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!...

 Solo: Cm#-B-A-E (3x) Cm#-B-A-A A-A* E

 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