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Love Is A Rose

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Love is a Rose - Neil Young
Key of G major with standard I, IV, V chords.
Fill parts are in E pentatonic since it's G major, modal notes don't sound that good with it.
[Intro Bass]
G|-0-------------------|
D|----3-0--------------|
A|--------3-1----------|
E|---------------3-----| (*) (beat on top once)
[Intro Solo Harmonica]
G   C G
G   D G
G   C G
G   D G
G   G
[Chorus 1]
GLove is a rose but you'd Cbetter not Gpick it
It Gonly grows when it's Don the vGine.
A Ghandful of thorns and you'll Cknow you've Gmissed it
You Glose your love when you Dsay the word "Gmine".
[Verse 1]
CI wanna see what's Gnever been seen,
DI wanna live that Gage old dream.
CCome on, lass, we can Ggo together
Let's Dtake the best right Gnow.
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------3-----------|
G|-0------------4-----------|
D|----3---------5-----------|
A|------1-------5-----------|
E|-----------3--3-----------|
  Take the best right now.
G   G
[Chorus 2]
GI wanna go to an Cold hoe-dGown
GLong ago in a Dwestern Gtown.
GPick me up but my Cfeet are Gdraggin'
GGive me a lift and I'll Dhay your Gwagon.G  
[Verse 2] (Harmonica Solo)
C   G
D   G
C   G
D   G
e|--------------------------------3------|
B|--------------3-----3-----------3------|
G|-0------------4-----4-----------4--4-4-|
D|----3---------5-----5-----------5--5-5-|
A|------1-------5-----5-----------5--5-5-|
E|-----------3--3-----3-----------3--3-3-|
[Chorus 3]
GLove is a rose but you'd Cbetter not Gpick it
It Gonly grows when it's Don the vGine.
A Ghandful of thorns and you'll Cknow you've Gmissed it
You lose your love when you Dsay the word "Gmine".
GMine, Gmine.
Ending
GLove is a rose,  C    G(3 times)
GLove is a rose. C(Gharmonica)
D(fade)

All chords in this song (3)

The story behind the song

This song, written and composed by Neil Young, first appeared on his 1977 compilation Decade, though he recorded it earlier for his unreleased album Homegrown. The melody for "Love Is A Rose" was actually taken from another song, "Dance, Dance, Dance," which Young's band Crazy Horse recorded in 1971. Linda Ronstadt's country version in 1975 helped popularize the song. At its heart, the song uses the classic metaphor of a rose to explore the nature of love.

AI-written from these sources:Love Is a Rose — Wikipedia ↗Neil Young — Wikipedia ↗MusicBrainz ↗

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Love Is A Rose

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Love is a Rose - Neil Young

Key of G major with standard I, IV, V chords.

Fill parts are in E pentatonic since it's G major, modal notes don't sound that good with it.

[Intro Bass]

G|-0-------------------|

D|----3-0--------------|

A|--------3-1----------|

E|---------------3-----| (*) (beat on top once)

[Intro Solo Harmonica]

G C G

G D G

G C G

G D G

G G

[Chorus 1]

G C G

Love is a rose but you'd better not pick it

G D G

It only grows when it's on the vine.

G C G

A handful of thorns and you'll know you've missed it

G D G

You lose your love when you say the word "mine".

[Verse 1]

C G

I wanna see what's never been seen,

D G

I wanna live that age old dream.

C G

Come on, lass, we can go together

D G

Let's take the best right now.

e|--------------------------|

B|--------------3-----------|

G|-0------------4-----------|

D|----3---------5-----------|

A|------1-------5-----------|

E|-----------3--3-----------|

Take the best right now.

G G

[Chorus 2]

G C G

I wanna go to an old hoe-down

G D G

Long ago in a western town.

G C G

Pick me up but my feet are draggin'

G D G G

Give me a lift and I'll hay your wagon.

[Verse 2] (Harmonica Solo)

C G

D G

C G

D G

e|--------------------------------3------|

B|--------------3-----3-----------3------|

G|-0------------4-----4-----------4--4-4-|

D|----3---------5-----5-----------5--5-5-|

A|------1-------5-----5-----------5--5-5-|

E|-----------3--3-----3-----------3--3-3-|

[Chorus 3]

G C G

Love is a rose but you'd better not pick it

G D G

It only grows when it's on the vine.

G C G

A handful of thorns and you'll know you've missed it

D G

You lose your love when you say the word "mine".

G G

Mine, mine.

Ending

G C G

Love is a rose, (3 times)

G C G

Love is a rose. (harmonica)

(fade)

About Love Is A Rose Chords by Neil Young

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