Bette Midler, The Rose (1979)
Key: :[B] (w: Amanda McBroom)

VERSE 1:
Some say [B] love, it is a [F#] river
That [E] drowns, the [F#] tender [B] reed
Some say [B] love, it is a [F#] razor
That [E] leaves, your [F#] soul to [B] bleed

CHORUS 1:
Some say [D#m] love, it is a [G#m] hunger
An [E] endless, aching [F#] need
I say [B] love, it is a [F#] flower
And [E] you, its [F#] only [B] seed

VERSE 2:
It's the [B] heart, afraid of [F#] breaking
That [E] never, [F#] learns to [B] dance
It's the [B] dream, afraid of [F#] waking
That [E] never, [F#] takes a [B] chance

CHORUS 2:
It's the [D#m] one, who won't be [G#m] taken
Who [E] cannot, seem to [F#] give
And the [B] soul, afraid of [F#] dying
That [E] never, [F#] learns to [B] live

VERSE 3:
When the [B] night, has been too [F#] lonely
And the [E] road, has [F#] been too [B] long
And you [B] feel, that love is [F#] only
For the [E] lucky, [F#] and the [B] strong

CHORUS 3:
Just re-[D#m]-member, in the [G#m] winter
Far be-[E]-neath, the bitter [F#] snow [F#sus4]
Lies the [B] seed, that with the [F#] sun's love
In the [E] spring, be-[F#]-comes the [B] rose