[Intro]
Bb  F  Bb  F  (x2)
[Strophe]
 Bb 
Sitting here wasted and wounded 
           F 
This old piano 
        Bb 
Trying hard to capture the moment 
                F 
This morning I don't know 
          Am                       Bb 
'Cause a bottle of vodka is still lodged in my head 
           F 
And some blond gave me nightmares 
                         Bb 
Think she's still in my bed 
       Bb                     C                         F 
As I dream about movies they won't make of me when I'm dead
[Strophe]
        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 
      Am                         Bb 
About all of the things, that I long to believe 
       F 
About love, the truth, what you mean to me 
          Bb 
And the truth is 
 Bb          C           F   F  C C* 
Baby, you're all that I need
[Refrain]
         Dm Dm 
I wanna lay 
     C         Bb     F 
You down in a bed of roses 
       Dm  Dm 
For tonight 
    C         Bb     F 
I sleep on a bed of nails 
               Bb 
Oh, I want to be 
          F 
Just as close as 
     Bb    F 
The Holy Ghost is 
     Dm  C   Bb  Bb 
And lay you down 
Bb      Bb*    F 
  On a bed of roses
[Strophe]
           Bb 
Well, I'm so far away 
                                F 
Each step that I take is on my way home 
          Bb 
A King's ransom in dimes 
                                      F 
Given each night to see through this payphone 
         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'll just close my eyes, whisper 
 Bb     C             F  F C C* 
Baby, blind love is true
[Refrain]
         Dm Dm 
I wanna lay 
     C         Bb     F 
You down in a bed of roses 
       Dm  Dm 
For tonight 
    C         Bb     F 
I sleep on a bed of nails 
               Bb 
Oh, I want to be 
          F 
Just as close as 
     Bb    F 
The Holy Ghost is 
     Dm  C   Bb  Bb 
And lay you down 
Bb      Bb*    F     C 
  On a bed of roses
[Pont]
            Bb 
Well, this hotel bar hangover 
  C                         F 
Whiskey's gone dry, the barkeeper's wig's crooked 
  
And she's giving me the eye 
   Bb 
I might have said yeah 
       Bb             C          F  F C   C* 
But I laughed so hard I think I died, uh yeah!...
[Solo]
Dm  C  Bb  F  (x3)
Dm  C  Bb  Bb  Bb  Bb* F
[Strophe]
        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 
But you know that don't mean I'm not lonely 
          Dm          C             Bb 
I've got nothing to prove for it's you 
          Bb       F   C 
That I'd die to defend
[Refrain]
         Dm Dm 
I wanna lay 
     C         Bb     F 
You down in a bed of roses 
       Dm  Dm 
For tonight 
    C         Bb     F 
I sleep on a bed of nails 
               Bb 
Oh, I want to be 
          F 
Just as close as 
     Bb    F 
The Holy Ghost is 
     Dm  C   Bb  Bb Bb 
And lay you down 
         Dm Dm 
I wanna lay 
     C         Bb     F 
You down in a bed of roses 
       Dm  Dm 
For tonight 
    C         Bb  F 
I sleep on a be...ed of nails! 
           Bb 
I want to be 
          F 
Just as close as 
     Bb    F 
The Holy Ghost is! 
 Dm  C   Bb ( Bb) 
Lay you down 
(Bb)    ( Bb*)   F 
    On a bed of roses