Bed of Roses es una canción de la banda Bon Jovi, escrita por el cantante principal Jon Bon Jovi. Inspirada por una resaca que Jon tuvo después de beber vodka todo el día. Jon escribió esta canción en una habitación de hotel en Los Ángeles en un piano que le fue entregado a pedido. La canción habla de amor y esperanza, utilizando la rosa como metáfora para la vida y sus desafíos.
Tono: Bb
Introducción:
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