Tom: E
Rhythm fig #1: Rhythm fig #2: Rhythm fig #3:
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Intro: (with keyboard part played over top)
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rake rake
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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.
Abm 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
Abm 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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Dbm B A E (rhythm fig #3)
I wanna lay you down in a bed of roses.
Dbm 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.
Dbm 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.
Abm 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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rake
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.
Dbm B A E
I've got nothing to prove, for its you I'd die to defend.