Tuning: E A D G B E

I take no credit for this tab – I got it from: http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/seeger/the_water_is_wide-crd-pete-seeger.htm The Water Is Wide Pete Seegers Version

^DThe Water Is ^DWide ^G6 I Can Not Cross ^DOver ^D ^DAnd Neit^Bmher

H^Bm7ave ^G6 I Wings ^ATo Fl^A7y ^F#MBut ^F#M Build Me A Boat ^Bm Th

at^Bm/A Can Carry Two ^G6And Both Shall ^D/F#Roam My ^A7Love And ^DI ^D

^DA Ship There ^DIs^G6 And She Sails The ^DSea ^D ^DSailing^Bm As

^Bm7Deep ^G6 As Deep C^Aan ^A7Be ^F#MBut ^F#MNot So Deep As The^Bm Lo

ve^Bm/A I Am In ^G6I Know No^D/F#t How ^A7I Sink O^Dr Swi^Dm

^GI Leaned M^Dy Ba^G6ck Against Some Youn^Dg Oa^Dk ^DThinking T^Bmhat

^Bm7He ^G6 Was A Trus^Aty T^A7ree ^F#MBut ^F#MFirst He Bent ^Bm An

d ^Bm/AThen He Broke ^G6And Thus ^D/F#Did My Fa^A7lse Lo V^De An^Dd Me

^GI Put M^Dy Ha^G6nd Into Some Sof^Dt Green^Ds ^DThinking ^BmThe

S^Bm7weet^G6est Flower^A To F^A7ind I Pricke^F#Md My^F#M Fin - ^BmGer

T^Bm/Ao The Bone ^G6And Left ^D/F#The Sweet^A7est Flo^Dwer Al^Done

^GOh Love I^Ds Handso^G6me, Love I^Ds Fin^De ^DGay As^Bm A

J^Bm7ewel, Wh^G6en First It ^AIs N^A7ew ^F#MBut ^F#MLove Grows Old^Bm,

^Bm/AAnd Waxes Cold ^G6And Fad^D/F#es Away, L^A7ike Su^Dmmer ^DDew

^GThe Seagu^Dlls Wh^G6eel, They Turn ^DAnd D^Dive ^DThe Mount^Bmain

^Bm7Stands^G6 Beside T^Ash E^A7 Sea ^F#MThis^F#M World We Know Tu^Bmrns

R^Bm/Aound And Round G6 D/F# A7s Ds D And All For Them - And You And Me.

Pete Seeger - The water is wide