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

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

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

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

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

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

CHORUS 3:
Just re-[G#m]-member, in the [C#m] winter
Far be-[A]-neath, the bitter [B] snow [Bsus4]
Lies the [E] seed, that with the [B] sun's love
In the [A] spring, be-[B]-comes the [E] rose