------------0----------+ +-0----------------------+-2--------------------2-+-0----------------------+ and both shall row my love and D Dsus4 D +-------------2^3---2--0-+-2----------------------+ +-------3--------3--3--3-+-3----------------------+ +----2-----2--------2--2-+-2--------0-----0-----0-+ +-0-----------0----------+----0-------------------+ +------------------------+-------0-----2-----4----+ +------------------------+------------------------+ I. Well love is ...etc... Verse: 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. Well 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 mornin' dew. Instrumental 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. Repeat first verse. Melody (no timing implied): +----------------------------------------------------------------------------- +-----3-3---5^3-7-----5-3--------------------3--2----3----5-7-----8--5-------- +-2---------------------------4-----2-2--2------------------------------------ +----------------------------------------------------------------------------- +----------------------------------------------------------------------------- +----------------------------------------------------------------------------- The water is_ wide, I can't cross over and neither have I wings to fly +----------------------------------------------------------------------------- +-5----7--8-10---8----7---5-3---7---5---3-----------------3----2---3---------- +--------------------------------------------4-----2---2---------------------- +----------------------------------------------------------------------------- +----------------------------------------------------------------------------- +-------------^---------------------------------------------------------------- Give me a boat that can carry two and both shall row my love and I Traditional song, performed by Karla Bonoff and James Taylor on 'Restless Nights' album, Karla Bonoff. -- ******************************************************************* * KSBerczik / Bellcore * * Learning Support / Piscataway, NJ * * ksb@cc.bellcore.com (work) / ksberczik@aol.com (home) * ******************************************************************* * Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists * * elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to * * contact us. -- Calvin * *******************************************************************