A E
Sitting her wasted and wounded at this old piano,
A E
Trying hard to capture the moment this moment I don't know.
B A
Cause a bottle of Vodka is still lodged in my head
E A
And some blond gave me nightmares. I think that she's still in my bed
B E
As I dream about movies they won't make of me when I'm dead.
A E
With an ironclad fist, I wake up and french kiss the morning
A E
While some marching band keeps it's own beat in my head while we're talking
B A
About all of the things that I long to believe
E
About love and the truth, what you mean to me
B A E
Baby, you're all that I need.
Refrain:
C#m B A E
I want to lay you down on a bed of roses
C#m B A E
For tonight, I sleep on a bed of nails.
A E A E
Oh, I want to be just as close as the Holy Ghost is
C#m B A E
And lay you down on a bed of roses
A E
Well I'm so far away that each step that I take is on my way home.
A E
A king's ransom in dimes I'd give each night to see through this payphone.
B A
Still I run out of time or it's hard to get through
E
Till the bird on the wire flies me back to you.
A B E
I'll just close my eves whisper, baby blind love is true.
Refrain:
A B
Well, the hotel bar hang over Whiskey's gone dry,
E
The barkeeper's wig is crooked and she's giving me the eye.
B B E
I might have said yeah, but I laughed so hard I think I died.
Solo: Dm C B F (4 x)
A E
Now as you close your eyes, know I'll be thinking about you
A E
While my mistress, she calls me to stand in her spotlight again.
A E
Tonight, I won't be alone but you know that don't mean I'm not lonely.
C#m B A E
I've got nothing to prove for it's you that I'd die to defend.
Refrain