[Intro] (x4)
D A Asus A Asus A Asus A
[Verse 1]
D A
Sitting here wasted and wounded at this old piano
D A
Trying hard to capture the moment this morning I don't know
E D
'Cause a bottle of vodka is still lodged in my head
A D
And some blonde gave me nightmares, I think that she's still in my bed
E A E
As I dream about movies, they won't make of me when I'm dead.
[Verse 2]
D A
With an ironclad fist I wake up and French Kiss the morning
D A
While some marching band keeps its own beat in my head while we're talking
E D
About all of the things that I long to believe
A D
About love, the truth, what you mean to me, and the truth is
E A E
Baby, you're all that I need.
[Chorus]
F#m E D A
I wanna lay you down in a bed of roses
F#m E D A
For tonight I sleep on a bed of nails, Oooh
D A D A
I wanna be just as close as the Holy Ghost is
F#m E D A
And lay you down on a bed of roses.
[Verse 3]
D A
Well I'm so far away that each step that I take is on my way home
D A
A king's ransom in dimes I'd give each night just to see through this payphone
E D
Still I run out of time or it's hard to get through
A D
Till the bird on the wire flies me back to you I'll just close my eyes and whisper,
E A E
Baby, blind love is true
[Chorus]
F#m E D A
I wanna lay you down in a bed of roses
F#m E D A
For tonight I sleep on a bed of nails, Ohhh
D A D A
I wanna be just as close as the Holy Ghost is
F#m E D A
And lay you down on a bed of roses.
[Bridge]
D E
Well this hotel bar's hangover whiskey's gone dry
A
The barkeeper's wig's crooked, and she's giving me the eye
D
Well I might have said yeah
E A E
But I laughed so hard I think I died... Ooh yeah!
[Verse 4]
D A
Now as you close your eyes, know I'll be thinking about you
D A
While my mistress she calls me to stand in her spotlight again
D A
Tonight, I won't be alone to know that don't mean I'm not lonely
F#m E
I've got nothing to prove
D A E
For it's you that I'd die to defend
[Chorus]
F#m E D A
I wanna lay you down in a bed of roses
F#m E D A
For tonight I sleep on a bed of nails, Ohhh
D A D A
I wanna be just as close as the Holy Ghost is
F#m E D
And lay you down...
[Outro] (x2)
A
Bed of Roses.
