Bed Of Rose's chords by The Statler Brothers (Official Version)

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Verse 1
A 
D 
 (A major) She was called a scarlet  (D major) woman
A 
by the people  (A major) 
Who would go to church
E 
but left me in the streets  (E major) 
A 
With no  (A major) parents of my own
D 
I  (D major) never had a home
B 
E 
And an  (B major) eighteen- year- old boy has got to eat  (E major) 
A 
D 
A 
She  (A major) found me out (D major) side one Sunday morning  (A major) 
E7 
Begging money from a man I didn't know  (E7) 
A 
D 
A 
She  (A major) took me in and  (D major) wiped away my  (A major) childhood
E7 
A 
D 
A woman of the  (E7) streets, this lady  (A major) Rose  (D major) 
A 
E7 
 (A major)  (E7) 

Chorus 1
A 
D 
A 
This  (A major) bed of  (D major) Rose's that I  (A major) lay on
E7 
where I was taught to be a man  (E7) 
A 
D 
A 
This  (A major) bed of  (D major) Rose's where I'm  (A major) living
E7 
A 
D 
is the only kind of  (E7) life I under (A major) stand  (D major) 
A 
E7 
 (A major)  (E7) 

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Verse 2
A 
D 
 (A major) She was a handsome  (D major) woman
A 
just  (A major) thirty- five
E 
who was spoken to in town by very  (E major) few
A 
D 
She  (A major) managed a late- evening  (D major) business
B 
E 
like  (B major) most of the town wished they could  (E major) do
A 
D 
And I  (A major) learned all the things  (D major) 
A 
that a  (A major) man should know
E7 
From a woman not approved of, I suppose  (E7) 
A 
D 
A 
But she  (A major) died knowing  (D major) that I really loved  (A major) her
E7 
A 
D 
Off life's bramble bush  (E7) I picked a  (A major) rose  (D major) 
A 
E7 
 (A major)  (E7) 

Chorus 2
A 
D 
A 
This  (A major) bed of  (D major) Rose's that I  (A major) lay on
E7 
where I was taught to be a man  (E7) 
A 
D 
A 
This  (A major) bed of  (D major) Rose's where I'm  (A major) living
E7 
A 
D 
is the only kind of  (E7) life I under (A major) stand  (D major) 
A 
E7 
 (A major)  (E7) 
A 
D 
A 
This  (A major) bed of  (D major) Rose's that I  (A major) lay on
E7 
where I was taught to be a man  (E7) 
A 
D 
A 
This  (A major) bed of  (D major) Rose's where I'm  (A major) living
E7 
A 
is the only kind of  (E7) life I under (A major) stand
D 
A 
E7 
A 
 (D major) Ooh  (A major)  (E7)  (A major) 

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Tuning: E A D G B EDifficulty: BeginnerKey: A majorBPM: 102

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Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

A: x-0-2-2-2-0
D: x-x-0-2-3-2
E: 0-2-2-1-0-0
B: x-2-4-4-4-x
E7: 0-2-0-1-0-0

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This is the definitive original version of Bed Of Rose's by The Statler Brothers, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of A major. It suits players who want to learn Bed Of Rose's the way The Statler Brothers intended, without oversimplifying the arrangement.