Oer The Water Tae Charlie

	  		
Intro: G 

verse 1: 
             Em         C      D 
Come boat me o'er, come row me o'er 
     G       Em      C   G 
Come boat me o'er to Charlie 
              Em    C         D 
I'll gie John Ross another bawbee 
    G        D       C   G 
Tae ferry me o'er to Charlie 


               D            C        D 
We'll o'er the water, we'll o'er the sea 
      G        D        C   G 
We'll o'er the water to Charlie 
                D          C          D 
Come weel, come woe, we'll gather and go 
    G       Em      C   G 
And live or die wi' Charlie 



verse 2: 
           Em       C        D 
I swear by moon and stars so breght 
    G        Em      C  G 
And sun that glances early 
         Em     C        D 
If I had twenty thousand lives 
    G         D      C   G 
I'd lose them a' for Charlie 

 
               D            C        D 
We'll o'er the water, we'll o'er the sea 
      G        D        C   G 
We'll o'er the water to Charlie 
                D          C          D 
Come weel, come woe, we'll gather and go 
    G       Em      C   G 
And live or die wi' Charlie 



verse 3: 
            Em        C         D 
Aince I had sons, but noo I hae nane 
  G         Em      C   G 
I bred them toiling sairly 
            Em        C    D 
And I would bear them all again 
    G         D      C   G 
And lose them a' for Charlie  


               D            C        D 
We'll o'er the water, we'll o'er the sea 
      G        D        C   G 
We'll o'er the water to Charlie 
                D          C          D 
Come weel, come woe, we'll gather and go 
    G       Em      C   G 
And live or die wi' Charlie