Ian Hunter - Bed Of Roses Chords

[Intro]
G  Am  D  C G
Am  D  C G  Am
D  C G  Am  D
C G
 
 
[Verse 1]
G                  Am
We used to call it Camelot
D                    C         G
With all them ladies of Shalott
                    Am
The people liked to Lancelot
D             C    G
At the bed of roses
                   Am
And what went on behind the scenes
D                   C       G
Was way beyond your wildest dreams
                  Am
Life was burstin' at the scenes
D             C    G
In the bed of roses
                    Am
And the band played all night long
D               C         G
The band played all night long
                      Am
Song after song after song after song
D             C    G
In the bed of roses
 
 
[Interlude]
G   Am  D  C G
 
 
[Verse 2]
G                    Am
The boy stood on the burning deck
D                    C        G
The strap was buried round my neck
                    Am
My fingers bleeding on the frets
D             C    G
At the bed of roses
                        Am
We slept on blankets on the floor
D                   C         G
A grumbling drummer saddle sore
                Am
Seven hours and sometimes more
D             C    G
At the bed of roses
                   Am
And the lamps sway side to side
    D          C       G
The lamps sway side to side
                        Am
If the lamps don't sway you just died
D             C   G
At the bed of roses
 
 
[Verse 3]
G                        Am
Temptations reared their ugly heads
D                  C     G
Some things better off unsaid
                             Am
But I still got the pictures in my head
D             C   G
Of the bed of roses
                      Am
And people rave about 54
D                C     G
But I was just a disco store
                Am
Done for better far before
D             C    G
At the bed of roses
                 Am
And Roy stays forever young
D            C    G
Roy stays forever young
             Am
Roy stays forever young
D             C   G
At the bed of roses
 
 
[Interlude]
F    C  F    D
 
 
[Verse 4]
G                 Am
So unto us a club was born
D                 C            G
A fallout shelter from the storm
                   Am
And I was proud to be a thorn
D             C    G
In the bed of roses
                      Am
You can never go back so they say
D                   C  G
And it's a bank now anyway
                             Am
But I can still feel it like yesterday
D          C    G
The bed of roses
 
 
[Verse 5]
G                    Am
And the lamps swayed side to side
    D            C       G
The lamps swayed side to side
                          Am
Local gangsters and their weekend brides
D             C   G
In the bed of roses
                    Am
And the band played all night long
    D           C         G
The band played all night long
                    Am
The silver bugs and Sheridan
D               C G
Down the bed of roses
 
 
[Outro-Guitar Solo]
G  Am  D  C G   Am
D  C G   Am  D  C G
Am  D  C G
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