Bed of Roses — Bon Jovi

  • Pencipta & penyanyi: Jon Bon Jovi

  • Tahun rilis: 1992 (dari album Keep the Faith)

Filosofi Singkat

“Bed of Roses” adalah kisah tentang penyesalan, cinta, dan kerinduan yang lahir dari kesalahan manusiawi. Lagu ini menggambarkan perjuangan seseorang yang merasa jauh dari orang yang dicintainya—secara fisik dan emosional—namun masih menyimpan harapan untuk menebus segalanya dengan ketulusan.
Secara filosofis, lagu ini berbicara tentang kontradiksi dalam cinta: bahwa seseorang bisa hancur tapi tetap mencintai, bisa salah tapi masih ingin memperbaiki. “Bed of Roses” mengajarkan bahwa cinta sejati tidak lahir dari kesempurnaan, tapi dari keberanian untuk mengakui luka dan tetap berharap meski segalanya terasa sulit.

Intro : Bb .  F . (4x)

Bb
sitting here wasted and wounded
                F
with this old piano
       Bb
trying hard to capture
                          F
the moment this morning I don't know
         Am
'cause a bottle of vodka
      Bb
still lodged in my head
         F
and some blonde gave me nightmares
                          Bb
think that she's still in my bed
as I dream about movies
     C                         F
they won't make of me when I'm dead
        Bb
with an ironclad fist
                              F
i wake up and french kiss the morning
           Bb
while some marching band keeps
its own beat in my head
            F
while we're talking
      Am
about all of the things 
       Bb
that I long to believe
      F                                 
about love the truth 
and what you mean to me
        Bb
and the truth is, 
Bb          C        F      F-G-F-E
baby you're all that I need

Reff :
        Dm      C         Bb     F
i wanna lay you down in a bed of roses
       Dm     C/E        Bb/F   F
for tonight I sleep on a bed of nails
            Bb         F
Oh, I wanna be just as close as 
    Bb
the holy ghost is
    Dm  C/E Bb/F             F
and lay you down on a bed of roses

         Bb
well I'm so far away
                        F
step that I takes on my way home
         Bb
a king's ransom in dimes 
I give each night
                    F
to see through this payphone
        Am
still I run out of time
        Bb
or it's hard to get through
          F
'til' the bird on the wire 
flies me back to you
     Bb
I'll just close my eyes and whisper
Bb   C            F    F-G-F-E
baby blind love is true

Reff :
        Dm      C         Bb     F
i wanna lay you down in a bed of roses
       Dm     C/E        Bb/F   F
for tonight I sleep on a bed of nails
            Bb         F
Oh, I wanna be just as close as 
    Bb
the holy ghost is
    Dm  C/E Bb/F             F    F-G-F-E
and lay you down on a bed of roses

Bridge :
           Bb
well, this hotel bar's hangover 
C
whiskey's gone dry
       F
the barkeeper's wig's crooked
and she's giving me the eye
   Bb
I might have said yeah
       Bb
but I laughed so hard
C       F      F-G-F-E
I think I died, ooh yeah

Interlude : Dm . C Bb F . . .
            Dm . C/E Bb/F F . .
            Dm . C Bb F . . .
            Dm C/E F . . .

       Bb
now as you close your eyes
                       F
know I'll be thinking about you
         Bb
while my mistress she calls me
                           F
to stand in her spotlight again
          Bb
tonight I won't be alone
but you know that don't 
             F
mean I'm not lonely
         Dm         C/E            Bb/F
I've got nothing to prove for it's you 
                  F    F-G-F-E
that I'd die to defend

Reff :
        Dm      C         Bb     F
i wanna lay you down in a bed of roses
       Dm     C/E        Bb/F   F
for tonight I sleep on a bed of nails
            Bb         F
Oh, I wanna be just as close as 
    Bb
the holy ghost is
    Dm  C/E Bb/F  F  F-G-F-E
and lay you down . . .
        Dm      C         Bb     F
i wanna lay you down in a bed of roses
       Dm     C/E        Bb/F   F
for tonight I sleep on a bed of nails
            Bb         F
Oh, I wanna be just as close as 
    Bb
the holy ghost is
    Dm  C/E Bb/F                  F
and lay you down . . on a bed of roses


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