{t: The Water is Wide} {st: Traditional} [C ] [Csus4 ] [C ] [(Stop)] The water is [C]wide [F] I can't cross [C]o'er, Nor [G7]do I [C]have [Am] light wings to [Dm]fly, [G7] Give me a [C]boat [F] that can carry [Am]two, [F] And we shall [C]row [G7] my love and [C]I. [Csus4 ][C] A ship there [C]is [F] that sails the [C]sea, She's [G7]loaded [C]deep [Am] as deep can [Dm]be, [G7] But not so [C]deep [F] as the love I'm [Am]in, [F] And I know not [C]how [G7] I'll sink or [C]swim. [Csus4 ][C] For love is [C]gentle [F] and love is [C]fine, It's [G7]like a [C]gem [Am] when first it's [Dm]new, [G7] But love grows [C]old [F] and waxes [Am]cold, [F] And fades away like the morning [C]dew. [Csus4 ][C] The water is [C]wide [F] I can't cross [C]o'er, Nor [G7]do I [C]have [Am] light wings to [Dm]fly, [G7] Give me a [C]boat [F] that can carry [Am]two, [F] And we shall [C]row [G7] my love and [C]I [ G7] Give me a [C]boat [F] that can carry [Am]two, [F] And we shall [C]row [G7] my love and [C]I. [Csus4 ][C]