·Author Arim Joe·Artist Bon Jovi·Album Keep the Faith(1992)
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Key: Bb
KeyBb
Tempo63 bpm
Time4/4
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Intro
BbFBbF
Bb F Bb F (x2)
BbFBbF
Bb F Bb F
Verse 1
Bb
Sitting here wasted and wounded
F
At this old piano
Bb
Trying hard to capture the moment
F
This morning I don't know
AmBb
'Cause a bottle of vodka's still lodged in my head
F
And some blond gave me nightmares
Bb
Think that she's still in my bed
BbC
As I dream about movies they won't make of me when I'm
F
dead
Verse 2
Bb
With an iron-clad fist
F
I wake up, and French kiss the morning
Bb
While some marching band keeps its own beat
F
In my head while we're talking
AmBb
About all of the things, that I long to believe
F
About love, the truth, what you mean to me
Bb
And the truth is
BbCFFCC*
Baby, you're all that I need
Chorus
DmDm
I wanna lay
CBbF
You down in a bed of roses
DmDm
For tonight
CBbF
I sleep on a bed of nails
Bb
Oh, I want to be
F
Just as close as
BbF
The Holy Ghost is
DmCBbBb
And lay you down
BbBb*F
On a bed of roses
Verse 3
Bb
Well, I'm so far away
F
Each step that I take's on my way home
Bb
A King's ransom in dimes
F
I give each night to see through this payphone
Am
Still I run out of time
Bb
Or it's hard to get through
F
Till the bird on the wire flies me back to you
Bb
I'll just close my eyes, and whisper
BbCFFCC*
Baby, blind love is true
Chorus (reprise)
DmDm
I wanna lay
CBbF
You down in a bed of roses
DmDm
For tonight
CBbF
I sleep on a bed of nails
Bb
Oh, I want to be
F
Just as close as
BbF
The Holy Ghost is
DmCBbBb
And lay you down
BbBb*FC
On a bed of roses
Bridge
Bb
Well, this hotel bar hangover
CF
Whiskey's gone dry, the barkeeper's wig's crooked
And she's giving me the eye
Bb
I might have said yeah
BbCFFCC*
But I laughed so hard I think I died, uh yeah!...
Solo
DmCBbF
(x3)
DmCBbBbBbBb*F
Verse 4
Bb
Now as you close your eyes
F
Know I'll be thinking about you
Bb
While my mistress she calls me
F
To stand in her spotlight again
Bb
Tonight, I won't be alone
F
But you know that don't mean I'm not lonely
DmCBb
I've got nothing to prove for it's you
BbFC
That I'd die to defend
Chorus (Outro)
DmDm
I wanna lay
CBbF
You down in a bed of roses
DmDm
For tonight
CBbF
I sleep on a bed of nails
Bb
Oh, I want to be
F
Just as close as
BbF
The Holy Ghost is
DmCBbFC
And lay you down
DmDm
I wanna lay
CBbF
You down in a bed of roses
DmDm
For tonight
CBbF
I sleep on a be...ed of nails!
Bb
I want to be
F
Just as close as
BbF
The Holy Ghost is!
DmCBbBb
And lay you down
BbBb*F
On a bed of roses
Chords used in this songtap to hear
Bb× 1 3 3 3 1
F1 3 3 2 1 1
C× 3 2 0 1 0
Dm× × 0 2 3 1
Bb*× 1 3 3 3 1
C*× 3 2 0 1 0
Am× 0 2 2 1 0
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Lagu ini dimulai dengan intro piano solo di rekaman asli sebelum gitar masuk — salah satu intro paling ikonik di era rock ballad 90-an.
Mode Original menggunakan walking bassline via slash chord: Bb → Bb/D → F/A → Fsus4 → F. Gerakan bass turun halus Bb–D–A–F mengikuti pola piano rekaman asli Jon Bon Jovi.
Chord Dm/C dan C/E di chorus membentuk descending bassline: D–C–B♭–A yang sangat emosional dan karakteristik dari progresi rock ballad era 90-an.
Chord Bb* dan C* dengan tanda asterisk menandai voicing alternatif di posisi fret lebih tinggi yang muncul di akhir beberapa baris untuk memberi variasi warna.
Tempo 63 BPM membuat lagu ini terasa lambat dan intim. Jangan terburu-buru — biarkan setiap chord 'bernapas' sebelum berpindah.