Bed Of Roses Acoustic Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Verse 1

B♭Sitting here wasted and wounded at this old piFano

 Trying B♭hard to capture the moment, this morning I dFon't know

 'Cause a bAmottle of vodka's still loB♭dged in my head and some

FBlonde gave me nightmares, tFsus4hink that she's Fstill in my B♭bed

 As I dream about movies they wCon't make of me when I'm deFad

Verse 2

as verse 1)]

With an iron clad fist I wake up and frnch kiss the morning

While some marching band keeps its own beat in my head while were talking

About all of the things that I long to believe

About love, the truth and what you mean to me

B♭And the truth is, baby you're aCll that I neFed

[Chourus]

(Richie sings backround vocals three steps higher)

 I want to Dmlay you dCown in a B♭bed of rosFes

 For tDmonight I slCeep on a B♭bed of nFails

 Oh, I wanna B♭be just as cFlose as the B♭Holy GhFost is

 And lDmay yoCu doB♭wn on a bed of roFses

Verse 3

Well I'm so far away, each step that I take's on my way home

A king's ransom in dimes, I'd give each night to see through

this payphone

Still I run out if time it's hard to get through

Till the bird on the wire flies me back to you

I'll just close my eyes, and whisper baby blind love is true

[Chourus]

Bridge

CWell this hB♭otel bar's hangover whiskCey's ran dry

 The bar keeFper's wig's crooked and she's givin' me the eye

 Well I mB♭ight have said yes, but I laughedC, till I diFed

Interlude

Play 'Dm - C - Bb - F' four times in the same rhythm as the chourus

Breakdown

 Now as yB♭ou close your eyes, you know I'll be thinking aboutF you

 While my miB♭stress, she calls me to stand in her spotlight agFain

 Tonight, I woB♭n't be alone, to know that don't mean I'm not Flonely

 I've got nDmothin' to prCove for it's B♭you that I'd die to defFend

[Chourus] x2