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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 (x02220@1)                                     D (xx0232@1)     
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 (x02220@1)                             E (022100@1)             Ae|-----------------------------------------------------------------| (x02220@1)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 (xx0232@1)             B7 (x21202@1)            Ee|-------------------------------------------------| (022100@1)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 (x02220@1)                      D (xx0232@1)          A (x02220@1)She was called a scarlet woman by the people
                                          EWho (022100@1)would go to church but left me in the street
        A (x02220@1)                  DWith (xx0232@1)no parents of my own, I never had a home
       B7 (x21202@1)                              EAnd (022100@1)an eighteen year old boy has got to eat.



Verse 2:
A (x02220@1)                  D (xx0232@1)        AShe (x02220@1)found me outside one Sunday morning
                                  EBegging (022100@1)money from a man I didn't know
    A (x02220@1)            D (xx0232@1)           AShe (x02220@1)took me in and wiped away my childhood
  B7 (x21202@1)                           E (022100@1)   D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) EA (022100@1)woman of the streets this lady Rose.



Chorus:
     A (x02220@1)    D (xx0232@1)           AThis (x02220@1)bed of Rose's that I lay on
                           EWhere (022100@1)I was taught to be a man
     A (x02220@1)    D (xx0232@1)              AThis (x02220@1)bed of Rose's where I'm livin'
       B7 (x21202@1)                E (022100@1)         D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) EIs (022100@1)the only kind of life I understand.



Verse3:
A (x02220@1)                D (xx0232@1)         AShe (x02220@1)was a handsome woman, just thirty-five
                                  E (022100@1)Who was spoken to in town by very few
    A (x02220@1)                   D (xx0232@1)She managed a Lady of the Evening business
     B7 (x21202@1)                               ELike (022100@1)most of the town wished they could do.



Verse 4:
      A (x02220@1)             D (xx0232@1)                      DAnd (xx0232@1)I learned all the things that a man should know
                               EFrom (022100@1)a woman not approved of I suppose
        A (x02220@1)          D (xx0232@1)           ABut (x02220@1)she died knowing that I really loved her
    B7 (x21202@1)                            EOff (022100@1)life's bramble bush, I picked a rose.


(Repeat Chorus 2x)