Statler Brothers- Bed of Roses Chords
Tempo:
103.4 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
D
B
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E]
She was called a scarlet woman by the people who would go to church but left me in the [B]
streets.
With no [E] parents of my own, I [D] never had a home, and [F#] an eight-feet-year-old boy has got [B] to eat.
She [A] found me [D] outside one Sunday [A]
morning, begging money from a man I didn't [E]
know.
She [A] took me in [D] and wiped away [A] my childhood.
A woman of [E] the streets, this lady [D]
Rose.
[A] This [D] bed of roses that [A] I lay on, where I was taught to be [E] a man.
[A] This [D] bed of roses where [A] I'm living, is the only kind [E] of life I [A] understand.
[E]
She was a [A] handsome woman, just [E] thirty-five, who was spoken to in town by [B] very few.
[E] She managed a [A] lady's main business, [F#] like most of the town wished [B] they could do.
[A] And I learned [D] all the things [A] that a man should know, from a woman not approved of, [E] I suppose.
But [A] she died [D] knowing that I [A] really loved her, of life's [E] ramble books I [A] picked her own.
This [D] bed of roses [A] that I lay on, where I was taught to [E] be a man.
[A] This [D] bed of roses [A] where I'm living, is the only [E] kind of life I [A] understand.
This [D] bed of roses [A] that I lay on, where I was taught to [E] be a man.
[A] This [D] bed of roses where [A] I'm living, is the only kind [E] of life I [A]
[D] understand.
[E] [A]
She was called a scarlet woman by the people who would go to church but left me in the [B]
streets.
With no [E] parents of my own, I [D] never had a home, and [F#] an eight-feet-year-old boy has got [B] to eat.
She [A] found me [D] outside one Sunday [A]
morning, begging money from a man I didn't [E]
know.
She [A] took me in [D] and wiped away [A] my childhood.
A woman of [E] the streets, this lady [D]
Rose.
[A] This [D] bed of roses that [A] I lay on, where I was taught to be [E] a man.
[A] This [D] bed of roses where [A] I'm living, is the only kind [E] of life I [A] understand.
[E]
She was a [A] handsome woman, just [E] thirty-five, who was spoken to in town by [B] very few.
[E] She managed a [A] lady's main business, [F#] like most of the town wished [B] they could do.
[A] And I learned [D] all the things [A] that a man should know, from a woman not approved of, [E] I suppose.
But [A] she died [D] knowing that I [A] really loved her, of life's [E] ramble books I [A] picked her own.
This [D] bed of roses [A] that I lay on, where I was taught to [E] be a man.
[A] This [D] bed of roses [A] where I'm living, is the only [E] kind of life I [A] understand.
This [D] bed of roses [A] that I lay on, where I was taught to [E] be a man.
[A] This [D] bed of roses where [A] I'm living, is the only kind [E] of life I [A]
[D] understand.
[E] [A]
Key:
A
E
D
B
F#
A
E
D
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ She was called a scarlet woman by the people who would go to church but left me in the [B]
streets.
With no [E] parents of my own, I [D] never had a home, and [F#] an eight-feet-year-old boy has got [B] to eat.
She [A] found me [D] outside one Sunday [A]
morning, begging money from a man I didn't [E]
know.
She [A] took me in [D] and wiped away [A] my childhood.
_ A woman of [E] the streets, this lady [D]
Rose.
_ [A] This [D] bed of roses that [A] I lay on, where I was taught to be [E] a man.
[A] This [D] bed of roses where [A] I'm living, is the only kind [E] of life I [A] understand.
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ She was a [A] handsome woman, just [E] thirty-five, who was spoken to in town by [B] very few.
[E] She managed a [A] lady's main business, [F#] like most of the town wished [B] they could do.
[A] And I learned [D] all the things [A] that a man should know, from a woman not approved of, [E] I suppose.
_ But [A] she died [D] knowing that I [A] really loved her, of life's [E] ramble books I [A] picked her own.
_ This [D] bed of roses [A] that I lay on, where I was taught to [E] be a man.
[A] This [D] bed of roses [A] where I'm living, _ is the only [E] kind of life I [A] understand.
_ _ This [D] bed of roses [A] that I lay on, where I was taught to [E] be a man.
[A] This [D] bed of roses where [A] I'm living, is the only kind [E] of life I [A]
[D] understand.
_ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ She was called a scarlet woman by the people who would go to church but left me in the [B]
streets.
With no [E] parents of my own, I [D] never had a home, and [F#] an eight-feet-year-old boy has got [B] to eat.
She [A] found me [D] outside one Sunday [A]
morning, begging money from a man I didn't [E]
know.
She [A] took me in [D] and wiped away [A] my childhood.
_ A woman of [E] the streets, this lady [D]
Rose.
_ [A] This [D] bed of roses that [A] I lay on, where I was taught to be [E] a man.
[A] This [D] bed of roses where [A] I'm living, is the only kind [E] of life I [A] understand.
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ She was a [A] handsome woman, just [E] thirty-five, who was spoken to in town by [B] very few.
[E] She managed a [A] lady's main business, [F#] like most of the town wished [B] they could do.
[A] And I learned [D] all the things [A] that a man should know, from a woman not approved of, [E] I suppose.
_ But [A] she died [D] knowing that I [A] really loved her, of life's [E] ramble books I [A] picked her own.
_ This [D] bed of roses [A] that I lay on, where I was taught to [E] be a man.
[A] This [D] bed of roses [A] where I'm living, _ is the only [E] kind of life I [A] understand.
_ _ This [D] bed of roses [A] that I lay on, where I was taught to [E] be a man.
[A] This [D] bed of roses where [A] I'm living, is the only kind [E] of life I [A]
[D] understand.
_ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _