C
It was just some boards of rough cut pine
 
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And a quilt of patch work cotton

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A place to lay your body down 

         D7              G
Was that big four poster bed

 
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Daddy built it out of pine
 
    C               G
Two days before the wedding

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They say the neighbors cheered and hollered
 
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Till his face got red

 
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And Mama brought the feather pillows 

C                 G
And some handmade bedding

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And they spent their wedding night 

        D7              G
In that big four poster bed

 
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That night they swore like that bed
 
      C               G
Their love would last forever

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And they'd ask no more of life 

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Than the simple things they had

 
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So they planed there future 

   C                 G
As they laid close together

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And later I was born there
 
        D7              G
In that big four poster bed

 
       C
It was just some boards of rough cut pine 

C                         G
And a quilt of patch work cotton

  C                 G
A place to lay your body down
 
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A place to rest your head

 
C
A field of fluffy mountains
 
C                    G
For a little girl to hide in

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Clouds and chasing rainbows
 
         D7              G
Was that big four poster bed

 
G 
I remember as a child waking up 

C           G
On a winter morning

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With Sound of laughing voices
 
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And the smell of baking bread

 
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And running across that coal wood floor 

C                  G
Jumping there with them

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And Lord I felt so safe and warm
 
        D7              G
In that big four poster bed

 
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The day that daddy died 

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He whispered something soft to mama

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To this day she's never told a soul
 
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The words he said

 
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She just smiled through her tears
 
    C                 G
And held his hand and nodded

 
And my daddy looked so much at rest 

        D7              G
In that big four poster bed

 
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Now time has dried up all the tears 

C              G
Here I stand a woman

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Your arms reach out to touch my soul 

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Your sweet words turn my head

        
        G
Darling won't you tell me first
 
C            G
This will be forever

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Before you lead me up the stairs 

        D7              G
To that big four poster bed

 
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Cause only love has ever touched 

     D7              G
That big four poster bed