Capo: 3 Tuning: E A D G B E

Liam Clancy - The Water Is Wide CAPO: 3rd Fret [INTRO:] C G C G C G C G [VERSE 1:]

The water is ^Cwide, I ^Fcannot cross ^Co'er And neither ^Amhave I wings to ^Gfly Give me a ^Cboat^Am that will carry ^Ctwo And ^Fboth shall ^Crow,^G my love and ^CI

[VERSE 2:]

A ship there is and she ^Fsails the ^Csea She's loaded ^Amdeep, as deep can ^Gbe But not so ^Cdeep^Am as the love I'm ^Cin I ^Fknow not ^Cif^G I sink or ^Cswim

[VERSE 3:]

Down in the mea^Fdows the other ^Cday A-gathering ^Amflowers both rich and ^Ggay A-gathering ^Cflowers^Am for the red and ^Cblue I ^Flittle ^Cthought^G what love could ^Cdo

[VERSE 4:]

I put my hand^F into one soft ^Cbush Thinking the ^Amsweetest flower to ^Gfind I pricked my ^Cfing^Amer right to the ^Cbone And I ^Fleft the ^Csweetest ^Gflower be^Chind ^G ^C ^G

[VERSE 5:]

A ^Clove is handsome and ^Flove is ^Ckind Gay as a ^Amjewel when first it's ^Gnew But when it's ^Cold ^Amand it grows quite ^Ccold And it ^Ffades a^Cway^G like the morning ^Cdew

OUTRO: C G C G C G C G C

Liam Clancy - The water is wide