Rose by Bette Midler #----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# 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 |-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|| |-------------|-------------|-------------|----------1-3----|| |-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|| |-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|| |-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|| |-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|| | | 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------|| |-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|| |-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|| |-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|| |-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|| | | W W W W |-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|| |-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|| |-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|| |-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|| |-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|| |-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|| 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----------------|----------------|--------------------| ||-----------------|----------------|--------------------| | | 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----------------|----------------|--------------------| ||-----------------|----------------|--------------------| | | W W W ||-----------------|----------------|--------------------| ||o----------------|----------------|--------------------| ||-----------------|----------------|--------------------| ||-----------------|----------------|--------------------| ||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||------------------| |---------------------||------------------| | | < | 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||------------------| |---------------------||------------------| | | 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--| |-----------------|------------------|--------------------| |-----------------|------------------|--------------------| |-----------------|------------------|--------------------| |-----------------|------------------|--------------------| | | 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------| |-----------------|------------------|--------------------| |-----------------|------------------|--------------------| |-----------------|------------------|--------------------| | | W W W |-----------------|------------------|--------------------| |-----------------|------------------|--------------------| |-----------------|------------------|--------------------| |-----------------|------------------|--------------------| |-----------------|------------------|--------------------| |-----------------|------------------|--------------------| 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)-----------|----------------|-------------------| |-------------------|----------------|-------------------| |-------------------|----------------|-------------------| |-------------------|----------------|-------------------| | | 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--------|----------------|-------------------| |-------------------|----------------|-------------------| |-------------------|----------------|-------------------| |-------------------|----------------|-------------------| | | W W W |-------------------|----------------|-------------------| |-------------------|----------------|-------------------| |-------------------|----------------|-------------------| |-------------------|----------------|-------------------| |-------------------|----------------|-------------------| |-------------------|----------------|-------------------| F C H E E E. S W +Q Q Q E S S |----------------|-----------------|----------------------|| |-1-------1-3--1-|-1---------------|-(1)-----------1-3-1--|| |----------------|-----------------|----------------------|| |----------------|-----------------|----------------------|| |----------------|-----------------|----------------------|| |----------------|-----------------|----------------------|| | | < | 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--|| |----------------|-----------------|----------------------|| | | 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------------------|------------------|------------------------| ||-------------------|------------------|------------------------| | | 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-----| | | Q Q Q Q H H H. Q ||-------------------|------------------|------------------------| ||o------------------|------------------|------------------------| ||-------------------|------------------|------------------------| ||-------------------|------------------|------------------------| ||o-3--3---3----3----|-3--------3-------|-1----------------3-----| ||--1--1---1----1----|------------------|------------------------| 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--| |-------------------|----------------|-------------------| |-------------------|----------------|-------------------| |-------------------|----------------|-------------------| |-------------------|----------------|-------------------| | | 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)-------| | | 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----|-----------------------|-----------------| |---------------------|-----------------------|-----------------| |---------------------|-----------------------|-----------------| |---------------------|-----------------------|-----------------| |---------------------|-----------------------|-----------------| | | < | 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)--------|-----------------| | | 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||-------------------|-------*| ||---------------------||-------------------|-------*| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Duration Legend --------------- 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 ---------------- 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 ----------- | - 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 www.TAB6.com