"Bed of Roses" by Bon Jovi (Keep the Faith, 1992)

 Intro Bb F

Bb                                            F
Sitting here wasted and wounded with this old piano.
       Bb                                         F
Trying hard to capture the moment, this morning I don't know.
         Am                    Bb                      
'Cause a bottle of vodka still lies in my head and some
F
blonde
                                                   Bb
Gave me nightmares, I think that she's still in my bed.
     Bb                      C                         F
As I think about movies they won't make of me when I'm dead.

        Bb                                          F
With an iron-clad fist I wake up to french-kiss the morning.
        Bb                                                
While a marching band keeps it's own beat in my head while
       F
we're talking
     Am                  Bb                 
About all of the things I longed to believe,
     F
about love, the truth,
                            Bb
What you mean to me and the truth is...
Bb          C                      F C/E
Baby you're all that I need.


[Chorus]
        Dm      C         Bb     F  
I wanna lay you down in a bed of roses.
Dm        C/E          Bb     F  
Tonight I sleep on a bed of nails.
        Bb         F            Bb   F
I wanna be just as close as the Holy Ghost is.
Dm  C/E   Bb                F
Lay you down, on a bed of roses.


        Bb                                          F
I'm so far away, each step that I take's on my way home.
        Bb                                                 
A king's ransom in dimes I'd give each night to see through
      F
this payphone.
       Am                      Bb                       
But I'd run out of time or it's hard to get through till
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the bird on the wire
                                    Bb
Flies me back to you. I'll just close my eyes. 
              Bb C             F C/E
And whisper "baby blind love is true".


[Chorus]
        Dm      C         Bb     F  
I wanna lay you down in a bed of roses.
Dm        C/E          Bb     F  
Tonight I sleep on a bed of nails.
        Bb         F            Bb   F
I wanna be just as close as the Holy Ghost is.
Dm  C/E   Bb                F C/E
Lay you down, on a bed of roses.


[Bridge]

    Bb                  C
The hotel bars hangover whiskey's gone dry.
       F                
The bartender's wig's crooked, she's giving me the eye.
  Bb                       Bb              C         F C/E 
I might've said yes, but I laughed so hard I think I died.


Solo Dm C Bb F
        
       Bb                                  
Now as you close your eyes you know I'll be
       F
thinking about you.
        Bb                                            F
My mistress she calls me to stand in her spotlight again.
       Bb                      Bb                       F         
I won't be alone, you know that don't mean I'm not lonely.
             Dm      C/E         Bb              F  C/E
I've got nothing to prove, for its you I'd die to defend.


[Chorus]
        Dm      C         Bb     F  
I wanna lay you down in a bed of roses.
Dm        C/E          Bb     F  
Tonight I sleep on a bed of nails.
        Bb         F            Bb   F
I wanna be just as close as the Holy Ghost is.
Dm  C/E   Bb            F C/E
Lay you down, on a bed of roses  


[Chorus]
        Dm      C         Bb     F  
I wanna lay you down in a bed of roses.
Dm        C/E          Bb     F  
Tonight I sleep on a bed of nails.
        Bb         F            Bb   F
I wanna be just as close as the Holy Ghost is.
Dm  C/E   Bb            F 
Lay you down, on a bed of roses