[Intro]
Bb  F  Bb  F  (x2)
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
 Bb
Sitting here wasted and wounded
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This old piano
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Trying hard to capture the moment
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This morning I don't know
          Am                       Bb
'Cause a bottle of vodka is still lodged in my head
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And some blond gave me nightmares
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Think she's still in my bed
       Bb                     C                         F
As I dream about movies they won't make of me when I'm dead
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
        Bb
With an ironclad fist
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I wake up, and French kiss the morning
            Bb
While some marching band keeps its own beat
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In my head while we're talking
      Am                         Bb
About all of the things, that I long to believe
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About love, the truth, what you mean to me
          Bb
And the truth is
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Baby, you're all that I need
 
 
[Chorus]
 
         Dm Dm
I wanna lay
     C         Bb     F
You down in a bed of roses
       Dm  Dm
For tonight
    C         Bb     F
I sleep on a bed of nails
               Bb
Oh, I want to be
          F
Just as close as
     Bb    F
The Holy Ghost is
     Dm  C   Bb  Bb
And lay you down
Bb      Bb*    F
  On a bed of roses
 
 
[Verse 3]
 
           Bb
Well, I'm so far away
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Each step that I take is on my way home
          Bb
A King's ransom in dimes
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Given each night to see through this payphone
         Am
Still I run out of time
         Bb
Or it's hard to get through
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Till the bird on the wire flies me back to you
      Bb
I'll just close my eyes, whisper
 Bb     C             F  F C C*
Baby, blind love is true
 
 
[Chorus]
 
         Dm Dm
I wanna lay
     C         Bb     F
You down in a bed of roses
       Dm  Dm
For tonight
    C         Bb     F
I sleep on a bed of nails
               Bb
Oh, I want to be
          F
Just as close as
     Bb    F
The Holy Ghost is
     Dm  C   Bb  Bb
And lay you down
Bb      Bb*    F     C
  On a bed of roses
 
 
[Bridge]
 
            Bb
Well, this hotel bar hangover
  C                         F
Whiskey's gone dry, the barkeeper's wig's crooked
 
And she's giving me the eye
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I might have said yeah
       Bb             C          F  F C   C*
But I laughed so hard I think I died, uh yeah!...
 
 
[Solo]
 
Dm  C  Bb  F  (x3)
Dm  C  Bb  Bb  Bb  Bb* F
 
 
[Verse 4]
 
        Bb
Now as you close your eyes
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Know I'll be thinking about you
          Bb
While my mistress she calls me
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To stand in her spotlight again
            Bb
Tonight, I won't be alone
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But you know that don't mean I'm not lonely
          Dm          C             Bb
I've got nothing to prove for it's you
          Bb       F   C
That I'd die to defend
 
 
[Chorus]
 
         Dm Dm
I wanna lay
     C         Bb     F
You down in a bed of roses
       Dm  Dm
For tonight
    C         Bb     F
I sleep on a bed of nails
               Bb
Oh, I want to be
          F
Just as close as
     Bb    F
The Holy Ghost is
     Dm  C   Bb  Bb Bb
And lay you down
         Dm Dm
I wanna lay
     C         Bb     F
You down in a bed of roses
       Dm  Dm
For tonight
    C         Bb  F
I sleep on a be...ed of nails!
           Bb
I want to be
          F
Just as close as
     Bb    F
The Holy Ghost is!
 Dm  C   Bb ( Bb)
Lay you down
(Bb)    ( Bb*)   F
    On a bed of roses