X: 1
T: the Rose
C: Amanda McBroom
D: Bette Midler
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M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: D
DE | "D"F4 zF G>F | "A7"F2 E2 z3 E | "G"D4 "A7"zD E>F | "D"F4 z2 ||
w: Some say love, it is a ri-ver that drowns the ten-der reed.
D(E/D/) | "D"F4 zF G>F | "A7"F2 E2 z3 E | "G"D4 "A7"zD E>F | "D"F4 z2 ||
w: Some say* love, it is a ra-zor that leaves your soul to bleed.
FG | "F#m"A4 zA A>A | "Bm"A2 D2 z3 F | "G"G4 zF ED | "A7"(B,A,3) z2 ||
w: Some say love, it is a hun-ger, an end-less ach-ing need.
D(E/D/) | "D"F4 zF G>F | "A7"F2 E2 z3 E | "G"D4 "A7"zD E>D | "D"D4 z2 |]
w: I say* love, it is a flo-wer, and you its on-ly seed.
W:
W: Some say love, it is a river that drowns the tender reed.
W: Some say love, it is a razor that leaves your soul to bleed.
W: Some say love, it is a hunger, an endless aching need.
W: I say love, it is a flower, and you its only seed.
W:
W: It's the heart, afraid of breaking, that never learns to dance.
W: It's the dream, afraid of waking, that never takes a chance.
W: It's the one who won't be taken, who cannot seem to give.
W: And the soul, afraid of dying, that never learns to live.
W:
W: When the night has been too lonely, and the road has been too long,
W: And you think that love is only for the lucky and the strong,
W: Just remember in the winter far beneath the bitter snows,
W: Lies the seed, that with the sun's love, in the spring becomes the rose.