James Taylor - Water is wide
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TITEL: The Water Is Wide
INTERPRET: Traditional Arranged by James Taylor & Don Grolnick 1991
TEMPO: moderately slow
TONART: F
Enjoy it
[INTRO:]
Am7[1.]
C7sus4 The water is wideF, C7sus4 I can't cross oFver
And neither Dmhave Bb I wings to Csus4fly
C C/Bb Am7 Cm7 Cm7/F Bb(addC) F/A
Build me a boat that can carry two
Gm7 And both shall Am7row, C7sus4 my love and FI Fsus4
[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 But C/Bbnot so Am7deep Cm7 as the loveCm7/F I'm Bbmaj9in F/A
Gm7 I know not Am7how Gm7/C I sink or Fswim Gm7/C
[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 but C/Bblove grows Am7old Cm7 and waCm7/Fxes Bbmaj9cold F/A
Gm7 and fades Am7away Gm7/C like summer Dm7dew C
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Bb(addC) F/A-Gm7 F-C/E Dm7-F/C Bb(addC)-Gm7 Gm7/C
[4.]
C Build C/Bbme a bAm7oat Cm7 that can Cm7/Fcarry Bbmaj9two F/A
Gm7 And both shall Am7row, Gm7/C my love and Dm7I C
Bb(add)C Am7 C7sus4 F Bb/F F
And both shall row, my love and I