Crossing The Water chords by Gordon Bok

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
BB E MajorE  BB

Verse:
                  DbmDbm
I have seen you leave the shore at sunrise
    BB           DbmDbm
I have felt your oars as they glide
    BB             AbmAbm
I have poured you honey from the morning sun
     E MajorE         AbmAbm
Heard you call to the other side
    BB          DbmDbm
I have carried your voice along the wind
    BB         E MajorE
I have tumbled it on the tide
    EbmEbm       DbmDbm       E MajorE
I have lifted it as its sound grew dim
          AbmAbm
Swallowed it as it died

Chorus:
    BB        DbmDbm
You may row the boat forever
 BB        E MajorE
Believing you are free
  EbmEbm       DbmDbm
You cannot cross the water
    E MajorE      BB  E MajorE  BB
You can only row to me

Verse:
             DbmDbm
I have seen you pause at midday
   BB          DbmDbm
Your hands all tired and sore
    BB          AbmAbm
I have heard you curse yourself for a fool
     E MajorE         AbmAbm
That you had not progressed more
     BB          DbmDbm
And I've heard you curse the water
  BB          E MajorE
For keeping you from the land
EbmEbm     DbmDbm
Even as you reached for me
  E MajorE        AbmAbm
To cool your weary hand

Chorus:
    BB        DbmDbm
You may row the boat forever
     BB        E MajorE
There is nowhere I won't be
  EbmEbm       DbmDbm
You cannot cross the water
    E MajorE      BB  E MajorE  BB
You can only row to me

Verse:
            DbmDbm
I have seen you in the sunset
    BB        DbmDbm
With a compass in your hand
    BB         AbmAbm
I have felt you change direction
E MajorE          AbmAbm
Trying to reach the land
     BB        DbmDbm
And I've seen you looking homeward
    BB          E MajorE
Ah, but sailor this water is wide
    EbmEbm          DbmDbm    E MajorE
If you knew my voice, I would tell you
        AbmAbm
"Lay the oars aside"

Chorus:
      BB        DbmDbm
For you'll turn the boat forever
   BB        E MajorE
I am neither lake nor sea
  EbmEbm       DbmDbm
You cannot cross the water
    E MajorE      BB
You can only row to me

Chorus:
            DbmDbm
You may row the boat forever
     BB        E MajorE
There is nowhere I won't be
  EbmEbm       DbmDbm
You cannot cross the water
    E MajorE      BB
You can only row to me