Water is Wide

[Intro]
 D G Bm7  A7

[Chorus]
D         	D 	G            	D
The water is wide,	I can’t cross o'er.
D       	Bm7                 	A7
And neither have I  	the wings to fly.
        	D                  	G6
Build me a boat 	that can carry two,
            	A7            	D
And both shall row,	my love and I.
 

         	D  G               	D
There is a ship   and she sails the seas.
        	Bm7           	A7
She's laden deep,	as deep can be;
         	D                  	G6
But not so deep 	as the love I'm in
               	A7           	D
And I know not  whether I sink or swim.


      	D    	G          	D
O love is handsome	and love is fine
        	Bm7                 	A7
Bright as a jewel	when first it's new
           	D               	G6
but love grows old  	and waxes cold
        	A7                  	D
And fades away	like the morning dew.

 
D               	G         	D
'Tis not the frost, that freezes fell,
         	Bm7       	A7
Nor blowing snows  inclemency,
          	D              	G6
'Tis not such cold that makes me cry,
          	A7            	D
But my love's heart grown cold to me.
 

D         	D 	G     	D
I leaned my back, against an oak.
D       	Bm7       	A7
thinking it was a trusty tree.
          	D             	G6
But first it bent  and then it broke,
          	A7            	D
So did my love,  proved false to me.
 

D         	D 	G     	D
Must I go bound while you go free
D       	Bm7       	A7
Must I love a man who doesn't love me
       	D             	G6
Must I be born with so little art
          	A7            	D
As to love someone who'll break my heart
 

D            	G         	D
Had but I known, before I kiss'd,
D         	Bm7          	A7
That love would be so ill to win,
         	D              	G6
I'd lock my heart in a case of gold,
         	A7        	D
And pin'd it with a silver pin.
 
[Chorus]