James Taylor – The Water Is Wide (Guitar Acoustic Tab)
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Title: The Water Is Wide
Author and Copyright: MississippiHans (arr.+tab.)
Tempo: Q=120
Capo: 2, optionally
Play bass quarters with your right-hand thumb and insert melody/harmony notes. Eighths are marked '+'.
The chord names above the tab lines indicate the left-hand position.
Play the 6th string bass with thumb-fretting when appropriate.
[Verse] C + + + F + + + C E|--------------------------0---|---------------------|------------------------------|---------------------| B|--------------1--h3-----------|---------------------|----------3--p1---------------|---------------------| G|----------0-------------------|---------------------|------------------2-------0---|---------------------| D|------2---------------2-------|------2---------2----|------3---------------3-------|------2---------2----| A|------------------------------|-3-------------------|------------------------------|-3-------------------| E|-3------------3---------------|-----------3---------|-1------------1---------------|-----------3---------| The water is wide, I cannot get o'er, Am7 + + + F Dm + + + E|------------------------------|---------------------|--------------0--h1-------0---|---------------------| B|----------1---1--p0-------1---|---------------------|----------3-------------------|-3-------------------| G|------------------------------|---------------------|------------------------------|---------------------| D|------2---------------2-------|------3---------3----|------0---------------0-------|------0---------0----| A|-0------------0---------------|---------------------|-0------------0---------------|-0-------------------| E|------------------------------|-1---------1---------|------------------------------|-----------1---------| And neither have I wings to fly. G + + + Em Am7 + + + Fmaj7 E|--------------0--h1-------3---|---------------------|------1--p0---------------0---|---------------------| B|----------3-------------------|---------------------|--------------3---1-----------|---------------------| G|------------------------------|---------------------|------------------------------|---------------------| D|------0---------------0-------|------2---------2----|------2---------------2-------|------3---------3----| A|------------------------------|-----------2---------|-0------------0---------------|---------------------| E|-3------------3---------------|-0-------------------|-------------------------- ---|-1---------1---------| Give me a boat that can carry two, Dm + + + C G + C E|------------------------------|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------| B|----------3--p1---------------|---------------------|-------------------1----|-1-------------------| G|------------------2-------0---|---------------------|----------0---2---------|---------------------| D|------0---------------0-------|------2---------2----|------0------------0----|------2---------2----| A|-0------------0---------------|-3---------0---------|--------------0---------|-3-------------------| E|------------------------------|---------------------|-3----------------------|-----------3---------| And both shall cross, my true love and I. [VerseVariation] C + + a + + F + + C a + + E|-------------------------|-0---------------------0-|-------------------------|-----------------------0-| B|--------------1--h3------|-1-----------------1-----|----------3--p1----------|-------------------1-----| G|----------0--------------|-0-------------0---------|------------------2------|-0-------------0---------| D|------2---------------2--|------2------------2-----|------3---------------3--|-2----2------------2-----| A|-------------------------|-3-----------------------|-------------------------|-3-----------------------| E|-3------------3----------|-----------3-------------|-1------------1----------|-----------3-------------| Am7 + + F a + + Dm + + + a + + E|-------------------------|-----------------------0-|--------------0--h1-------0-|-----------------------1-| B|----------1---1--p0------|-1-----------------1-----|----------3-----------------|-3-----------------3-----| G|-------------------------|-2-------------2---------|----------------------------|-2-------------2---------| D|------2---------------2--|------3------------3-----|------0---------------0-----|------0------------0-----| A|-0------------0----------|-------------------------|-0------------0-------------|-0-----------------------| E|-------------------------|-1---------1-------------|----------------------------|-----------1-------------| G + + Em a + + Am7 + + a Fmaj7 + + E|--------------0--h1------|-3---------------------3-|------1--p0--------------|-0---------------------0-| B|----------3--------------|-0-----------------0-----|--------------3---1------|-1-----------------1-----| G|-------------------------|-0-------------0---------|-------------------------|-2-------------2---------| D|------0---------------0--|------2------------2-----|------2---------------2--|------3------------3-----| A|-------------------------|-----------2-------------|-0------------0----------|-------------------------| E|-3------------3----------|-0-----------------------|-------------------------|-1---------1-------------| Dm + + C a + + G + C a + + E|-------------------------|-----------------------0-|----------------------|-0---------------------0-| B|----------3--p1----------|-------------------1-----|-------------------1--|-1-----------------1-----| G|------------------2------|-0-------------0---------|----------0---2-------|-0-------------0---------| D|------0---------------0--|-2----2------------2-----|------0------------0--|------2------------2-----| A|-0------------0----------|-3---------0-------------|--------------0-------|-3-----------------------| E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-3--------------------|-----------3-------------|
[MoreLyrics]
I put my hand into some soft bush,
Thinking the sweetest flower to find,
I pricked my fingers to the bone
And left the sweetest flower behind.
I leaned my back against an oak,
Thinking it was a trusty tree,
But first it bent and then it broke,
So did my love prove false to me.
A ship there is and she sails the sea,
She's loaded deep as deep can be,
But not so deep as the love I'm in,
I know not if I sink or swim.
Oh, love be handsome and love be kind,
Gay as a jewel when first it is new;
But love grows old and waxes cold,
And fades away like the morning dew.
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| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
| a Arpeggio (pick all strings in sequence, harp-like)
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