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

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

CHORUS 1:
Some say [Gm] love, it is a [Cm] hunger
An [G#] endless, aching [A#] need
I say [D#] love, it is a [A#] flower
And [G#] you, its [A#] only [D#] seed

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

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

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

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