| F | - | 133211 | |
| Am | - | x02210 |
| C - x32010 |
| Dm - x00231 |
| Fsus4 - xx3311 |
| Verse 1 |
| Bb | F | |
| Sitting here wasted and wounded at this old pi | ano |
| Bb | F | |
| Trying | hard to capture the moment, this morning I d | on't know |
| Am | Bb | |
| 'Cause a b | ottle of vodka's still lo | dged in my head and some |
| F | Fsus4 | F | Bb | |
| Blonde gave me nightmares, t | hink that she's | still in my | bed |
| C | F | |
| As I dream about movies they w | on't make of me when I'm de | ad |
| 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 |
| Bb | C | F | |
| And the truth is, baby you're a | ll that I ne | ed |
| Cbourus |
| (Richie sings backround vocals three steps higher) |
| Dm | C | Bb | F | |
| I want to | lay you d | own in a | bed of ros | es |
| Dm | C | Bb | F | |
| For t | onight I sl | eep on a | bed of n | ails |
| Bb | F | Bb | F | |
| Oh, I wanna | be just as c | lose as the | Holy Gh | ost is |
| Dm | C | Bb | F | |
| And l | ay yo | u do | wn on a bed of ro | ses |
| 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 |
| Cbourus |
| Bridge |
| C | Bb | C | |
| Well this h | otel bar's hangover whisk | ey's ran dry |
| F | |
| The bar kee | per's wig's crooked and she's givin' me the eye |
| Bb | C | F | |
| Well I m | ight have said yes, but I laughed | , till I di | ed |
| Interlude |
| Play 'Dm - C - Bb - F' four times in the same rhythm as the chourus |
| Breakdown |
| Bb | F | |
| Now as y | ou close your eyes, you know I'll be thinking about | you |
| Bb | F | |
| While my mi | stress, she calls me to stand in her spotlight ag | ain |
| Bb | F | |
| Tonight, I wo | n't be alone, to know that don't mean I'm not | lonely |
| Dm | C | Bb | F | |
| I've got n | othin' to pr | ove for it's | you that I'd die to def | end |
| Cbourus | |
| x2 |