Bed Of Roses Lyrics and Chords
Verse 1
A#
Sitting here wasted & wounded
……………..F
At this old piano
…………A#
Trying hard to capture
The moment
…………………….F
This morning I don’t know
…………..Am
‘Cause a bottle of Vodka’s
…….A#
Still lodged in my head
……………..F
And some blonde gave me
Nightmares
……………………………………..A#
Think that she’s still in my bed
……..A#
As I dream about movies
………C
They won’t make of me
……………..F
When I’m dead
…………..A#
With an ironclad fist
I wake up and
……………….F
French kiss the morning
………………..A#
While some marching band
Keeps its own beat in my head
………………..F
While we’re talking
………..Am
About all of the things
………..A#
That I long to believe
………..F
About love, the truth,
What you mean to me
…………..A#
And the truth is
A# C F
Baby you’re all that I need
……………Dm C
I want to lay you down
…….A# F
In a bed of roses
……….Dm C
For tonight I’ll sleep
……..A# F
On a bed of nails oh…..
…………….A# F
I want to be just as close as
…….A# F
The Holy Ghost is
…….Dm C A#
And lay you down
……………….F
On a bed of roses
Verse 2
…………..A#
Well I’m so far away
Each step that I take’s
…………F
On my way home
………..A#
King’s ransom in dimes,
I’d give each night
…………………………..F
To see through this payphone
……….Am
Still I run out of time
………..A#
Or it’s hard to get through
………….F
Till the bird on the wire
Flies me back to you
…..A#
I’ll just close my eyes
And whisper
A# C F
“Baby, blind love is true”
……………Dm C
I want to lay you down
…….A# F
In a bed of roses
……….Dm C
For tonight I’ll sleep
……..A# F
On a bed of nails oh…..
…………….A# F
I want to be just as close as
…….A# F
The Holy Ghost is
…….Dm C A#
And lay you down
……………….F Em
On a bed of roses
…………….A#
Well this hotel bar’s hangover
C
Whiskey’s gone dry
…………F
The barkeeper’s wig’s crooked
And she’s giving me the eye
………..A#
Well I might have said yeah
………A#
But I laughed so hard
C F
I think I died
Ooh yeah
Music:
………….A#
Now as you close your eyes
……………………………….F
Know I’ll be thinking about you
……………..A#
While my mistress she calls me
………………………………F
To stand in her spotlight again
……………..A#
Tonight I won’t be alone
But you know that don’t mean
………….F
I’m not lonely
………….Dm C
I’ve got nothing to prove
…………A#
For it’s you that
……………….F Em
I’d die to defend
……………Dm C
I want to lay you down
…….A# F
In a bed of roses
……….Dm C
For tonight I’ll sleep
……..A# F
On a bed of nails oh…..
…………….A# F
I want to be just as close as
…….A# F
The Holy Ghost is
…….Dm C A#
And lay you down
F Em
……………Dm C
I want to lay you down
…….A# F
In a bed of roses
……….Dm C
For tonight I’ll sleep
……..A# F
On a bed of nails oh…..
…………….A# F
I want to be just as close as
…….A# F
The Holy Ghost is
…….Dm C A#
And lay you down
……………….F
On a bed of roses
