Intro: Am
AmGFE
Annan water, you loom so deep and wide
AmGFE
I would cross over if you would stem the tide
AmGFE
Build a boat that I might ford the other side
AmGFEAm
To reach the farthest shore where my true love lies in wait for me
FEAm
In wait for me
FEAm
In wait for me
FEAm
In wait for me
GFE
O grey river, your waters ramble wild
AmGFE
The horses shiver and bite against the bridle
AmGFE
But I will cross if mine own horse is pulled from me
AmGFEAm
Though my mother cries that if I try, I sure will drowned be
FEAm
Will drowned be
FEAm
Will drowned be
FEAm
Will drowned be
DDmAF#m
If you calm and let me pass
DEAA7
You may render me a wreck when I come back
DDmAF#m
So calm your waves and slow the churn
DEAm
And you may have my precious bones on my return
(Interlude: Am G F E (x2))
AmGFE
Annan Water, O hear my true love's call
AmGFE
Here her holler above your water's pall
AmGFE
God that I could, that my two arms could give me wing
AmGFEAm
And I would cross your breadth and rest my breast about her amber ring
FEAm
Her amber ring
FEAm
Her amber ring
FEAm
Her amber ring
DDmAF#m
But if you calm and let me pass
DEAA7
You may render me a wreck when I come back
DDmAF#m
So calm your waves and slow the churn
DE
And you may have my precious bones on my
Dm
On my return