The Rose
Words and Music By Amanda McBroom
Copyright 1977 by Warner-Tamerplane Publishing

A nice example of a virtualy three chord song

 C......................G7... 
  Some say love, it is a river
  .....F..........G.....C....
  That drowns the tender reed
  C......................G7..
  Some say love, it is a raiser
  ..... F..........G.......C
  That leaves your soul to bleed.
  C......................F(9)...
  Some say love, it is a hunger
  ...F..............G7
  An endless aching need.
  ......C.............G....
  I say love, it is a flower
  ....F............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 the chance
  c........Em........Em.....Am7
  It's the one that wont be taken
  .....F.............G
  Who cannot seem to give
  ........C..............G
  And its soul afraid of dying
  ......F.....G.........C
  That never learns to live.

And the night has been so lonely
And the road has been too long
And you think that love is only
For the lucky and the strong.
Let us remember in the winter
Far beneath the bitter snow
Lies the seed that with the Sun grows
In the spring it's called the rose

I say love it is a flower
And you its only seed.
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