Bed of Roses is a song by the band Bon Jovi, written by lead singer Jon Bon Jovi. Inspired by a hangover Jon had after drinking vodka all day. Jon wrote this song in a hotel room in Los Angeles on a piano that was delivered to him upon request. The song speaks of love and hope, using the rose as a metaphor for life and its challenges.
Key: Bb
Introduction:
Bb
F
Bb
F
(x2)
A#
Sitting here wasted and wounded
F
At this old piano
A#
Trying hard to capture the moment
F
This morning I don't know
Am
A#
'Cause a bottle of vodka's still lodged in my head
F
And some blond gave me nightmares
A#
Think that she's still in my bed
A#
C
F
As I dream about movies they won't make of me when I'm dead
A#
With an iron-clad fist
F
I wake up, and French kiss the morning
A#
While some marching band keeps its own beat
F
In my head while we're talking
Am
A#
About all of the things, that I long to believe
F
About love, the truth, what you mean to me
A#
And the truth is
A#
C
F
C
Baby, you're all that I need
Dm
I wanna lay
C
A#
F
You down in a bed of roses
Dm
For tonight
C
A#
F
I sleep on a bed of nails
A#
Oh, I want to be
F
Just as close as
A#
F
The Holy Ghost is
Dm
C
A#
And lay you down
A#
F
On a bed of roses
A#
Well, I'm so far away
F
Each step that I take's on my way home
A#
A King's ransom in dimes
F
I give each night to sing through this payphone
Am
Still I run out of time
A#
Or it's hard to get through
F
Till the bird on the wire flies me back to you
A#
I'll just close my eyes, and whisper
A#
C
F
C
Baby, blind love is true
Dm
I wanna lay
C
A#
F
You down in a bed of roses
Dm
For tonight
C
A#
F
I sleep on a bed of nails
A#
Oh, I want to be
F
Just as close as
A#
F
The Holy Ghost is
Dm
C
A#
And lay you down
A#
F
C
On a bed of roses
A#
Well, this hotel bar hangover
C
F
Whiskey's gone dry, the barkeeper's wig's crooked And she's giving me the eye