Love Is A Rose (12th pos hi & lo)

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Tab

LOVE IS A ROSE 12th pos hi & lo
By: Neil Young
Key: G

This song is tabbed on a D diatonic


  4  4  4   4
  7  7  7   7
Love is a rose

 4   4   4   -4 -4   4  -3”-2”
 7   7   7   -8 -8   7  -6-5
but you bet-ter not pick it

-3” 4   4    -3”  -2” 3  -3”  -3”
-6  7   7    -6   -5  6  -6   -6
On-ly grows when it's on the vine.

 -3”  4   4    4    4
 -6   7   7    7    7
Hand-ful of thorns and
  
   4    -4    -4      4  -3”-2”
   7    -8    -8      7  -6-5
you'll know you've missed it

 -3”   4    4
 -6    7    7
Lose your love

 -3” -2”  3  -2”   3    -2”
 -6  -5   6  -5    6    -5
when you say the word "mine".


-4 -4 -4 -4   -4     4  4    4   -3”
-8 -8 -8 -8   -8     7  7    7   -6
I wan-na see what's nev-er been seen,

3  3  3    4    4   4 -3”-2” -2” 
6  6  6    7    7   7  -6-5  -5
I wan-na live that age old dream.

 -4  -4  -4    -4   4  4   -3” 3
 -8  -8  -8    -8   7  7   -6  6
Come on, boy, let’s go to-geth-er

 -2”    3   3    4     4  -3”-2” 
 -5     6   6    7     7   -6-5
Let's take the best right now,

 -3” -3”  -3”  3-2” -2”
 -6  -6   -6   6-5  -5 
Take the best right now.


4  4  4  4  4  4   4  -4    4 
7  7  7  7  7  7   7  -8    7
I wan-na go to an old hoe-down

-3”  4 4  -3”-2” 3  -3”  -3” 
 -6  7 7  -6 -5 6   -6   -6
Long a-go in a west-ern town.

 -3” 4  4    4   4   -4  -4    4 -3”-2”
 -6  7  7    7   7   -8  -8    7  -6-5
Pick me up cause my feet are drag-gin'

  4  4  4   4   4   4    4    4  -3” -2”
  7  7  7   7   7   7    7    7  -6  -5
Give me a lift and I'll hay your wag-on.


  4  4  4   4
  7  7  7   7
Love is a rose

 4   4   4   -4 -4   4  -3”-2”
 7   7   7   -8 -8   7  -6-5
but you bet-ter not pick it

-3” 4   4    -3”  -2” 3  -3”  -3”
-6  7   7    -6   -5  6  -6   -6
On-ly grows when it's on the vine.

 -3”  4   4    4    4
 -6   7   7    7    7
Hand-ful of thorns and
  
   4    -4    -4      4  -3”-2”
   7    -8    -8      7  -6-5
you'll know you've missed it

 -3”   4    4
 -6    7    7
Lose your love

 -3” -2”  3  -2”   3    -2”
 -6  -5   6  -5    6    -5
when you say the word "mine".


  4  4  4   4     4  4  4   4
  7  7  7   7     7  7  7   7
Love is a rose, love is a rose.

  4  4  4   4     4  4  4   4
  7  7  7   7     7  7  7   7
Love is a rose, love is a rose

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