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Bed of Roses - The Statler Brothers
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Tabbed by: Dave S.
Email: Dlgibson@netscape.com
Tuning: Standard
Artist: Statler Brothers
Album: The Best of the Statler Bros.
Year: 1975
(Repeat for 1st & 3rd Verse)
A D
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------2-2---|
D|----2-2-----2-2-----2-2-----2-2-----2-2---0-------|
A|--0-------0-------0-------0-------0---------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
A E A
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----2-2-----2-2-----2-2-----2-2---------------------2-2-----2-2--|
A|--0-------0-------0-------0---------2-2-----2-2---0-------0------|
E|----------------------------------0-------0----------------------|
D B7 E
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|----2-2-----2-2----------------------------------|
D|--0-------0---------1-1-----1-1------------------|
A|------------------2-------2---------2-2-----2-2--|
E|----------------------------------0-------0------|
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/s/statler-brothers/164388.html ]
Verse 1:
A D A
She was called a scarlet woman by the people
E
Who would go to church but left me in the street
A D
With no parents of my own, I never had a home
B7 E
And an eighteen year old boy has got to eat.
Verse 2:
A D A
She found me outside one Sunday morning
E
Begging money from a man I didn't know
A D A
She took me in and wiped away my childhood
B7 E D A E
A woman of the streets this lady Rose.
Chorus:
A D A
This bed of Rose's that I lay on
E
Where I was taught to be a man
A D A
This bed of Rose's where I'm livin'
B7 E D A E
Is the only kind of life I understand.
Verse3:
A D A
She was a handsome woman, just thirty-five
E
Who was spoken to in town by very few
A D
She managed a Lady of the Evening business
B7 E
Like most of the town wished they could do.
Verse 4:
A D D
And I learned all the things that a man should know
E
From a woman not approved of I suppose
A D A
But she died knowing that I really loved her
B7 E
Off life's bramble bush, I picked a rose.
(Repeat Chorus 2x)
