the ship is gone on my own medley- peter paul mary edse tab

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

D Em D D/C#
On my own, pretending hes beside me,
Bm E A AM7
All alone, I walk with him till morning,
G F#7 Bm
Without him, I feel his arms around me,
Em A
And when I lose my way I close my eyes and he has found me.

In the rain, the pavement shines like silver,
All the lights are misty in the river,
In the darkness, the trees are full of starlight,
And all I see is him and me forever and forever.


Bb G#7 Bb Bb/A
And I know its only in my mind,
Gm Gm7 Eb
That Im talking to myself and not to him,
Em B B7
And although I know that he is blind,
C C7
Still I say theres a way for us.


F Gm F F/E
I love him, but when the night is over,
Dm G C CM7
He is gone, the rivers just a river,
Bb A7 Dm
Without him the world around me changes,
Gm C
The trees are bare and everywhere the streets are full of strangers.


I love him, but every day im learning,
All my life Ive only been pretending,
Without me his world will go on turning,
A world thats full of happiness that I have never known.

F F7 Bb
I love him, I love him, I love him,
F#7 F
But only on my own.