THE WATER IS WIDE

KC  FC
                  c             f                          c
The water is wide, I cannot cross o'er 
                 am   f                  g
Neither have I, the wings to fly      
                      em  dm              em    f 
Give me a boat, that can carry two 
                        c   g                   c   g
And both shall row, my love and I
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                   c       f                     c
Oh, love be gentle, and love be kind  
                        am   f                g
The sweetest flower when first it's new
                      em  dm                em    f   
But love grows old, and waxes cold 
                   c    g                       c      g
And fades away, like morning dew
                                                Instr
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         c                 f               c
I leaned my back against an oak   
                  am  f          g       
Thinking it was a trusty tree   
                 em   dm              em    f 
But first it bent and then it broke 
                       c  g                        c   g
Thus did my love prove false to me 
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                 c   f                          c
There is a ship and she sails the seas 
                     am   f                 g
She's loaded deep as deep can be    
                  em  dm                 em   f 
But not so deep as the love I'm in 
                          c g                c   g               
And I know not if I sink or swim
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             c        f                       c
The water is wide, I cannot  cross o'er...