The Rose

Intro on D


Between verse and chorus this riff is played:

E|----------------0--2--5--|
B|-------------3-----------|
G|----------2--------------|
D|-0--2--4-----------------|
A|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|


[CHORUS 1]                                 [Chords within brackets only require one
 stroke]
         D                A
Some say love, it is a river
             G          ( A )    D
And that it drowns the tender reed
                                 A
And some say love, it's like a razor
             G           ( A )    D
And that it leaves your soul to bleed.


[VERSE 1]

      F#m              Bm
Some say love, it is a hunger
    G             D  ( A )
An endless aching need
      D             A
I say love, it is a flower
     G          ( A )   D
And you, it's only seed.


[RIFF]


[CHORUS 2]

         D              A
It's the heart afraid of breaking
     G        ( A )   D
That never learns to dance
                       A
It's a dream afraid of waking
     G         ( A )     D
That never takes the chance


[VERSE 2]

        F#m            Bm
It's the one who won't be taken

      G            D  ( A )
Who cannot seem to give
      D              A
And the soul afraid of dying
     G     ( A )     D
That never learns to live.


[RIFF]


[CHORUS 3]

         D                A
When the night has been too lonely
        G        ( A )   D
And the road has been too long
                        A
And you think that love is only
        G     ( A )   D
For the lucky and the strong


[VERSE 3]

   F#m             Bm
Just remember in the winter
    G                  D  ( A )
Far beneath the bitter snows
        D                    A
Lies the seed that with the sun's love
G       ( A )     D
In spring becomes the rose...