Gm# -A                                                     'Cause a bottle of vodka is still lodged in my head   E                                   And some blond gave me nightmares   A                             Think she's still in my bed       A B E                                                             As I dream about movies they won't make of me when I'm dead
   A                       With an ironclad fist   E                                        I wake up, and French kiss the morning   A                                            While some marching band keepsits own beat   E                                In my head while we're talking       Gm# A                                                 About all of the things, that I long to believe   E                                            About love, the truth, what you mean to me   A                  And the truth is                  A - B -E -E B-B*                              Baby, you're all that I need

         Cm#-Cm#             I wanna lay        B -A E                            You down in a bed of roses          Cm# -Cm#            For tonite         -B -A E                           I sleep on a bed of nails   A                  Oh, I want to be    -E                  Just as close as      A -E                   The Holy Ghost is             Cm# -B -A A                  And lay you down         A -A* E                   On a bed of roses

   A                      Well I'm so far away   E                                    Step that I take is on my way home   A                        King's ransom in dimes   E                                               Given each night to see through this payphone     Gm#                         Still I run out of time    -A                             Or it's hard to get through   E                           Till the bird on the wire                      Flies me back to you   A                                  I'll just close my eyes, whisper                 A -B -E -E B-B*                          Baby, blind love is true
         Cm#-Cm#             I wanna lay         -B -A E                            You down in a bed of roses          Cm# -Cm#            For tonite         -B -A E                           I sleep on a bed of nails   A                  Oh, I want to be    -E                  Just as close as      A -E                   The Holy Ghost is              Cm# -B -A -A                  And lay you down            A -A* E -B                   On a bed of roses
   A                              Well this hotel bar hangover      -B E                                                  Whiskey's gone dry the barkeeper's wig's crooked                             And she's giving me the eye   A                        I might have said yeah                A -B E -E B -B                                                   But I laughed so hard I think I died, uh yeah!...
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   A                            Now as you close your eyes   E                                 Know I'll be thinking about you   A                                While my mistress she calls me   E                                 To stand in her spotlight again   A                          Tonite, I won't be alone   E                                             But you know that don't mean I'm not lonely           Cm# -B -A                                        I've got nothing to prove for it's you         -A E -B                        That I'd die to defend

         Cm#-Cm#             I wanna lay         -B -A E                            You down in a bed of roses          Cm# -Cm#            For tonite         -B -A E                           I sleep on a bed of nails   A                  Oh, I want to be    -E                  Just as close as      A -E                   The Holy Ghost is                Cm# -B -A -A A                  And lay you down         Cm#-Cm#             I wanna lay         -B -A E                            You down in a bed of roses          Cm# -Cm#            For tonite         -B -A E                                I sleep on a be...ed of nails!   A              I want to be    -E                  Just as close as      A -E                    The Holy Ghost is!            Cm# -B A A              Lay you down       A A E                  The bed of roses