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Water Is Wide chords by James Taylor

Chords with lyrics

Difficulty: Novice

Submitted by: ronny77

The Water Is Wide
Traditional
arr. James Taylor, D. Grolnich @ 1991

[ Capo III in Chord diagramFF ]

[ Chord diagramD MajorD A4 ]
The water is wide [ Chord diagramD MajorD ]
I can't cross over [ Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramD MajorD ]
And neither have [ D/C# Chord diagramB minorBm ]
I wings to fly [ Chord diagramE minorEm A4 Chord diagramA augmentedA ]
Build me a boat [ Chord diagramF# minorF#m ]
That can carry two [ Chord diagramD7susD7sus Chord diagramD7D7 Chord diagramB minorBm Chord diagramG6G6 ]
And both shall row [ Chord diagramF# minorF#m Chord diagramA augmentedA ]
My love and I [ Chord diagramD MajorD ]

There is a ship [ Chord diagramG+G a Chord diagramD MajorD ]
And she sails the sea [ Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramD MajorD ]
She's loaded deep [ D/C# Chord diagramB minorBm ]
As deep can be [ Chord diagramE minorEm A4 Chord diagramA augmentedA ]
But not so deep [ Chord diagramF# minorF#m ]
As the love I'm in [ Chord diagramD7susD7sus Chord diagramD7D7 Chord diagramB minorBm Chord diagramG6G6 ]
I know not how [ Chord diagramF# minorF#m Chord diagramA augmentedA ]
To sink or swim [ Chord diagramD MajorD ]

Oh love is handsome [ Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramA augmentedA Chord diagramD MajorD ]
And love is fine [ Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramA augmentedA Chord diagramD MajorD ]
The sweetest flower [ D/C# Chord diagramB minorBm ]
When first it's new [ Chord diagramE minorEm A4 Chord diagramA augmentedA ]
But love grows old [ Chord diagramF# minorF#m ]
And waxes cold [ Chord diagramD7susD7sus Chord diagramD7D7 Chord diagramB minorBm Chord diagramG6G6 ]
And fades away [ Chord diagramF# minorF#m Chord diagramA augmentedA ]
Like summer dew [ Chord diagramB minorBm ]

[instrumental] [ Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramD MajorD ] [ D/C# Chord diagramB minorBm ] [ Chord diagramG+G A4 a ]
Build me a boat [ Chord diagramF# minorF#m ]
That can carry two [ Chord diagramD7susD7sus Chord diagramD7D7 Chord diagramB minorBm Chord diagramG6G6 ]
And both shall row [ Chord diagramF# minorF#m Chord diagramA augmentedA ]
My love and I [ Chord diagramB minorBm Chord diagramG6G6 ]
And both shall row [ Chord diagramF# minorF#m Chord diagramA augmentedA ]
My love and I [ Chord diagramD MajorD ]

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