Bette Midler – Rose chords

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The Rose chords
Bette Midler

C *
         C            GSome say love it is a river
     F     G           C       That drowns the tender reed
                      GSome say love it is a razor
     F     G             CThat leaves your soul to bleed

C        Em           AmSome say love it is a hunger
   F              GAn endless aching need
      C            GI say love it is a flower
    F  G          CAnd you it's only seed

         C               GIt's the heart afraid of breaking
     F    G          CThat never learns to dance
                         GIt's the dream afraid of waking 
     F    G          Cthat never takes the chance
  
         Em               AmIt's the one who won't be taken
       F           GWho cannot seem to give
        C              DAnd the soul afraid of dying 
     F    G          Cthat never learns to live

         C                  GWhen the night has been too lonely
        F   G             CAnd the road has been too long
                           GAnd you think that love is only
        F    G        CFor the lucky and the strong

       Em            AmJust remember in the winter 
      F                Gfar beneath the bitter snows
         CLies the seed
              GThat with the sun's love
       F     GIn the spring
            CBecomes the rose

* Alternate:

Capo III

C  = A
G  = E
F  = D
Em = C#m
Am = F#m

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