The Water Is Wide

# # #----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# ##This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # ##song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# # #Date: Fri, 05 Dec 1997 03:38:06 GMT #From: Rick L #Subject: CRD: The Water Is Wide Roger McGuinn Chords/Lyrics # #Roger McGuinn The Water Is Wide traditional # G C G The water is wide I can not cross over Em D And neither have I wings to fly G Bm Em C But build me a boat that can carry two Am D G And both shall roam my love and I G C G A ship there is and she sails the sea Em D Sailing as deep as deep can be G Bm Em C But not so deep as the love I am in Am D G I know not how I sink or swim G C G I leaned my back against some young oak Em D Thinking that he was a trusty tree G Bm Em C But first he bent and then he broke Am D G And thus did my false love and me ADG From the "Roger McGuinn" LP Columbia Records 1973