A Rose Is Still A Rose chords by Aretha Franklin, Lauryn Hill

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Verse 1
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Listen dear
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Em 
I realize that you've been hurt
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Em 
Deeply, because I've been there
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But regardless to who, what,
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why, when, and where
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We are all precious in His sight
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And a rose still and always will
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be a rose

Verse 2
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Doo doo doo doo doo doo mmm
Em 
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Dooby dooby doo doo
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Em 
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doo doo
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Doo doo doo doo doo
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doo mmm
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Verse 3
Bm 
Em 
There was a rose I knew,
I met her once or twice before
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She was a pretty sweet thing,
not the least bit insecure
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Then you came with your slick game and
Em 
Am 
played with her youth
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Ashamed of the way you lied,
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played with the truth, hey, hey

Verse 4
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Mmm, she never knew what
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Em 
hit her
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Steal her honey, then forget her
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Now the rose is scorned
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She wears her thorns tryin' to
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Em 
forget about you

Verse 5
Em 
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Am 
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'Cause a rose is still a rose
Em 
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Baby, girl, you're still a flower
Em 
He  can't leave you and
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then take you
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Make you and then break you
Em 
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Am 
Darlin', you hold the power
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Verse 6
Em 
Now believe me when I tell you
that I've been hurt myself
Bm 
When he tells you that he loves
you and sees nobody else
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And now you're so tough tryin' to
wear tight clothes and things
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Tossin' and flossin',

Verse 7
tryin' to fill the void heartbreak brings
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Oh- oh- yeah
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When she faces the mirror, yeah
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She's cryin', you can't hear her
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Now the rose is scorned
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She wears her thorns tryin'
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to forget about you
Em 
'Cause a

Verse 8
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rose is still a rose
Em 
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Am 
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Baby, girl, you're still a flower
Em 
He  can't lead you and
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then take you
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Make you and then break you
Em 
Bm 
Baby, girl, you hold the power
Am 

Verse 9
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Em 
Bm 
See a rose is still a
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Em 
Bm 
rose
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Baby, girl,
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Am 
Em 
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you're still a flower
Em 
He  can't lead you and
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then take you
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Em 
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Make you and then break you
Em 
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Am 
Bm 
Darlin', you hold the power

Verse 10

Let your life be in the sunshine

Not the darkness of your sorrow

You may see your all today

When you know it'll come tomorrow

Verse 11
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Am 
Tough to be, but life ain't over
Bm 
Just because your man is  gone
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Em 
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Bm 
Girl, love yourself
enough to know
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Am 
Bm 
That without him your life
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goes on
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Bm 
Without him your life goes on
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Bm 
Without him your life goes on

Verse 12
Em 
Bm 
'Cause a rose is still
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Em 
Bm 
a rose
Em 
Bm 
Baby, girl, you're still a
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Em 
Bm 
Em 
flower
Bm 
He can't lead you and then take you
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Em 
Bm 
Em 
Make you and then break you
Bm 
Baby, girl, you hold the power
Am 

Verse 13
Bm 
Em 
Bm 
See a rose is still
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Bm 
a rose
Em 
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Am 
Bm 
Baby, girl, you're still a flower
Em 
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Am 
He can't  lead you and then take you
Em 
Make you and then break you