The Water Is Wide chords by Karla Bonoff
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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The water is wide,
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I can't cross o'er
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And neither have,
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I wings to fly
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Give me a boat
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that can carry two
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And both shall row,
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my love and I
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Verse 2
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Oh, love is gentle
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and love is kind
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The sweetest flower
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when first it's new
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But love grows old
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and waxes cold
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And fades away
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like morn- ing dew
Solo 1
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Verse 3
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There is a ship
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and she sails the sea
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She's loaded deep
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as deep can be
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But not as deep,
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as the love I'm in
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I know not how
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I sink or swim
Verse 4
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The water is wide,
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I can't cross o'er
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And neither have,
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I wings to fly
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Give me a boat
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that can carry two
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And both shall row,
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my love and I
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And both shall row,
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my love and I
The Water Is Wide
Karla Bonoff
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