Chords for JOAN BAEZ ~ The Water Is Wide ~

_ [Bb] The [F] water is why [Bb] _ I [F] cannot get o'er
[Dm] Neither _ have I wings to [Em] fly
[Gm] Give [E] me a [Am] bow that can [Bb] carry two
And [C] both shall cross my [F] true love and I
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[Bb] I [F] leaned my [Bb] back [F] against an oak
[Dm] Thinking it _ was [E] a mighty tree
But [Am] first it bent _ and then it [Bb] broke
_ So [C] did my love _ hold [F] to me
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_ [Bb] I put [F] my hat [Bb] in some [F] soft _ [E] bush
[D] Thinking the sweetest [Bb] flower to find
[Gm] I [Am] pricked my _ finger to [Bb] the bone
And [C] left the _ _ sweetest [F] flower [Bb] behind _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ Oh, [Bb] love is [F] handsome [Bb] and love [F] is kind
[D] Gay as a Jew _ when it [Bb] is [G] new
[Em] [Gm] But [Am] love grows _ old and [Bb] waxes cold
And [C] fades away _ like [F] morning dew
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[F] _ _ _ [D] Neither have _ [Bb] I wings to [Em] fly
[Gm] Give me [Am] a bow that can [Bb] carry two
And both [C] shall cross my [B] true love and [F] I
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