x#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## THERE IS A SHIP (The Water is Wide) -- Peter, Paul and Mary. PP&M's version of this lovely folksong. D G D There is a ship and she sails the sea D Bm Em A She’s loaded deep, as deep can be A7 F#m D7 Bm But not as deep as the love I’m in G6 F#m A D I know not if I sink or swim (Same chords for rest of song) I leaned my back against an oak Thinking it was a trusty tree But first it bent and then it broke Just as my love proved false to me Oh, love is gentle, and love is kind The sweetest flower when first it’s new But love grows old and waxes cold And fades away like the mornin’ dew The water is wide, I cannot get o’er Neither have I the wings to fly Give me a boat that can carry two And both shall row my love and I
