E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|--8--------8--------8--------8--------8--------8--------8--------8--------
G|----10-------10-------10-------10-------10-------10-------10-------10-----
D|-------12-------12-------12-------12-------10-------10-------10-------10--
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Rhythm fig #1:     Rhythm fig #2:     Rhythm fig #3:

E|---------------  -----------------  --------------------------------------
B|---------------  -----------------  --------------------------------------
G|---------------  -----------------  --------------------------------------
D|-----------(5)-  -----------------  --------------------------------------
A|-----------(3)-  ---------3-------  --------------------------------------
E|--1~--1-3-1-0--  --1~-1-5---1~----  --1~--3(b)5-3(b)5-3(b)5-3-1~----------

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Intro:  (with keyboard part played over top)
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   rake                               rake
E|---10-12-(b)13-12-10------------------10-12-(b)13-12-10-------------------
B|--10-------------------10^13^10------10-----------------13(b)15--10^13----
G|-10---------------------------------10------------------------------------
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------

   rake
E|---10-12-(b)13-12-10-----------------------10-12-(b)13-12-10--------------
B|--10------------------13(b)15--13^15------10-----------------13(b)15--10^13
G|-10---------------------------------14---10-------------------------------
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Verse 1:  (Keyboard part played over the top)
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A                                            E
Sitting here wasted and wounded with this old piano.
       A                                         E
Trying hard to capture the moment, this morning I don't know.
         G#m                    A                       E
'cause a bottle of vodka still lies in my head and some blonde
                                                   A
gave me nightmares, I think that 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                                          E
With an iron-clad fist I wake up to french-kiss the morning.
        A                                                        E
While a marching band keeps it's own beat in my head while we're talking
      G#m                  A                       E
about all of the things I longed to believe, about love, the truth,
                            A
what you mean to me and the truth is...
A          B          (rhythm fig #1)
Baby you're all that I need.


Chorus:
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        C#m      B         A     E   (rhythm fig #3)
I wanna lay you down in a bed of roses.
C#m        B          A     E    (rhythm fig #2)
Tonight I sleep on a bed of nails.
        A           E            A        E
I wanna be just as close as the Holy Ghost is.
C#m  B     A                E
Lay you down, on a bed of roses.


Verse #2:
     A                                        E
Well I'm so far away, each step that I take's on my way home.
A                                                                E
A king's ransom in dimes I'd give each night to see through this payphone.
    G#m                            A                          E
Still I'd run out of time or it's hard to get through till the bird on the wire
                       A
flies me back to you. I'll just close my eyes.
              A        B         E
And whisper "baby it probably is true".

Bridge:
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    A                    B
The hotel bars hangover whiskey's gone dry.
       E
The bartender's wig's crooked, she's giving me the eye.
  A                       A              B         E
I might've said yes, but I laughed so hard I think I died. (rhythmfig.#1)


Solo:
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E|---------------------------------------------10---------------------------
B|------------------------------------------------13^10-13(b)15~-13(b)15--13
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|---------3-5-5(b)7-5(b)7~-3^5---------------------------------------------
A|--5-3-5~----------------------3~--3^5-------------------------------------
E|--------------------------------------/5~---------------------------------


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E|--13(b)15--13~--13-10----10-----------------------------------13-15-(b)17~
B|----------------------13----13-10---10-13-13(b)15~------15-17-------------
G|----------------------------------9------------------/14------------------
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|--------------- triplet  triplet  triplet --------------------------------
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                              rake
E|--15-13-17(b)18--17--13^15--------------------10-12-(b)13-12-(b)12\/~-----
B|---------------------------13~--13^15--------10---------------------------
G|--------------------------------------14~---10----------------------------
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Verse 3:
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A                                                    E
Now as you close your eyes you know I'll be thinking about you.
A                                                   E
My mistress she calls me to stand in her spotlight again.
A                                                  E
I won't be alone, you know that don't mean I'm not lonely.
         C#m          B               A                E
I've got nothing to prove, for its you I'd die to defend.