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Love Is A Rose (Linda Ronstadt)(WORD)
Love Is A Rose (Linda Ronstadt)(PDF)
Love Is A Rose (Neil Young)(WORD)
Love Is A Rose (Neil Young)(PDF)
To play in the same key as the Linda Ronstadt, in GCEA tuning, put your capo on the 5th fret. This is the version that Chris would like to lead us in at the May 2025 BUG Jam. If you'd like to play along with Neil Young, you can use the Neil Young songsheet. Thanks to Chris Hill for bringing this song to BUG!
Neil Young first recorded "Love Is a Rose" in 1974 for the unreleased album Homegrown. It was later released by Young in 1977 on the compilation Decade. Homegrown finally saw release in 2020, rendering Young's recording of the song no longer unique to Decade. The melody for "Love Is a Rose" was taken from another as-yet unreleased song "Dance, Dance, Dance," which finally saw release on Live at Massey Hall 1971 in 2007. Young's longtime backing band Crazy Horse recorded the song, with the title "Dance, Dance, Dance", in 1971 on their album Crazy Horse and The New Seekers released it as a single in 1972.
Linda Ronstadt recorded "Love Is a Rose" in a country music arrangement on her platinum-certified 1975 album Prisoner in Disguise. Her rendition peaked at No. 5 the US Billboard Country Singles chart. "Love Is a Rose" also debuted on the pop-oriented "Billboard" Hot 100 but its B-side: "Heat Wave", became the track of choice for pop radio stations, also becoming a No. 5 hit. Ronstadt frequently performed the song at her concerts during the mid-to-late-1970s.