Bed of Roses

Keyboard arranged for guitar:
E|----------------------------| 

e|E|----------------------------|E|----------------------------|----------------------| 
B|--8--------8--------8--------8--------8--------8--------8--------8------------|       
G|----10-------10-------10-------10-------10-------10-------10-------10---------|       
D|-------12-------12-------12-------12-------10-------10-------10-------10------|       
A|E|----------------------------|E|----------------------------|----------------------| 
E|E|----------------------------|E|----------------------------|----------------------| 


Rhythm fig #1:     Rhythm fig #2:     Rhythm fig #3:
e|---------------  -----------------  E|----------------------------|--------------| 
B|---------------  -----------------  E|----------------------------|--------------| 
G|---------------  -----------------  E|----------------------------|--------------| 
D|-----------(5)-  -----------------  E|----------------------------|--------------| 
A|-----------(3)-  ---------3-------  E|----------------------------|--------------| 
E|--1~--1-3-1-0--  --1~-1-5---1~----  --1~--3(b)5-3(b)5-3(b)5-3-1~--------------|    



[Intro]

(with keyboard part played over top)
    rake                               rake
e|---10-12-(b)13-12-10------------------10-12-(b)13-12-10-----------------------|       
B|--10-------------------10^13^10------10-----------------13(b)15--10^13--------|       
G|-10E|----------------------------|-----10E|----------------------------|------------| 
D|E|----------------------------|E|----------------------------|----------------------| 
A|E|----------------------------|E|----------------------------|----------------------| 
E|E|----------------------------|E|----------------------------|----------------------| 

    rake
e|---10-12-(b)13-12-10-----------------------10-12-(b)13-12-10------------------|       
B|--10------------------13(b)15--13^15------10-----------------13(b)15--10^13---|       
G|-10E|----------------------------|-----14---10E|----------------------------|-------| 
D|E|----------------------------|E|----------------------------|----------------------| 
A|E|----------------------------|E|----------------------------|----------------------| 
E|E|----------------------------|E|----------------------------|----------------------| 


[Verse 1]

(Keyboard part played over the top)


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                       F
'cause a bottle of vodka still lies in my head and some 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                                                        F
While a marching band keeps it's own beat in my head while we're talking
      Am                  Bb                       F
about all of the things I longed to believe, about love, the truth,
                            Bb
what you mean to me and the truth is...
Bb          C          (rhythm fig #1)
Baby you're all that I need.


[Chorus]

        Dm      C         Bb     F   (rhythm fig #3)
I wanna lay you down in a bed of roses.
Dm        C          Bb     F    (rhythm fig #2)
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   Bb                F
Lay you down, on a bed of roses.


[Verse 2]

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


[Chorus]

        Dm      C         Bb     F   (rhythm fig #3)
I wanna lay you down in a bed of roses.
Dm        C          Bb     F    (rhythm fig #2)
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   Bb                F
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  (rhythm fig. #1)
I might've said yes, but I laughed so hard I think I died.


[Solo]

e|E|----------------------------|-----------------10E|----------------------------|---| 
B|E|----------------------------|--------------------13^10-13(b)15~-13(b)15--13----|    
G|E|----------------------------|E|----------------------------|----------------------| 
D|---------3-5-5(b)7-5(b)7~-3^5E|----------------------------|---------------------|    
A|--5-3-5~----------------------3~--3^5E|----------------------------|-------------|    
E|E|----------------------------|----------/5~E|----------------------------|---------| 


                  |<- I made this up because it's |
                  |   hard to transcribe   |
                  |   from videotape !          ->|
e|--13(b)15--13~--13-10----10E|----------------------------|-------13-15-(b)17~----|    
B|----------------------13----13-10---10-13-13(b)15~------15-17-----------------|       
G|E|----------------------------|------9------------------/14----------------------|    
D|E|----------------------------|E|----------------------------|----------------------| 
A|--------------- triplet  triplet  triplet E|----------------------------|--------|    
E|E|----------------------------|E|----------------------------|----------------------| 

                                              rake
E|--15-13-17(b)18--17--13^15--------------------10-12-(b)13-12-(b)12\/~-----|       
B|---------------------------13~--13^15--------10---------------------------|       
G|E|----------------------------|----------14~---10E|----------------------------|| 
D|E|----------------------------|E|----------------------------|------------------| 
A|E|----------------------------|E|----------------------------|------------------| 
E|E|----------------------------|E|----------------------------|------------------| 


[Verse 3]

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


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 ^   = hammer/pull
 /   = slide
(b)n = bend to fret n
 ~   = vibrato
 \/  = push whammy to lower note a semitone, then release (done quickly)
( )  = implied notes - optional