Bed Of Roses by Statler Brothers ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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) 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------| 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) www.TAB6.com