{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1970909,"song":"The Bed Song","artist":"Amanda Palmer","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11440804-the-bed-song-chords-by-amanda-palmer/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1970909?type=chord","rating":4.52911,"votes":11,"content":"[Intro]\r\n\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G/D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G/D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]      [ch]G/F#[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nExhibit A: We are friends in a sleeping bag, splitting the heat.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Em/B[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Cadd9[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Cadd9[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe have one filthy pillow to share, and your lips are in my hair.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]G/F#[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSomeone upstairs has a rat that we laughed at, and people are drinking[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Em/B[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Cadd9[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Cadd9[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nand singing that Scarbourough Fair on a ukulele dare.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G/D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G/D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]     [ch]G/F#[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nExhibit B: Well, we found an apartment. It’s not much to look at.[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Em/B[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Cadd9[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Cadd9[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA futon on a floor. Torn-off      desktop for    a door.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]G/F#[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAll the decor's made of milk crates and duct tape, and if we have sex[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Em/B[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Cadd9[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Cadd9[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nthey can hear us through the floor, but we don’t do that anymore.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus 1]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]G/D[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I lay there wondering \"What is the matter?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]G/D[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"Is this a matter of worse or of better?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]G/D[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou took the blanket, so I took the bedsheet[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]G/D[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nbut I would have held you if you'd only...[/tab]\r\nN.C.\r\n...let me.\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G/D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G/D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]      [ch]G/F#[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nExhibit C: Look how quaint and how quiet and private.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                         [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Em/B[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Cadd9[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Cadd9[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOur paychecks have bought us a condo in town. It's the nicest flat    around.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]G/F#[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYou picked a mattress and had it delivered, and I walked upstairs[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Em/B[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Cadd9[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Cadd9[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nand the sight of it made my heart   pound, and I wrapped my arms around me.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus 2]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]G/D[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I stood there wondering: \"What is the matter?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]G/D[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"Is this a matter of worse or of better?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]G/D[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou walked right past me and straightened the covers[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]G/D[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nbut I would still love you if you wanted a lover.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd you said: all the money in the...[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]D/F#[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G#dim[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]B7[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nworld won't buy   a    bed so big and wide[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nto guarantee that you won't...[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D/F#[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]G#dim[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]B7[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Cadd9[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Cadd9[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nac- ci-  den- tally touch me in the night.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]D/F#[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]G#dim[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]B7/D#[/ch]   [ch]B7/D#[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]      [ch]G/F#[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nExhibit D: Now we're both mostly paralyzed. Don't know how long[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Em/B[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Cadd9[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Cadd9[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nwe've been lying here in fear, too afraid to even   feel.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]          [ch]G/F#[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI find my glasses and you turn the light out, roll off on your side[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Em/B[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Cadd9[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Cadd9[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nlike you've rolled away for years, holding back those king-size    tears.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus 3]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]G/D[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I still don't ask you: \"What is the matter?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]G/D[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"Is this a matter of worse or of better?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]G/D[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou take the heart failure, I'll take the cancer.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]G/D[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI've long stopped wondering why you don't answer.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G/D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G/D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G/D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G/D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]      [ch]G/F#[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nExhibit E: You can certainly see how fulfilling a life[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Em/B[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Cadd9[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Cadd9[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nfrom the cost and size of stone of our final resting home.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]G/F#[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWe got some nice ones right under a cherry tree.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Em/B[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Cadd9[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Cadd9[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou and me lying the only way we know: side by side and still and cold.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus 4]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]G/D[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I finally ask you: \"What was the matter?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]G/D[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"Was it a matter of worse or of better?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]G/D[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou stretch your arms out and finally face me. You say:[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]G/D[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"I would have told you if you'd only asked me, if you'd only asked me, if you'd only asked me.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G/D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G/D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G/D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G/D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]","plain_text":"[Intro]\n\nEm G/D C C\nEm G/D C C\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\n\nEm G/D C C\nEm G/D C C\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 1]\n\n\n\n\n\nN.C.\n...let me.\n\n\n[Instrumental]\n\nEm G/D C C\nEm G/D C C\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\n\nEm   D/F#   G   G#dim   Am   B7/D#   B7/D#\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\n\nEm G/D C C\nEm G/D C C\nEm G/D C C\nEm G/D C C\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\n\nEm G/D C C\nEm G/D C C\nEm G/D C C\nEm G/D C C","chords":["Em","G/D","C","G","G/F#","A","Em/B","Cadd9","B","D/F#","G#dim","Am","B7","B7/D#","D","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Cadd9":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,0,3,0],"frets":[-1,3,2,0,3,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}