Water Is Wide tab - james taylor

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Subject: CRD Water Is Wide (James Taylor)

The Water Is Wide
Traditional
arr. James Taylor, D. Grolnich @ 1991

[ Capo III in F ]

[ D A4 ]
The water is wide [ D ]
I can't cross over [ G D ]
And neither have [ D/C# Bm ]
I wings to fly [ Em A4 A ]
Build me a boat [ F#m ]
That can carry two [ D7sus D7 Bm G6 ]
And both shall row [ F#m A ]
My love and I [ D ]

There is a ship [ G A D ]
And she sails the sea [ G D ]
She's loaded deep [ D/C# Bm ]
As deep can be [ Em A4 A ]
But not so deep [ F#m ]
As the love I'm in [ D7sus D7 Bm G6 ]
I know not how [ F#m A ]
To sink or swim [ D ]

Oh love is handsome [ G A D ]
And love is fine [ G A D ]
The sweetest flower [ D/C# Bm ]
When first it's new [ Em A4 A ]
But love grows old [ F#m ]
And waxes cold [ D7sus D7 Bm G6 ]
And fades away [ F#m A ]
Like summer dew [ Bm ]

[instrumental] [ G D ] [ D/C# Bm ] [ G A4 A ]
Build me a boat [ F#m ]
That can carry two [ D7sus D7 Bm G6 ]
And both shall row [ F#m A ]
My love and I [ Bm G6 ]
And both shall row [ F#m A ]
My love and I [ D ]

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The Water Is Wide(Traditional)with lyrics-Karla Bonoff
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EfHZtCKJGY&fmt=18 (STEREO LINK) I wish you like her beautiful song!! From Album "Restless Nights" 1979 Bass-Kenny Edwards Acoustic guitars-Karla Bonoff and James Taylor Accordion-Garth Hudson Background vocals-James Taylor and John David Souther correction: sweetes→sweetest,(first verse)boat→both ---I do not own clips/song. Was made only for fun and no profit whenever

"The Water is Wide" (traditional song)
This was recorded at Western Michigan University around the Spring of 1980. Me and my friends would play in the dorm's coffee house. If you listen close, you can hear the stereo blasting from a dorm down the hall; such was our "studio". This piece's arrangement is based on the Karla Bonoff version with James Taylor backing. I think Kathy does an acceptionally sweet job of singing, don't you? Enjoy! Update!!! Please go see the wonderful animated version of our recording by abukhatar at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbVjDNwf71A He did such a great job bringing a new vision to this song! I am very thankful for his efforts.