Chords for Bruce Guthro & Heather Rankin - The Water Is Wide

[Gm] Hi from Celtic Electric, I'm Heather Rankin from Abu Cape Breton.
And I'm Bruce Guthrie from City Mines Cape Breton.
And we're going to sing a pretty jazzed up version of a traditional tune called [G] The Water Is Wide.
Hope you like that.
_ [C] _ [G] _
_ [C] _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ [G] _
_ The water is wide, I can't swim on,
_ Nor do I [Am] [G] have [D] wings to fly.
[C] _ [G] Build me a boat [Dm] [G] that [C] can carry [G] two,
[Am] And [G] we shall row, _ [D] [G] my love and I.
There is a ship that sails the sea,
Is she loaded deep?
As [D] deep can be, [C] [G] but not as [Dm] deep [G] as [C] a [G] love.
_ [C] I know [G] not [D] if [G] I'll sink,
[Am] _ Oh [G] _ [C] _ [G] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ love is kind of [A] sweet _ [E] _ _ [B] _ [C#m] as [F#m] flowers,
When first [B] it blooms, _ love [E] grows old.
[Bm] _ [E] _ [A] _ [E] _ [F#m] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Water is wide, I can't swim on,
_ [G#m] [C#m] Nor do I [F#m] have [B] wings to fly.
Build [G#m] me a [E] boat [Bm] that [E] can carry [F#m] two,
And [E] we shall [B] row, [E] my [F#m] love and [E] _ _ [A] _ _
[B] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [D] _ [Bm] _ [E] _ _
I.
I lean my back _ [A] [E] against an oak,
_ [C#m] Thinking it was [F#m] a [B] trusty tree.
_ [E] But then _ [Bm] _ [E] _ [A] _ _
[F#m] _ [E] he saw my _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _
_ water _ [A] _ [E] and swim o'er.
_ [C#m] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [B] _ _
[Am] Build [E] me a boat _ [Bm] [E] that can [A] carry [E]
[F#m] two,
And [E] we shall row,
[F#m] _ [E] _ _ _
Build me a boat _ [Bm] [E] that can carry two,
[F#m] _ [E] _ _ _ [B] My [A] love and I.
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[D#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ [N] _