Big Four Poster Bed

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Big four poster bed - Brenda Lee
Composer: Silverstein
Label: MCA
in 1974 reached #4 on the U.S. country chart and #2 on the Canadian country chart
Original Key: G
Intro:
G C G
G C G
G C
It was just some boards of rough cut pine
C G
And a quilt of patchwork cotton
G
A place to lay your body down
G D7 G D7
Was that big four poster bed
#1:
G G7
Daddy built it out of pine
G7 C G
Two days before the wedding
G
They say the neighbors cheered and hollered
A7 D7
'Til his face got red
D7 G G7
And Mama brought the feather pillows
C G
And some handmade bedding
G
And they spent their wedding night
G D7 G D7
In that big four poster bed
#2:
D7 G
That night they swore that like that bed
G7 C G
Their love would last forever
G
And they'd ask no more of life
G A7 D7
Than the simple things they had
D7 G
So they planned their future
G7 C G
As they lay there close together
G
And later I was born there
G D7 G
In that big four poster bed
Chorus
G7 C
It was just some boards of rough cut pine
C G
And a quilt of patchwork cotton
G C G
A place to lay your body down
G A7 D7
A place to rest your head
D7 C
A field of fluffy mountains
C G
For a little girl to hide in
G
Clouds and chasing rainbows
G D7 G D7
Was that big four poster bed
#3:
D7 G G7
I remember, as a child, waking
C G
up on winter mornings
G
With the sound of laughing voices
G A7 D7
And the smell of baking bread
D7 G G7
And running 'cross that cold wood floor
C G
Jumping in there with them
G
And Lord I felt so safe and warm
G D7 G D7
In that big four poster bed
#4:
D7 G G7
The day that daddy died
G7 C G
He whispered something soft to mama
G
To this day she's never told
A7 D7
a soul the words he said
D7 G G7
She just smiled through her tears
G7 C G
And held his hand and nodded
G
And my daddy looked so much at rest
G D7 G
In that big four poster bed
Chorus:
G7 C
It was just some boards of rough cut pine
C G
And a quilt of patchwork cotton
G C G
A place to lay your body down
G A7 D7
A place to rest your head
C
A field of fluffy mountains
C G
For a little girl to hide in
G
Clouds and chasing rainbows
G D7 G D7
Was that big four poster bed
#5:
G G7
Now time has dried up all the tears
C G
Here I stand a woman
G
Your arms reach out to touch my soul
A7 D7
Your sweet words turn my head
G G7
Darling won't you tell me first
C G
This will be forever
G
Before you lead me up the stairs
D7 G
To that big four poster bed
Outro :
G
'Cause only love has ever touched
D7 G
That big four poster bed
Final Chorus - fade:
G7 C
Yes it was just some boards of rough cut pine
C G
And a quilt of patchwork cotton
G C G
A place to lay your body down
G A7 D7
A place to rest your head
D7 C
A field of fluffy mountains
C G
For a little girl to hide in
G
Clouds and chasing rainbows
G D7 G D7
Was that big four poster bed

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Big four poster bed - Brenda Lee
Composer: Silverstein
Label: MCA
in 1974 reached #4 on the U.S. country chart and #2 on the Canadian country chart 
Original Key: G
Intro:
G C G
G C G
#1:
#2: 
Chorus 
#3: 
#4:
Chorus:
#5:
Outro : 
Final Chorus - fade:

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