Bed of Roses

Bon Jovi

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 BbF
 Sitting here wasted and wounded with this old piano.
 BbF
Trying hard to capture the moment, this morning I don't know.
 AmBbF
'cause a bottle of vodka is still lodged in my head and some blonde
Bb (Fill 1)
gave me nightmares, I think that she's still in my bed.
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 BbCF
As I dream about movies they won't make of me when I'm dead.

Verse 2:
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Bb F (Fill 2)
With an iron-clad fist I wake up to french-kiss the morning.
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Bb F (Fill 3)
While a marching band keeps it's own beat in my head while we're talking
rake
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 AmBbF
about all of the things I longed to believe, about love, the truth,
Bb (Fill 1)
what you mean to me and the truth is...
Bb C F (Fill 4)
Baby you're all that I need.
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Chorus:
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Dm C Bb F (Fill 5)
I wanna lay you down in a bed of roses
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Dm C Bb F (Fill 6)
for Tonight I'll sleep on a bed of nails
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 BbFBbF
Ohhhh I wanna be just as close as the Holy Ghost is

 DmCBbF
 Lay you down, on a bed of roses

Verse 3:
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(Fill 7)
Well I'm so far away, each step that I take's on my way home
rake
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(Fill 8)
A king's ransom in dimes I'd give each night to see through this payphone
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still I run out of time or it's hard to get through till the bird on the
(Fill 1)
wire flies me back to you I just close my eyes
(Fill 4)
And whisper baby blind love is true

Chorus:
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Dm C Bb F (Fill 5)
I wanna lay you down in a bed of roses
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Dm C Bb F (Fill 6)
for Tonight I'll sleep on a bed of nails
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 BbFBbF
Ohhhh I wanna be just as close as the Holy Ghost is

Dm C Bb F (Fill 4)
Lay you down, on a bed of roses

Bridge:
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 BbC
Well, this hotel bar hangover whiskey's gone dry
 F
The barkeeper's wig's crooked, and she's giving me the eye
 Bb
I might have said yeah
Bb C F (Fill 4) C
But I laughed so hard I think I died ooh yeah

Solo:
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Rake
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Verse 4:
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Now as you close your eyes you know I'll be thinking about you.
My mistress she calls me to stand in her spotlight again.
I won't be alone, you know that don't mean I'm not lonely.
Dm C Bb F (Fill 4)
I've got nothing to prove, for it's you that I'd die to defend

Chorus:
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Dm C Bb F (Fill 5)
I wanna lay you down in a bed of roses
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Dm C Bb F (Fill 6)
for Tonight I'll sleep on a bed of nails
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B|--------------|
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D|---------3----|
A|-----0-3------|
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 BbFBbF
Ohhhh, I wanna be just as close as the Holy Ghost is

Dm C Bb (Fill 7)
Lay you down....
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Chorus:
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Dm C Bb F (Fill 5)
I wanna lay you down in a bed of roses
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Dm C Bb F (Fill 6)
for Tonight I'll sleep on a bed of nails
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B|--------------|
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A|-----0-3------|
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PM---|
 BbFBbF
Ohhhh I wanna be just as close as the Holy Ghost is

 DmCBbF
 Lay you down, on a bed of roses


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