The Rose

	  		
Intro:  C 

verse 1  

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Some say love it is a river, that drowns the tender reed. 
                        G           F                   C 
Some say love it is a razor, that leaves your soul to bleed. 
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Some say love it is a hunger, and endless aching need 
       C            G           F             C 
I say love it is a flower, and you it's only seed. 


verse 2  

C                          G             F      G        C 
It's the heart afraid of breaking, that never learns to dance 
                           G           F     G          C 
It's the dream afraid of waking, that never takes the chance 
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It's the one who won't be taken, who cannot seem to give 
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And the soul afraid of dying, that never learns to live. 


verse 3  

C                             G              F        G        C 
When the night has been too lonely, and the road has been too long. 
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That you think that love is only, for the lucky    and the strong. 
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Just remember in the winter, far beneath the bitter snow 
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Lies the seed that with the sun's love, in the spring, becomes a rose.