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The Rose

Amanda McBroom

Written by Amanda McBroom in 1977 or 1928. Made famous by Bette Midler in the movie "The Rose" where the music is played together with credits at the end.
Modified 03.09.2019

Verse 1


Some say
C
⁠love, it is a
G7
⁠river, that
F
⁠drowns the
G
⁠tender
C
⁠reed

Some say
C
⁠love, it is a ra
G7
⁠zor, that
F
⁠leads your
G
⁠soul to
C
⁠bleed

Some say
Cmaj7
⁠love it is a
F
⁠hunger, and
Dm
⁠endless aching
G7
⁠need

I say
C
⁠love it is a
G
⁠flower and
F
⁠you its only
C
⁠seed

Verse 2


It's the
C
⁠heart afraid of
G7
⁠breaking that
F
⁠never
G
⁠learns to
C
⁠dance

It's the
C
⁠dream afraid of
G7
⁠waking that
F
⁠never
G
⁠takes a
C
⁠chance

It's the
Em
⁠one, who won't be
Am7
⁠taken who
F
⁠cannot seem to
G
⁠give

And the
C
⁠soul afraid of
G
⁠dying that
F
⁠never
G
⁠learns to
C
⁠live

Verse 3


When the
C
⁠night has been too
G7
⁠lonely and the
F
⁠road has
G
⁠been too
C
⁠long

And you
C
⁠find that love is
G7
⁠only for the
F
⁠lucky
G
⁠and the
C
⁠strong

Just re
Em
⁠member in the
Am7
⁠winter for 'n
F
⁠eath the bitter
G
⁠snow

Lies the
C
⁠seed that with the
G
⁠sun's love, in the
F
⁠spring be
G
⁠comes the
C
⁠rose