Intro: G D G D (2x)
Verse 1:
G
Sitting here wasted and wounded
D
This old piano
G
Trying hard to capture the moment
D
This morning I don't know
F#m G
'Cause a bottle of vodka is still lodged in my head
D
And some blond gave me nightmares
G
Think she's still in my bed
G A D
As I dream about movies they won't make of me when I'm dead
Verse 2:
G
With an ironclad fist
D
I wake up, and French kiss the morning
G
While some marching band keepsits own beat
D
In my head while we're talking
F#m G
About all of the things, that I long to believe
D
About love, the truth, what you mean to me
G
And the truth is
G A D D A A*
Baby, you're all that I need
Chorus 1:
Bm Bm
I wanna lay
A G D
You down in a bed of roses
Bm Bm
For tonite
A G D
I sleep on a bed of nails
G
Oh, I want to be
D
Just as close as
G D
The Holy Ghost is
Bm A G G
And lay you down
G G* D
On a bed of roses
Verse 3:
G
Well I'm so far away
D
Step that I take is on my way home
G
King's ransom in dimes
D
Given each night to see through this payphone
F#m
Still I run out of time
G
Or it's hard to get through
D
Till the bird on the wire
Flies me back to you
G
I'll just close my eyes, whisper
G A D D A A*
Baby, blind love is true
Chorus 2:
Bm Bm
I wanna lay
A G D
You down in a bed of roses
Bm Bm
For tonite
A G D
I sleep on a bed of nails
G
Oh, I want to be
D
Just as close as
G D
The Holy Ghost is
Bm A G G
And lay you down
G G* D A
On a bed of roses
Bridge:
G
Well this hotel bar hangover
A D
Whiskey's gone dry the barkeeper's wig's crooked
And she's giving me the eye
G
I might have said yeah
G A D D A A*
But I laughed so hard I think I died, uh yeah!...
Solo: Bm A G D (3x)
Bm A G G G G* D
Verse 4:
G
Now as you close your eyes
D
Know I'll be thinking about you
G
While my mistress she calls me
D
To stand in her spotlight again
G
Tonite, I won't be alone
D
But you know that don't mean I'm not lonely
Bm A G
I've got nothing to prove for it's you
G D A
That I'd die to defend
Chorus:
Bm Bm
I wanna lay
A G D
You down in a bed of roses
Bm Bm
For tonite
A G D
I sleep on a bed of nails
G
Oh, I want to be
D
Just as close as
G D
The Holy Ghost is
Bm A G G G
And lay you down
Bm Bm
I wanna lay
A G D
You down in a bed of roses
Bm Bm
For tonite
A G D
I sleep on a be...ed of nails!
G
I want to be
D
Just as close as
G D
The Holy Ghost is!
Bm A G ( Bb)
Lay you down
(G) ( G*) D
The bed of roses