How to Play Bed Of Roses on Guitar?

Bon Jovi - Bed Of Roses can be played in the key of Bb using the Bb, F, Am, C, Dm chords. For Bb, To play A# | Bb, barre fret 1 from the low E string to the A string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the high E string with finger 4, let D ring open, mute G, B. For F, To play F, barre fret 1 from the B string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, let A ring open, mute D, G. For Am, To play Am, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute D, G. For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D. For Dm, To play Dm, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 1 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute G, B. Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat. You can play Bed Of Roses with the ↓-↓↑-↓-↓↑-↓↑↓↑ strumming pattern.

Bon Jovi - Bed Of Roses Chords

Chord reference Bb, F, Am, C, Dm

Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↓-↓↑-↓↑↓↑

[Bb] [F] [Bb] [F] [Bb] [F] [Bb] [F] [Bb]Sitting here wasted and wounded, this old [F]piano Trying [Bb]hard to capture the moment, this morning I [F]don’t know ‘Cause a [Am]bottle of vodka is still [Bb]lodged in my head And some [F]blond gave me nightmares, think she’s still in my [Bb]bed As I [Bb]dream about movies they [C]won’t make of me when I’m [F]dead

With an [Bb]ironclad fist, I wake up, and French kiss the [F]morning While some [Bb]marching band keep sits own beat, in my head while [F]we’re talking About [Am]all of the things, that I [Bb]long to believe About [F]love, the truth, what you mean to me, and the [Bb]truth is [Bb]Baby, you’re [C]all that I [F]need [F] [C] [C]

Well I’m [Bb]so far away, each step that I take is on my [F]way home King’s [Bb]ransom in dimes, given each night to see through this [F]payphone Still I [Am]run out of time, or it’s [Bb]hard to get through, till the [F]bird on the wire Flies me back to you, I’ll [Bb]just close my eyes, whisper [Bb]Baby, [C]blind love is [F]true [F] [C] [C]

Well this [Bb]hotel bar hangover [C]Whiskey’s gone dry the [F]barkeeper’s wig’s crooked And she’s giving me the eye, I [Bb]might have said yeah But I [Bb]laughed so hard [C]I think I [F]died[F], [C]uh [C]yeah!…

[Dm] [C] [Bb] [F] [Dm] [C] [Bb] [F] [Dm] [C] [Bb] [F] [Dm] [C] [Bb] [F] [Dm] [C] [Bb] [Bb] [Bb] [Bb] [F]

Now as [Bb]you close your eyes, know I’ll be thinking [F]about you While my [Bb]mistress she calls me, to stand in her [F]spotlight again Tonight, I [Bb]won’t be alone, but you know that don’t mean I’m not [F]lonely I’ve got [Dm]nothing to [C]prove for it’s [Bb]you, that I’d [Bb]die to [F]defend [C]

I wanna [Dm]lay, you [C]down in a [Bb]bed of [F]roses, For [Dm]tonight, I [C]sleep on a [Bb]bed of [F]nails, Oh, I want to [Bb]be, just as [F]close as, the [Bb]Holy [F]Ghost is And [Dm]lay [C]you [Bb]down, I wanna [Dm]lay, you [C]down in a [Bb]bed of [F]roses, For [Dm]tonight, I [C]sleep on a [Bb]bed of [F]nails, I want to [Bb]be, just as [F]close as, the [Bb]Holy [F]Ghost is [Dm]Lay [C]you [Bb]down, [Bb]the [Bb]bed [F]of roses

Artist Bon Jovi

Album Keep the Faith

Genres Hard Rock, Rock, Glam Rock, Metal

Year 1993

Key Bb

Bon Jovi - Bed Of Roses can be played in the key of Bb using the Bb, F, Am, C, Dm chords.

For Bb, To play A# | Bb, barre fret 1 from the low E string to the A string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the high E string with finger 4, let D ring open, mute G, B.
For F, To play F, barre fret 1 from the B string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, let A ring open, mute D, G.
For Am, To play Am, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute D, G.
For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.
For Dm, To play Dm, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 1 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute G, B.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play Bed Of Roses with the ↓-↓↑-↓-↓↑-↓↑↓↑ strumming pattern.