There Is A Ship The Water Is Wide by Peter, Paul and Mary, tabs and chords at PlayUkuleleNET

There Is A Ship The Water Is Wide

by Peter, Paul and Mary

Biography:

One of the best of the Folk era groups...They were liberal leftist in message, however the music was universal. They had many hit records and continued to tour for many years into the modern era. The recent death of Mary has ended the group, but their music will remain as their legacy.

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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