CHORUS 1 (Chords within brackets only require one stroke)
DA
Some say love, it is a river
G ( A ) D
And that it drowns the tender reed
A
And some say love, it's like a razor
G ( A ) D
And that it leaves your soul to bleed.
VERSE 1
F#mBm
Some say love, it is a hunger
GD ()
An endless aching need
DA
I say love, it is a flower
G ( A ) D
And you, it's only seed.
RIFF
CHORUS 2
DA
It's the heart afraid of breaking
G ( A ) D
That never learns to dance
A
It's a dream afraid of waking
G ( A ) D
That never takes the chance
VERSE 2
F#mBm
It's the one who won't be taken
GD ()
Who cannot seem to give
DA
And the soul afraid of dying
G ( A ) D
That never learns to live.
RIFF
CHORUS 3
DA
When the night has been too lonely
G ( A ) D
And the road has been too long
A
And you think that love is only
G ( A ) D
For the lucky and the strong
VERSE 3
F#mBm
Just remember in the winter
GD ( )
Far beneath the bitter snows
DA
Lies the seed that with the sun's love
G ( A ) D
In spring becomes the rose...