"Our bed of roses."
Written by Keith Stegall & Zack Turner
Artist: George Jones
Album: "Cold hard truth" (Asylum 1999)
Transcribed by Marius Molstad
Notes: Key of G#, capo 1st fret. This is the basic version of the song for acooustic guitar, but there are many passing chords and inversions that you might want to work out. This is one of my favorite songs!
Intro
C D
Verse 1
G C/G G C/G G
The morning we moved in this house you said let's make a bed of roses
Dsus2 D G D
So hand in hand we found that special place and I broke the ground
G C/G G C/G G
I wiped that delta dirt from your face as you knelt there to sow them
Am D G (Dsus2 Gsus4)
Oh, I'd give anything a mortal man could give if you could see them now
Chorus
C G C/G G
Through the kitchen windowpane, I can see the roses
D G
The ones we planted that first spring are blooming like they did when you were here
C G Em
Someone's always left behind when the door of this life closes
Am D C/G G
So I sit alone and watch it rain on our bed of roses
(Modulate half step up to A, capo 2nd fret)
Verse 2
Some days I sit for hours at the time, just stirring at those roses
They seem so young and full of life, but soon they'll face the winter chill
I don't know how long I can survive, but one thing that I know is
Come sping time the roses will return, but you never will
Chorus
Through the kitchen windowpane, Lord, I can see the roses
The ones we planted that first spring are blooming like they did when you were here
Someone's always left behind when the door of this life closes
So I sit alone and watch it rain on our bed of roses
So I sit alone and watch it rain on our bed of roses