The Rose chords
Bette Midler  1980 (Amanda McBroom)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rose_(song)

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Some say love 

        
it is a river
            
That drowns th

                
e tender reed
              
Some say love 

        
it is a razor
            
That leaves yo

           
ur soul to ble

ed

           
Some say love 

        
it is a hunger
             
An endless ach

    
ing need
             
I say love it 

     
is a flower
            
And you it's o

    
nly seed

             
It's the heart

           
 afraid of bre

aking
            
That never lea

       
rns to dance
              
It's the dream

           
 afraid of wak

ing 
            
that never tak

       
es the chance
  
            
It's the one w

            
ho won't be ta

ken
             
Who cannot see

     
m to give
             
And the soul a

         
fraid of dying

 
            
that never lea

       
rns to live

             
When the night

              
 has been too 


lonely
            
And the road h

            
as been too lo

ng
              
And you think 

             
that love is o

nly
            
For the lucky 

        
and the strong

            
Just remember 

       
in the winter 
             
far beneath th

         
e bitter snows
         
Lies the seed
              
That with the 


sun's love
            
In the spring
            
Becomes the ro

se

* Alternate:

Capo III

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