Westlife - Rose

thought i would submit a version of this that was correct and was in a key for A
guy to sing who’s balls have dropped lol . . . . use dynamics between verses

the rose

G D
some say love , it is a river ,
C D G
that drowns the tender reed
( stay on G chord ) D
some say love , it is a razor ,
C D G
that leaves your soul to bleed
Bm Em
some say love it is a hunger ,
C D
an endless aching need
G D
i say love it is a flower and
C D G
you its only seed

G D
it’s the heart afraid of breaking
C D G
that never learns to dance
( G ) D
it’s the dream afraid of waking
C D G
that never takes a chance
Bm Em
it’s the one , who won’t be taken
C D
who cannot seem to give
G D
and the soul afraid of dying
C D G
that never learns to live

G D
when the night has been too lonely
C D G
and the road has been too long
( G ) D
and you feel that love is only
C D G
for the lucky and the strong
Bm Em
just remember in the winter
D C D – Dsus
far beneath the bitter snow
G D
lies the seed that with the sun’s love ,
C D Em7 2bars G ( a non resolving finish!! )
in the spring becomes the rose