Bette Midler<\/p>\n
Song: The Rose\r\nArtist: Midler, Bette\r\nBy: Steve Smigiel\r\nI\u2019ll give you what you need to do the song, including all the words.\r\nI chorded this for\r\na guy to sing and with open chords for an acoustic guitar. It starts out sparse and quiet,\r\nthen builds to a dramatic conclusion. Print and play!\r\nTuning is E<\/span> A<\/span> D<\/span> G<\/span> B<\/span> E<\/span>\r\nChords used are: E<\/span> B<\/span> A<\/span> G#m<\/span>\r\n \r\nChord shapes:\r\n E<\/span> B<\/span> A<\/span> G#m<\/span>\r\ne|--0----0----0-----4----|\r\nB|--0----0----0-----4----|\r\nG|--9----8----6-----4----|\r\nD|--9----9----7-----6----|\r\nA|--7----9----7-----6----|\r\nE|--0----7----5-----4----|\r\n \r\nE<\/span> B<\/span>\r\nSome say love, it is a river,\r\n A<\/span> B<\/span> E<\/span>\r\nThat drowns the tender reed\r\nE<\/span> B<\/span>\r\nSome say love, it is a razor,\r\n A<\/span> B<\/span> E<\/span>\r\nThat leaves your soul to bleed\r\n G#m<\/span> A<\/span>\r\nSome say love it is a hunger,\r\n F#m<\/span> B<\/span>\r\nAn endless aching need\r\nE<\/span> B<\/span>\r\nI say love it is a flower and\r\nA<\/span> B<\/span> E<\/span>\r\nYou its only seed\r\n \r\n\r\nE<\/span> B<\/span>\r\nIt's the heart afraid of breaking\r\n A<\/span> B<\/span> E<\/span>\r\nThat never learns to dance\r\n E<\/span> B<\/span>\r\nIt's the dream afraid of waking\r\n A<\/span> B<\/span> E<\/span>\r\nThat never takes a chance\r\n G#m<\/span> A<\/span>\r\nIt's the one, who won't be taken\r\n F#m<\/span> B<\/span>\r\nWho cannot seem to give\r\n E<\/span> B<\/span>\r\nAnd the soul afraid of dying\r\n A<\/span> B<\/span> E<\/span>\r\nThat never learns to live\r\n \r\nE<\/span> B<\/span>\r\nWhen the night has been too lonely\r\n A B E\r\nAnd the road has been too long\r\n E B\r\nAnd you think that love is only\r\n A B E\r\nFor the lucky and the strong\r\n G#m A\r\nJust remember in the winter\r\n F#m B\r\nFar beneath the bitter snow\r\n E B\r\nLies the seed that with the sun's love,\r\n A B E\r\nIn the spring becomes the rose\r\nX<\/div><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bette Midler Song: The Rose Artist: Midler, Bette By: Steve Smigiel I\u2019ll give you what you need to do the song, including all the words. I chorded this for a guy to sing and with open chords for an acoustic guitar. It starts out sparse and quiet, then builds to …