The Rose
Recorded by Bette Midler
Album: The Rose (1979)

(Non Capo)

(Intro.)
|(C) / / / |(C) / /

(Verse 1)
Some say (C)love, it is a (G)river
That (F)drowns the (G)tender (C) reed
Some say (C)love, it is a (G)razor
That (F)leaves your (G)soul (C)to bleed
Some say (Em)love, it is a (Am) hunger
An (F)endless (Dm)aching (G) need
I say (C)love, it is a (G)flower and
(F) You its (G)only (C)seed

(Verse 2)
It's the (C)heart afraid of (G)breaking
That (F)never (G)learns to (C) dance
It's the (C)dream afraid of (G) waking
That (F)never (G)takes the (C) chance
It's the (C)one who won't (Am) be taken
(G) 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 (G)lonely
And the (F)road has (G)been too (C) long
And you (C)think that love is (G)only
For the (F)lucky (G)and the (C) strong
Just (Em)remember in the (Am)winter
Far be-(F)neath 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 - - - - -