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THE ROSE (Live)
As recorded by Bette Midler
(FROM THE 1977 MOTION PICTURE FILM "THE ROSE")
Words and Music by Amanda McBroom
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Vocals'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Right Hand'(Piano/Acoustic Guitar)
Gtr III (B E A D G B) - 'Left Hand'(Piano/Bass Guitar)
Intro
Delicately Q=66
C
4/4
W W W H Q E E
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|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------1-3----||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------||
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| Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3------||
|-1--1--1--1--|-1--1--1--1--|-1--1--1--1--|-1--1--1--1------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------||
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| W W W W
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Verse 1
C G7 F G
H E E E. S E. S Q Q E E H +E S S E. S
||--0-------0-1--0-|-0--------------|------------------0-|
||o----------------|----3-3-------3-|-1-----(1)---1-3----|
||-----------------|----------------|--------------------|
||-----------------|----------------|--------------------|
||o----------------|----------------|--------------------|
||-----------------|----------------|--------------------|
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| Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
||--3--3--3---3----|-3----3--3--3---|-3--3---3------3----|
||o-1--1--1---1----|----------------|--------------------|
||-----------------|-0----0--0--0---|-2--2---2------2----|
||-----------------|----------------|--------------------|
||o----------------|----------------|--------------------|
||-----------------|----------------|--------------------|
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| W W W
||-----------------|----------------|--------------------|
||o----------------|----------------|--------------------|
||-----------------|----------------|--------------------|
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||o----------------|----------------|--------------------|
||-----------------|----------------|--------------------|
1. 2.
C C
+E Q. Q E S S E Q. Q E S S
|-(0)-0---------------||-0-0--------0-1-0-|
|--------------1-3-1-o||------------------|
|---------------------||------------------|
|---------------------||------------------|
|--------------------o||------------------|
|---------------------||------------------|
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| <
| Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|--3-----3--3--3------||-3----3--3--3-----|
|--1-----1--1--1-----o||-1----1--1--1-----|
|---------------------||------------------|
|---------------------||------------------|
|--------------------o||------------------|
|---------------------||------------------|
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| W W
|---------------------||------------------|
|--------------------o||------------------|
|---------------------||------------------|
|---------------------||------------------|
|--------------------o||------------------|
|---------------------||------------------|
Verse 2
Cmaj7 Fadd9 F
H +E E E E S E. Q +Q E E H +E E S S E
|-3-----(3)-3-3-3-|-3--------------0-|-1-----(1)-0--------|
|-----------------|---1--1--(1)------|-------------3-1-1--|
|-----------------|------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|--------------------|
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| Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-3--3---3----3---|-3----3---3---3---|-1--1---1----1------|
|-1--1---1----1---|-1----1---1---1---|-1--1---1----1------|
|-4--4---4----4---|-2----2---2---2---|-2--2---2----2------|
|-----------------|------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|--------------------|
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| W W W
|-----------------|------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|--------------------|
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H.=H A tempo Q=66
G7sus4 G7 C G
E E +H E S S H E E E. S E. S Q +Q E E
|-------------------|-0-------1-3--1-|-0-----------------|
|-------------1-3-1-|----------------|----3-3--(3)----3--|
|-2-0-(0)-----------|----------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|----------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|----------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|----------------|-------------------|
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| Q Q H Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-1----1---1--------|-3--3--3---3----|-3----3---3---3----|
|-1----1---0--------|-1--1--1---1----|-0----0---0---0----|
|-0----0---0--------|----------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|----------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|----------------|-------------------|
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| W W W
|-------------------|----------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|----------------|-------------------|
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F C
H E E E. S W +Q Q Q E S S
|----------------|-----------------|----------------------||
|-1-------1-3--1-|-1---------------|-(1)-----------1-3-1--||
|----------------|-----------------|----------------------||
|----------------|-----------------|----------------------||
|----------------|-----------------|----------------------||
|----------------|-----------------|----------------------||
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| <
| Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S
|-1--1--1--------|-----------------|----------------------||
|----------------|-----------------|----------------------||
|-2--2--2---0----|-0---0---0---0---|--0----0---0----------||
|----------------|-2---2---2---2---|--2----2---2----------||
|-----------5----|-3-5---3---5---3-|-----5---3---5-3-5-3--||
|----------------|-----------------|----------------------||
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| W Q Q Q E E W
|----------------|-----------------|----------------------||
|----------------|-----------------|----------------------||
|----------------|-----------------|----------------------||
|----------------|-3---3---3---3---|----------------------||
|----------------|---------------3-|--3-------------------||
|----------------|-----------------|--1-------------------||
Verses 3 and 5
G F G
H E E E. S E. S Q +Q E E S E. +Q +E E E S S
||--0---------0-1--0-|-0----------------|----------------------0-|
||o------------------|----3-3--(3)----1-|-1--1--(1)--(1)---3-3---|
||-------------------|------------------|------------------------|
||-------------------|------------------|------------------------|
||o------------------|------------------|------------------------|
||-------------------|------------------|------------------------|
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| H +E E E. S E. S Q +Q. E S E. +Q +Q E S S
||-------------------|------------------|------------------------|
||o------------------|------------------|------------------------|
||-------------------|------------------|------------------------|
||--2-----(2)-2-3--2-|-2--0-0--(0)------|------------------0-0-2-|
||o-3-----(3)-3-5--3-|-3--2-2--(2)----3-|-3--3--(3)--(3)---2-2-3-|
||--3-----(3)---3----|-3----3--(3)------|-5--5--(5)--(5)---3-----|
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| Q Q Q Q H H H. Q
||-------------------|------------------|------------------------|
||o------------------|------------------|------------------------|
||-------------------|------------------|------------------------|
||-------------------|------------------|------------------------|
||o-3--3---3----3----|-3--------3-------|-1----------------3-----|
||--1--1---1----1----|------------------|------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/bette_midler/rose_tab.html ]
C G
E Q. Q E S S H +E E E E S E. Q +Q E E
|-0--12-------------|-0----(0)-0-1-0-|-0-----------------|
|-------------1-3-1-|----------------|---3--3--(3)----3--|
|-------------------|----------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|----------------|-------------------|
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|-------------------|----------------|-------------------|
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| H. E S S H +E E E E S E. Q +Q. E
|-------------------|----------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|----------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|----------------|-------------------|
|-2-----------3-5-3-|-2----(2)-2-3-2-|-2-0--0--(0)----0--|
|-3-----------------|-3----(3)-3-5-3-|-3-2--2--(2)----2--|
|-3-----------------|-3----(3)-------|-3-3--3--(3)-------|
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| W W W
|-------------------|----------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|----------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|----------------|-------------------|
|-3-----------------|----------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-3--------------|-3-----------------|
|-------------------|-1--------------|-------------------|
Verses 4 and 6
F G C Em/B Em
S E. +Q Q E S S +E Q. Q E S S H +E Q E
|------------------12-|-(12)-12---------0-1-0-|-3------(3)-3--3-|
|-3-1--(1)-----3-3----|-----------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|-----------------|
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| <
| S E. +H E S S +E Q. +Q E S S H +E Q E
|---------------------|-----------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|-0------(0)-0--0-|
|-0------------0-0--2-|--(2)--2----(2)--2-3-2-|-2------(2)-2--2-|
|---0--(0)-----2-2--3-|--(3)--3----(3)--3-5-3-|-2------(2)-2--2-|
|---1--(1)-----3-3--3-|--(3)--3----(3)--------|-----------------|
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| H Q Q W H.. E
|---------------------|-----------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|---3-------------------|-2---------------|
|-1---------1--3------|-----------------------|---------------0-|
|---------------------|-----------------------|-----------------|
H.=H
Am7 Am7/G F G
Q S S E +Q E E H +E E E. S E Q. +E E E S S
|-3---3------------0-|-1----(1)-0------|--------------------|
|-------1-1-(1)------|------------3--1-|--------------1-3-1-|
|--------------------|-----------------|-2-0----(0)---------|
|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|
| >
| Q S S E +Q. E H +E E E. S E Q. Q E S S
|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-0---0--------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-2----------------2-|-3----(3)-2-0----|--------------------|
|-3-----3-3-(3)----3-|-3----(3)------3-|--------------3-5-3-|
|-5-------3-(3)----5-|-5----(5)-5-5----|-5-3-----3----3-3---|
| H Q E E
|
| H. Q W W
|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|-5------------------|
|-5--------------3---|-1---------------|-3------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
a tempo Q=66 1.
C G F G
H E E E E E. S H E E S E. +Q +E E E. S
|-0--------0-1-0-|-0-------------|-------------------------|
|----------------|----3-3------3-|-3-1--(1)--(1)-----3--1--|
|----------------|---------------|-------------------------|
|----------------|---------------|-------------------------|
|----------------|---------------|-------------------------|
|----------------|---------------|-------------------------|
|
| H +E E E E E. S H E E S E. +Q +Q E. S
|----------------|---------------|-------------------------|
|----------------|---------------|-------------------------|
|----------------|---------------|-------------------------|
|-2----(2)-2-3-2-|-2--0-0----0-0-|-0-----------------0-----|
|-3----(3)-3-5-3-|-3--2-2----2-2-|-2-3--(3)--(3)-----2--3--|
|-3----(3)-------|-3----3--------|-1-5--(5)--(5)-----3-----|
|
| W W H +S S E Q
|----------------|---------------|-------------------------|
|----------------|---------------|-------------------------|
|----------------|---------------|-------------------------|
|-3--------------|---------------|-------------------------|
|----------------|-3-------------|-1---------(1)-1-1-3-----|
|----------------|---------------|-------------------------|
C
<
W +Q Q Q E S S
|------------------|----------------------||
|-1----------------|-(1)-----------1-3-1-o||
|------------------|----------------------||
|------------------|----------------------||
|------------------|---------------------o||
|------------------|----------------------||
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E S S
|------------------|----------------------||
|------------------|---------------------o||
|------------------|----------------------||
|-2---2---2----2---|--2----2---2----------||
|-3---3---3----3---|--3----3---3---3-5-5-o||
|---3---3----3---3-|-----3---3---3-3-3----||
| H E E E E
|
| Q Q Q. E H H
|------------------|----------------------||
|------------------|---------------------o||
|------------------|----------------------||
|------------------|----------------------||
|----------------3-|---------------------o||
|-1---1---1--------|--1--------1----------||
2. H.=H a tempo Q=66
F G C
H E E E. S W
|---------------------------|-------------------||
|-1-------------1--3------1-|-1-----------------||
|---------------------------|-------------------||
|---------------------------|-------------------||
|---------------------------|-------------------||
|---------------------------|-------------------||
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------|-3-----3---3---3---||
|---------------------------|-5-----5---5---5---||
|---------------------------|-----7---5---7---5-||
|------------------0--------|-------------------||
|-3----------0--3--2--------|-------------------||
|-5--3-5-(1)-3-(5)----(3)---|-------------------||
|
| H. E. S H.. E
|-------------------------1-|-1-----------------||
|------------------0--------|-----------------0-||
|-3-------------------------|-------------------||
|---------------------------|-------------------||
|---------------------------|-------------------||
|---------------------------|-------------------||
Outro
H.=H
W 3x W W
||---------------------||-------------------|-------*|
||o-------------------o||-------------------|-------*|
||---------------------||-------------------|-------*|
||---------------------||-------------------|-------*|
||o-------------------o||-------------------|-------*|
||---------------------||-------------------|-------*|
|
| >
| E E E E E E E E 3x E E E E E E E E W
||--3-----3---3---3----||-3-----3---3---3---|-^8----*|
||o-5-----5---5---5---o||-5-----5---5---5---|-^8----*|
||------7---5---7---5--||-----7---5---7---5-|-^9----*|
||---------------------||-------------------|-------*|
||o-------------------o||-------------------|-------*|
||---------------------||-------------------|-------*|
|
| H.. E 3x H.. E W
||--1------------------||-1-----------------|-^1----*|
||o-----------------0-o||-----------------0-|-^0----*|
||---------------------||-------------------|-------*|
||---------------------||-------------------|-^3----*|
||o-------------------o||-------------------|-------*|
||---------------------||-------------------|-------*|
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Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
