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Roger McGuinn        The Water Is Wide           traditional 


           
G                 C          G

The water is wide I can not cross over 
Em                 Bm        D
And neither have I wings to fly 
           G     Bm             Em    C
Build me a boat  that can carry two 
    Am         D                G
And both shall roam my love and I 
             G  C              G
A ship there is and she sails the sea 
Em              Bm           D
Sailing as deep as  deep can be
           G    Bm               Em    C
But not so deep as the love I am in 
Am     D                 G
I know not how I sink or swim 

SOLO

G                C                  G
I leaned my back against some young oak  
Em               Bm           D
Thinking that he was a trusty tree 
             G    Bm          Em   C
But first he bent and then he broke 
Am               D             G
And thus did my false love and me 
G                 C          G

The water is wide I can not cross over 
Em                 Bm        D
And neither have I wings to fly 
           G     Bm             Em    C
Build me a boat  that can carry two 
    Am         D                G
And both shall roam my love and I 

            
From the "Roger McGuinn"  LP  
Columbia Records 1973

Roger McGuinn   vocals/guitar
Buddy Emmons    steel guitar
Jerry Cole      guitar
Spooner Oldham  piano
Lee Sklar       bass
David Crosby    harmony