{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":515020,"song":"The Rose","artist":"Bette Midler","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11566071-the-rose-chords-by-bette-midler/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/515020?type=chord","rating":4.91821,"votes":2625,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSome say love, it is a river,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat drowns the tender reed[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSome say love, it is a razor,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat leaves your soul to bleed[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSome say love, it is a hunger,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]Dm7[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAn endless aching need[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI say love, it is a flower and[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou its only seed[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's the heart afraid of breaking[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat never learns to dance[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's the dream afraid of waking[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat never takes the chance[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nIt's the one who won't be taken[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]Dm7[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWho cannot seem to give[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the soul afraid of dying[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat never learns to live[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen the night has been too lonely[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the road has been too long[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd you think that love is only[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor the lucky and the strong[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nJust remember in the winter[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Gsus[/ch]\r\nFar beneath the bitter snow[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLies the seed that with the sun's love,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn the spring becomes the rose[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]","chords":["C","G","F","Em","Am","Dm7","Am7","Gsus"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Am7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,0,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,1]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}