Bette Midler - The Rose Chords & Lyrics

Created at: 2026-01-23

Updated at: 2026-03-05

Title	The Rose
Artist	Bette Midler
Language	English
Year Released	1979
Key	C Major
BPM	♩ = 60
Time Signature	4/4
Guitar Difficulty	★★
YouTube	Watch on YouTube

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Em/B

G7sus4

C/G

Chords & Lyrics

Bette Midler - The Rose

Key: C Major

BPM: ♩ = 60

Time: 4/4

||C |

|C |

Some say-

||C |

love, it is a

|G |

river, that

drowns-

the

G |

ten-

|C |

der reed, some say-

||C |

love, it is a

|G |

razor, that

leaves-

your

G |

soul

|C |

to bleed, some say-

||Em/B |

love, it is a

|Am |

hunger, an

|F |

endless ach-

|G7sus4

ing

G7 |

need, I say-

||C |

love, it is a

|G |

flower, and

you,

its

G |

only-

||C |

seed,

|C |

it’s the-

||C |

heart, afraid of

|G |

breaking, that

never-

G |

learns

|C |

to dance, it’s the-

||C |

dream, afraid of

|G |

waking, that

never-

G |

takes

|C |

the chance, it’s the-

||Em/B |

one who won’t

|Am

tak-

en,

C/G |

who

|F |

cannot seem to

|G |

give, and the-

||C |

soul, afraid of

|G |

dying, that

never-

G |

learns-

||C |

to live,

|C |

when the-

||C |

night has been too

|G |

lonely, and the

road-

has

G |

been

|C |

too long, and you-

||C |

think that love is

|G |

only, for the

lucky-

G |

and

|C |

the strong, just re-

||Em/B |

member in the

|Am

winter,

C/G |

far be-

|F |

neath the bitter

|G |

snows, lies the-

||C |

seed that with the

|G |

sun’s love, in the

spring-

be-

G |

comes the-

||C |

rose-

|C |

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Bette Midler - The Rose Chords & Lyrics

Created at: 2026-01-23

Updated at: 2026-03-05

Title	The Rose
Artist	Bette Midler
Language	English
Year Released	1979
Key	C Major
BPM	♩ = 60
Time Signature	4/4
Guitar Difficulty	★★
YouTube	Watch on YouTube

Spacebar	Play/Pause
Left Arrow	Backwards 5 seconds
Right Arrow	Forwards 5 seconds

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Guitar Chord Chart

Em/B

G7sus4

C/G

Chords & Lyrics

Bette Midler - The Rose

Key: C Major

BPM: ♩ = 60

Time: 4/4

||C |

|C |

Some say-

||C |

love, it is a

|G |

river, that

drowns-

the

G |

ten-

|C |

der reed, some say-

||C |

love, it is a

|G |

razor, that

leaves-

your

G |

soul

|C |

to bleed, some say-

||Em/B |

love, it is a

|Am |

hunger, an

|F |

endless ach-

|G7sus4

ing

G7 |

need, I say-

||C |

love, it is a

|G |

flower, and

you,

its

G |

only-

||C |

seed,

|C |

it’s the-

||C |

heart, afraid of

|G |

breaking, that

never-

G |

learns

|C |

to dance, it’s the-

||C |

dream, afraid of

|G |

waking, that

never-

G |

takes

|C |

the chance, it’s the-

||Em/B |

one who won’t

|Am

tak-

en,

C/G |

who

|F |

cannot seem to

|G |

give, and the-

||C |

soul, afraid of

|G |

dying, that

never-

G |

learns-

||C |

to live,

|C |

when the-

||C |

night has been too

|G |

lonely, and the

road-

has

G |

been

|C |

too long, and you-

||C |

think that love is

|G |

only, for the

lucky-

G |

and

|C |

the strong, just re-

||Em/B |

member in the

|Am

winter,

C/G |

far be-

|F |

neath the bitter

|G |

snows, lies the-

||C |

seed that with the

|G |

sun’s love, in the

spring-

be-

G |

comes the-

||C |

rose-

|C |

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