Intro -x2-: A# F A# F Verse: A# Sitting here wasted and wounded F This old piano A# Trying hard to capture the moment F This morning I don't know Am A# 'Cause a bottle of vodka is still lodged in my head F And some blond gave me nightmares A# Think she's still in my bed A# C F As I dream about movies they won't make of me when I'm dead Verse: A# With an ironclad fist F I wake up, and French kiss the morning A# While some marching band keepsits own beat F In my head while we're talking Am A# G#out all of the things, that I long to believe F G#out love, the truth, what you mean to me A# And the truth is A# C F F C C Baby, you're all that I need Chorus: Dm Dm I wanna lay C A# F You down in a bed of roses Dm Dm For tonight C A# F I sleep on a bed of nails A# Oh, I want to be F Just as close as A# F The Holy Ghost is Dm C A# A# And lay you down A# A# F On a bed of roses Verse: A# Well I'm so far away F Step that I take is on my way home A# King's ransom in dimes F Given each night to see through this payphone Am Still I run out of time A# Or it's hard to get through F Till the bird on the wire Flies me back to you A# I'll just close my eyes, whisper A# C F F C C Baby, blind love is true Chorus: Dm Dm I wanna lay C A# F You down in a bed of roses Dm Dm For tonight C A# F I sleep on a bed of nails A# Oh, I want to be F Just as close as A# F The Holy Ghost is Dm C A# A# And lay you down A# A# F C On a bed of roses Bridge: A# Well this hotel bar hangover C F Whiskey's gone dry the barkeeper's wig's crooked And she's giving me the eye A# I might have said yeah A# C F F C C But I laughed so hard I think I died, uh yeah!... Solo: Dm C A# F -3x- Dm C A# A# A# A# F Verse: A# Now as you close your eyes F Know I'll be thinking about you A# While my mistress she calls me F To stand in her spotlight again A# tonight, I won't be alone F But you know that don't mean I'm not lonely Dm C A# I've got nothing to prove for it's you A# F C That I'd die to defend Chorus: Dm Dm I wanna lay C A# F You down in a bed of roses Dm Dm For tonight C A# F I sleep on a bed of nails A# Oh, I want to be F Just as close as A# F The Holy Ghost is Dm C A# A# A# And lay you down Dm Dm I wanna lay C A# F You down in a bed of roses Dm Dm For tonight C A# F I sleep on a be...ed of nails! A# I want to be F Just as close as A# F The Holy Ghost is! Dm C A# Lay you down A# A# F The bed of roses