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The Water Is Wide by James Taylor
The Water Is Wide
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: F
TEMPO: moderately slow
[INTRO]
Am7
[1.]
C7sus4 F C7sus4 F
The water is wide, I can't cross over
Dm Bb Csus4
And neither have I wings to fly
C C/Bb Am7 Cm7 Cm7/F Bb(addC) F/A
Build me a boat that can carry two
Gm7 Am7 C7sus4 F Fsus4
And both shall row, my love and I
[2.]
F Bb/D C7/E F Dm7 F/A Gm7
There is a ship and she sails the sea
F Dm7 Bb(addC) Gm7 Gm7/C
She's loaded deep as deep can be
C C/Bb Am7 Cm7 Cm7/F Bbmaj9 F/A
But not so deep as the love I'm in
Gm7 Am7 Gm7/C F Gm7/C
I know not how I sink or swim
[3.]
F Bb/D C7/E F Dm7 Bb(add)C F/A Gm7
Oh, love is handsome and love is fine
F Dm7 Bb(addC) Gm7 Gm7/C
The sweetest flower when first it's new
C C/Bb Am7 Cm7 Cm7/F Bbmaj9 F/A
but love grows old and waxes cold
Gm7 Am7 Gm7/C Dm7 C
and fades away like summer dew
[SOLO]
Bb(addC) F/A-Gm7 F-C/E Dm7-F/C Bb(addC)-Gm7 Gm7/C
[4.]
C C/Bb Am7 Cm7 Cm7/F Bbmaj9 F/A
Build me a boat that can carry two
Gm7 Am7 Gm7/C Dm7 C
And both shall row, my love and I
Bb(add)C Am7 C7sus4 F Bb/F F
And both shall row, my love and I
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version 2
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: 3rd fret
D G F#m A7
D G
The water is wide
D
I can't cross over
Bm G
And neither have
A7sus4 A7
I wings to fly
F#m Am7
Build me a boat
G Em
That can carry two
F#m A7sus4
And both shall row
D
My love and I
D G
There is a ship
D
And she sails the sea
Bm G
She's loaded deep
A
As deep can be
F#m Am7
But not so deep
G Em
As the love I'm in
F#m A7sus4
I know not how
D D Dsus4 D(hammer)
I sink or swim
D G
Oh love is handsome
D
And love is fine
Bm G
The sweetest flower
A
When first it's new
F#m
But love grows old
D G
And waxes cold
F#m A7
And fades away
G D
Like summer dew
D G D Bm G A
F#m
Build me a boat
D G
That can carry two
F#m A7
And both shall row
G D
My love and I
F#m A7
And both shall row
G D
My love and I
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version 3
Tuning: E A D G B E
[Intro]
Am Bb/C
F Bb/C
The water is wide
F
I can't cross over
Dm Bb
And neither have
Csus4 C
I wings to fly
C7/Bb Am Cm7
Build me a boat
F7 Bb
That can carry two
Gm7 Am Bb/C
And both shall row
F Fsus4 F
My love and I
Bb/D C/E F Bb
There is a ship
F/A Gm F
And she sails the sea
C/E Dm Bb
She's loaded deep
Csus4 C
As deep can be
C7/Bb Am
But not so deep
Cm7 F7 Bb F/A Gm
As the love I'm in
Am Bb/C
I know not how
F Fsus4 F
I sink or swim
Bb/D C/E F Bb/C
Oh love is handsome
F
And love is fine
C/E Dm Bb
The sweetest flower
Bb/D Csus4 C
When first it's new
C7/Bb Am
But love grows old
Cm7 F7 Bb F/A Gm
And waxes cold
Am Bb/C
And fades away
Dm
Like summer dew
[Solo]
Bb F/A Gm F
F C/E Dm
Bb Bb/D
Csus4 C
C7/Bb Am
Build me a boat
Cm7 F7 Bb F/A Gm
That can carry two
Am Bb/C
And both shall row
Dm Bb
My love and I
Am Bb/C
And both shall row
F Fsus4 F
My love and I
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version 4
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: C
Tempo: Q=120
Capo: 2, optionally
Play bass quarters with your right-hand thumb and insert melody/harmony notes. Eighths are marked '+'.
The chord names above the tab lines indicate the left-hand position.
Play the 6th string bass with thumb-fretting when appropriate.
[Verse]
C + + + F + + + C
E|--------------------------0---|---------------------|------------------------------|---------------------|
B|--------------1--h3-----------|---------------------|----------3--p1---------------|---------------------|
G|----------0-------------------|---------------------|------------------2-------0---|---------------------|
D|------2---------------2-------|------2---------2----|------3---------------3-------|------2---------2----|
A|------------------------------|-3-------------------|------------------------------|-3-------------------|
E|-3------------3---------------|-----------3---------|-1------------1---------------|-----------3---------|
The water is wide, I cannot get o'er,
Am7 + + + F Dm + + +
E|------------------------------|---------------------|--------------0--h1-------0---|---------------------|
B|----------1---1--p0-------1---|---------------------|----------3-------------------|-3-------------------|
G|------------------------------|---------------------|------------------------------|---------------------|
D|------2---------------2-------|------3---------3----|------0---------------0-------|------0---------0----|
A|-0------------0---------------|---------------------|-0------------0---------------|-0-------------------|
E|------------------------------|-1---------1---------|------------------------------|-----------1---------|
And neither have I wings to fly.
G + + + Em Am7 + + + Fmaj7
E|--------------0--h1-------3---|---------------------|------1--p0---------------0---|---------------------|
B|----------3-------------------|---------------------|--------------3---1-----------|---------------------|
G|------------------------------|---------------------|------------------------------|---------------------|
D|------0---------------0-------|------2---------2----|------2---------------2-------|------3---------3----|
A|------------------------------|-----------2---------|-0------------0---------------|---------------------|
E|-3------------3---------------|-0-------------------|-------------------------- ---|-1---------1---------|
Give me a boat that can carry two,
Dm + + + C G + C
E|------------------------------|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|
B|----------3--p1---------------|---------------------|-------------------1----|-1-------------------|
G|------------------2-------0---|---------------------|----------0---2---------|---------------------|
D|------0---------------0-------|------2---------2----|------0------------0----|------2---------2----|
A|-0------------0---------------|-3---------0---------|--------------0---------|-3-------------------|
E|------------------------------|---------------------|-3----------------------|-----------3---------|
And both shall cross, my true love and I.
[VerseVariation]
C + + a + + F + + C a + +
E|-------------------------|-0---------------------0-|-------------------------|-----------------------0-|
B|--------------1--h3------|-1-----------------1-----|----------3--p1----------|-------------------1-----|
G|----------0--------------|-0-------------0---------|------------------2------|-0-------------0---------|
D|------2---------------2--|------2------------2-----|------3---------------3--|-2----2------------2-----|
A|-------------------------|-3-----------------------|-------------------------|-3-----------------------|
E|-3------------3----------|-----------3-------------|-1------------1----------|-----------3-------------|
Am7 + + F a + + Dm + + + a + +
E|-------------------------|-----------------------0-|--------------0--h1-------0-|-----------------------1-|
B|----------1---1--p0------|-1-----------------1-----|----------3-----------------|-3-----------------3-----|
G|-------------------------|-2-------------2---------|----------------------------|-2-------------2---------|
D|------2---------------2--|------3------------3-----|------0---------------0-----|------0------------0-----|
A|-0------------0----------|-------------------------|-0------------0-------------|-0-----------------------|
E|-------------------------|-1---------1-------------|----------------------------|-----------1-------------|
G + + Em a + + Am7 + + a Fmaj7 + +
E|--------------0--h1------|-3---------------------3-|------1--p0--------------|-0---------------------0-|
B|----------3--------------|-0-----------------0-----|--------------3---1------|-1-----------------1-----|
G|-------------------------|-0-------------0---------|-------------------------|-2-------------2---------|
D|------0---------------0--|------2------------2-----|------2---------------2--|------3------------3-----|
A|-------------------------|-----------2-------------|-0------------0----------|-------------------------|
E|-3------------3----------|-0-----------------------|-------------------------|-1---------1-------------|
Dm + + C a + + G + C a + +
E|-------------------------|-----------------------0-|----------------------|-0---------------------0-|
B|----------3--p1----------|-------------------1-----|-------------------1--|-1-----------------1-----|
G|------------------2------|-0-------------0---------|----------0---2-------|-0-------------0---------|
D|------0---------------0--|-2----2------------2-----|------0------------0--|------2------------2-----|
A|-0------------0----------|-3---------0-------------|--------------0-------|-3-----------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-3--------------------|-----------3-------------|
[MoreLyrics]
I put my hand into some soft bush,
Thinking the sweetest flower to find,
I pricked my fingers to the bone
And left the sweetest flower behind.
I leaned my back against an oak,
Thinking it was a trusty tree,
But first it bent and then it broke,
So did my love prove false to me.
A ship there is and she sails the sea,
She's loaded deep as deep can be,
But not so deep as the love I'm in,
I know not if I sink or swim.
Oh, love be handsome and love be kind,
Gay as a jewel when first it is new;
But love grows old and waxes cold,
And fades away like the morning dew.
| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
| a Arpeggio (pick all strings in sequence, harp-like)
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