{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2229229,"song":"The Water Is Wide","artist":"Misc Traditional","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11470557-the-water-is-wide-chords-by-misc-traditional/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2229229?type=chord","rating":4.82491,"votes":25,"content":"The Water is Wide - Traditional\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Bm7[/ch]  [ch]A7[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe water is wide,    I can’t cross o'er.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Bm7[/ch]                     [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nAnd neither have I      the wings to fly.[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]G6[/ch]\r\nBuild me a boat     that can carry two,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]A7[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd both shall row,    my love and I.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere is a ship   and she sails the seas.[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Bm7[/ch]               [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nShe's laden deep,    as deep can be;[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]G6[/ch]\r\nBut not so deep     as the love I'm in[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]A7[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I know not  whether I sink or swim.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nO love is handsome    and love is fine[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Bm7[/ch]                     [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nBright as a jewel    when first it's new[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]G6[/ch]\r\nbut love grows old      and waxes cold[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A7[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd fades away    like the morning dew.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\n'Tis not the frost, that freezes fell,[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Bm7[/ch]           [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nNor blowing snows  inclemency,[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G6[/ch]\r\n'Tis not such cold that makes me cry,[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]A7[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut my love's heart grown cold to me.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI leaned my back, against an oak.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Bm7[/ch]           [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nthinking it was a trusty tree.[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G6[/ch]\r\nBut first it bent  and then it broke,[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]A7[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo did my love,  proved false to me.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMust I go bound while you go free[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Bm7[/ch]           [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nMust I love a man who doesn't love me[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G6[/ch]\r\nMust I be born with so little art[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]A7[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAs to love someone who'll break my heart[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHad but I known, before I kiss'd,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Bm7[/ch]              [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nThat love would be so ill to win,[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G6[/ch]\r\nI'd lock my heart in a case of gold,[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]A7[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd pin'd it with a silver pin.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe water is wide,    I can’t cross o'er.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Bm7[/ch]                     [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nAnd neither have I      the wings to fly.[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]G6[/ch]\r\nBuild me a boat     that can carry two,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]A7[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd both shall row,    my love and I.[/tab]","plain_text":"The Water is Wide - Traditional\n\n[Intro]\n D G Bm7  A7\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["D","G","Bm7","A7","G6"],"chord_diagrams":{"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"Bm7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,2,0,3],"frets":[-1,2,0,2,0,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}