Bed of Roses
Statler Brothers
VERSE 1
A D A
She was called a scarlet woman by the people
A E
Who would go to church but left me in the streets
A D
With no parents of my own, I never had a home
B7 E
And an eighteen year old boy has got to eat
VERSE 2.
A D A
She found me outside one Sunday morning
A E
Begging money from a man I didn't know
A D A
She took me in and wiped away my childhood
A E A D A E
A woman of the streets this lady Rose
CHORUS:
A D A
This bed of Rose’s that I lay on
A E
Where I was taught to be a man
A D A
This bed of Rose’s where I'm livin'
A E A D A E
Is the only kind of life I understand
VERSE 3:
A D A
She was a handsome woman just thirty-five
A E
Who was spoken to in town by very few
A D
She managed a lady of the evening business
B7 E
Like most of the town wished they could do
VERSE 4:
A D A
And I learned all the things that a man should know
A E
From a woman not approved of, I suppose
A D A
She died knowing that I really loved her
A E A D A E
From life's bramble bush I picked a rose
CHORUS:
A D A
This bed of Rose’s that I lay on
A E
Where I was taught to be a man
A D A
This bed of Rose’s where I'm livin'
A E A D A E
Is the only kind of life I understand
REPEAT CHORUS.
