[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


[CHORUS:]
               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


[CHORUS:]
               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 


[CHORUS:]
               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