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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
love, it is a
G7
river, that
river, that
F
drowns the
drowns the
G
tender
tender
C
reed
reed
Some say
C
love, it is a ra
love, it is a ra
G7
zor, that
zor, that
F
leads your
leads your
G
soul to
soul to
C
bleed
bleed
Some say
Cmaj7
love it is a
love it is a
F
hunger, and
hunger, and
Dm
endless aching
endless aching
G7
need
need
I say
C
love it is a
love it is a
G
flower and
flower and
F
you its only
you its only
C
seed
seed
Verse 2
It's the
C
heart afraid of
heart afraid of
G7
breaking that
breaking that
F
never
never
G
learns to
learns to
C
dance
dance
It's the
C
dream afraid of
dream afraid of
G7
waking that
waking that
F
never
never
G
takes a
takes a
C
chance
chance
It's the
Em
one, who won't be
one, who won't be
Am7
taken who
taken who
F
cannot seem to
cannot seem to
G
give
give
And the
C
soul afraid of
soul afraid of
G
dying that
dying that
F
never
never
G
learns to
learns to
C
live
live
Verse 3
When the
C
night has been too
night has been too
G7
lonely and the
lonely and the
F
road has
road has
G
been too
been too
C
long
long
And you
C
find that love is
find that love is
G7
only for the
only for the
F
lucky
lucky
G
and the
and the
C
strong
strong
Just re
Em
member in the
member in the
Am7
winter for 'n
winter for 'n
F
eath the bitter
eath the bitter
G
snow
snow
Lies the
C
seed that with the
seed that with the
G
sun's love, in the
sun's love, in the
F
spring be
spring be
G
comes the
comes the
C
rose
rose