The Water Is Wide

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From: [email protected] (3215A-berczik) 
Date: 5 Jun 1995 11:48:59 GMT 
Subject: Re: Water is Wide? 
 
The original poster was listed as [email protected] (Netnews) 
 
THE WATER IS WIDE, Traditional 
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Note:  Treat each note as eighth note except hammer-ons and pull-offs, which 
       are sixteenth notes. Play slowly. 
 
  D           D/B          Dsus2/E     Dsus2/A      D           Dsus4 
+-------2-----------2----+-------0-----------0----+-------2-----2^3---2--0-+ 
+-------3-----------3----+-------3-----------3----+-------3-----3-----3--3-+ 
+----2--------------2----+-------2--------2-----2-+----2-----2--2----------+ 
+-0--------0-----0-------+----0-----0-------------+-0--------------0-------+ 
+-------------2--------2-+-------------0----------+------------------------+ 
+------------------------+-0----------------------+------------------------+ 
 
 
 
 
  D                        D           D/B          Dsus2/E     Dsus2/A 
+-2----------------------+-------2-----------2----+-------0-----------0----+ 
+-3----------------------+-------3-----------3----+-------3-----------3----+ 
+----2-----0-----0-----0-+----2--------------2----+-------2--------2-----2-+ 
+------------------------+-0--------0-----0-------+----0-----0-------------+ 
+-------0-----2-----4----+-------------2--------2-+-------------0----------+ 
+------------------------+------------------------+-0----------------------+ 
 
            The water is wide                            I can't cross over 
 
 
  D           Dsus4        D     D/A         D/C#   Bm         Bm/A 
+-------2-----2^3---2--0-+-2--------2-------------+-------2-----------2----+ 
+-------3-----3-----3--3-+-3--------3-----3-----3-+-------3-----------3----+ 
+----2--------2-----2--2-+-2--------2-----2-----2-+-------4-----------4----+ 
+-0--------0-----0-------+----0--------0----------+----4-----------4-------+ 
+------------------------+-------0-----------4----+-2--------2--0--------0-+ 
+------------------------+------------------------+------------------------+ 
 
                                And neither have the wings to fly 
 
  G           Em7          A                        A           A7 
+-------3-----------0----+------------------------+-------------0----------+ 
+-------0-----------3----+-------2-----3-----5----+-------2--------2-------+ 
+-------0-----------0----+-------2----------------+-------2-----------0----+ 
+----0-----------2-----2-+----2--------4-----5----+----2-----2-----------2-+ 
+------------------------+-0--------0-----0-----0-+-0----------------------+ 
+-3--------2--0----------+------------------------+------------------------+ 
 
                                                       Give me a  
 
  F#m                      D          D/E           G 
+-------------2----------+------------------------+-------------3----------+^ 
+-------2--------2-------+-------3-----------3----+-------0--------0-------+ 
+-------2-----------2----+----2-----2--------2----+-------0-----------0----+ 
+----4-----4-----------4-+-0--------------0-----0-+----0-----0-------------+ 
+------------------------+------------------------+------------------------+ 
+-2----------------------+-------------0----------+-3--------------------2-+ 
 
    boat        that can carry two 
 
 
  Em7                      F#m                      Em7         A 
+-------------0----------+-------------2----------+------------------------+ 
+-------3--------3-------+-------2--------2-------+-------3-----------2----+ 
+-------0-----------0----+-------2-----------2----+-------0-----------2----+ 
+----2-----2-----------2-+----4-----4-------------+----2-----2-----2-----2-+ 
+------------------------+------------------------+-------------0----------+ 
+-0----------------------+-2--------------------2-+-0----------------------+ 
 
        And both shall row, my love and I 
 
 
  D           Dsus4        D    
+-------------2^3---2--0-+-2----------------------+ 
+-------3--------3--3--3-+-3----------------------+ 
+----2-----2--------2--2-+-2--------0-----0-----0-+ 
+-0-----------0----------+----0-------------------+ 
+------------------------+-------0-----2-----4----+ 
+------------------------+------------------------+ 
 
  I.                             Well  love  is ... 
 
 
Verse: 
 
The water is wide, I can't ... 
 
Oh, love is gentle and love is kind 
The sweetest flower when first it's new 
But love grows old and waxes cold 
and fades away like morning dew 
 
There is a ship and she sails to sea 
She's loaded deep as deep can be 
But not as deep as the love I'm in 
I know not how I sink or swim 
 
 
Instrumental 
 
There is a ship, and she sails ... 
 
Repeat first verse. 
 
Melody (no timing implied): 
 
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  The water is_ wide, I can't cross ... 
 
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  Give me a boat that can carry two and ...