Crossing The Water chords by Gordon Bok

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
B  E    B

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

Chorus:
        B               Dbm
You may row the boat forever
  B               E
Believing you are free
    Ebm              Dbm
You cannot cross the water
        E           B    E   B
You can only row to me

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

Chorus:
        B               Dbm
You may row the boat forever
         B               E
There is nowhere I won't be
    Ebm              Dbm
You cannot cross the water
        E           B    E   B
You can only row to me

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

Chorus:
           B                Dbm
For you'll turn the boat forever
     B                E
I am neither lake nor sea
    Ebm              Dbm
You cannot cross the water
        E           B
You can only row to me

Chorus:
                        Dbm
You may row the boat forever
         B               E
There is nowhere I won't be
    Ebm              Dbm
You cannot cross the water
        E           B
You can only row to me