The Rose Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays445

The Rose by Don Williams is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G, F, C7, Em and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
Speed
  			
Intro:  C 

verse 1  

C                       G           F                C 
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. 
          C7           F                          G 
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 
         Em                Am          F             G 
It's the one who won't be taken, who cannot seem to give 
         C               G           F     G        C 
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. 
                             G             F        G       C 
That you think that love is only, for the lucky    and the strong. 
      Em               Am           F                G 
Just remember in the winter, far beneath the bitter snow 
          C                  G                   F      G         C 
Lies the seed that with the sun's love, in the spring, becomes a rose. 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante