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Rose Tabs

(ver. 1)
Bette Midler

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||-------------------|-------*|
||---------------------||-------------------|-------*|




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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
            
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