---------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Bed of Roses - The Statler Brothers # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- # #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) Verse 1: D G D She was called a scarlet woman by the people A7 Who would go to church but left me in the street D G With no parents of my own, I never had a home E7 A7 And an eighteen year old boy has got to eat. Verse 2: D G D She found me outside one Sunday morning A7 Taking money from a man I didn't know D G D She took me in and wiped away my childhood E7 A7 D G Em A7 D A woman of the streets this lady Rose. ......... Chorus: D G D This bed of Rose's that I lay on A7 Where I was taught to be a man D G D This bed of Rose's where I'm livin' E7 A7 D G Em A7 D Is the only kind of life I understand. ......... Verse3: D G D She was a handsome woman, just thirty-five A7 Who was spoken to in town by very few D G But she managed the ladies main business Em A7 Like most of the town wished they could do. Verse 4: D G D And I learned all the things that a man should know A7 From a woman not approved of I suppose. D G D But she died knowing that I really loved her Em A7 D G Em A7 D Of life's bramble bush, I picked a rose. ......... (Repeat Chorus 2x)