The Rose

C
G
Some say love, it is a river,
F
G
C
that drowns the tender reed
C
G
Some say love, it is a razor,
F
G
C
that leads your soul to bleed
Em
Am
Some say love it is a hunger,
F
Dm7
G
and endless aching need
C
G
I say love it is a flower
F
G
C
and you its only seed
C
G
It’s the heart afraid of breaking
F
G
C
that never learns to dance
C
G
It’s the dream afraid of waking
F
G
C
that never takes a chance
Em
Am
It’s the one, who won’t be taken
F
dm7
G
who cannot seem to give
C
G
And the soul afraid of dying
F
G
C
that never learns to live
C
G
When the night has been too lonely
F
G
C
and the road has been too long
C
G
And you find that love is only
F
G
C
for the lucky and the strong
Em
Am
Just remember in the winter
F
Dm7
G
for ‘neath the bitter snow
C
G
Lies the seed that with the sun’s love,
F
G
C
in the spring becomes the rose

C

Am

F

Dm7

Em

G