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