The Rose

[Intro ]
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         G             G 
Some say love, it is a river 
     C          G          D 
that drowns the tender reed 
         G            Em 
Some say love it is a razor 
     Am          D      (G) 
that leaves your soul to bleed 
 

Interlude 
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         G            G 
Some say love it is a hunger, 
   C       G          D 
an endless aching need 
      G            Em 
I say love it is a flower 
     Am                      D 
that grows in the wild green fields 
 

 
            C                 D 
Beneath the ancient Irish sky 
          G         Bm         C 
where the soft rain kisses the stone 
            C                     D 
Through the longest winter nights 
         Am          D           G          G 
a single bloom finds its way home 
 

 
     G                      G 
When the night has been too lonely 
        C                     G 
and the road has been too long 
        Em                 Bm 
And you think that love is only 
        Am                  D 
for the lucky and the strong 
       G             G 
Just remember in the winter 
      C                    G 
far beneath the bitter snow 
         Em                 Bm 
Lies the seed that with the sun's love 
       C        D             G 
in the spring becomes the rose 
 

 
         C      D        G 
It's the heart afraid of breaking 
     Am           D    G 
that never learns   to dance 
         C      D        G/B   Em 
It's the dream afraid of waking 
     Am              D 
that never takes the chance 
         C       D        G 
It's the one who won't be taken, 
    C      D       Em 
who cannot seem to give 
        C     D        Em   C      C 
And the soul afraid of dy - ing 
     Am    D        (G) 
that never learns to live 
 

Interlude 
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            G                    G 
Beneath the emerald hills of Erin 
               C                 G 
where the wild roses softly grow 
            Em                   Bm 
Through the mist and morning dew, 
      Am                       D 
hope awakens, soft and slow 
         G                  G 
Like the shamrock in the meadow 
            C                     G 
or the fire   an old stone hearth 
          Em                    Bm 
Love will bloom when least expected 
    Am       D             G 
and heal the weary heart 
 

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

 
Em                            Bm 
  When you feel the cold wind calling. 
        C               G  D/F# 
And the darkness closes in. 
        Em             Bm 
Hold on   to the quiet promise. 
         C                     D 
That the light will come again. 
                G                 G 
For every thorn   there is a petal. 
      C                      Em 
Every winter has its spring. 
        C                 G/B 
Love is born in gentle courage. 
       Am        D            G 
And it makes the broken heart sing. 

End-Chorus 
         C      D        G 
It's the heart afraid of breaking 
     Am           D         G 
that never learns   to dance 
         C      D        G/B      C 
It's the dream afraid of waking 
     Am              D 
that never takes the chance 
             C           D    G 
So open wide   your arms   to living. 
             C      D       Em 
Let the wild   rose bloom inside. 
        C         D             Em 
For the soul that dares to love fully. 
       Am       D           G     G 
Is the soul that truly comes alive. 
 

Outro 
               G         Em 
Some say love,   it is a river, 
          C          D          G C G C G  C    G 
But I say love... it is the rose. 
G          C        G        C 
  It's the rose 
G    D            G 
  in Irish wind it grows.