Song:   The Rose
Artist: Midler, Bette
By: Steve Smigiel
I’ll give you what you need to do the song, including all the words.
I chorded this for
a guy to sing and with open chords for an acoustic guitar. It starts out sparse and quiet,
then builds to a dramatic conclusion. Print and play!
Tuning is      
Chords used are:    

Chord shapes:
            
e|--0----0----
B|--0----0----
G|--9----8----
D|--9----9----
A|--7----9----
E|--0----7----

    
0-----4----|
0-----4----|
6-----4----|
7-----6----|
7-----6----|
5-----4----|

             
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 an

d
            
You its only s

 
eed

             
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 a chance
           
It's the one, 

              
who won't be t


aken
           
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 snow
             
Lies the seed 

              
that with the 

 
sun's love,
             
In the spring 

           
becomes the ro

se