The Water Is Wide

G C G The water is wide, I cannot get o'er, G Em C D And neither have I wings to fly. G C G Give me a boat that can carry two, G D G And both shall row, my love and I. G C G A ship there is and she sails the sea, G Em C D She's loaded deep as deep can be, G C G But not so deep as the love I'm in, G D G I know not how I sink or swim. G C G I leaned my back up against an oak, G Em C D Thinking it was a trusty tree, G C G But first it bent and then it broke, G D G And so did my false love to me. G C G Oh love is handsome and love is fine, G Em C D And love's a jewel while it is new, G C G But when it is old it groweth cold, G D G And fades away like the morning dew.