The Bed Song chords by Amanda Palmer

Chords with lyrics (Ver. 2)

Intro:
E minorEm G/DG/D C majorC C
E minorEm G/DG/D C majorC C

Verse 1:
G+G   G/F#
Exhibit A augmentedA
    E minorEm
We are friends in a sleeping bag splitting the heat
    E minorEm          C majorC
We have one filthy pillow to share
     G+G       C majorC   Cadd9Cadd9 C majorC Cadd9Cadd9 C majorC
And your lips are in my hair
G+G     G/F#
Someone upstairs
   E minorEm
Has a rat that we laughed at
   E minorEm
And people are drinking
              C majorC
And singing Van Halen and Slayer
   G+G    C majorC   Cadd9Cadd9 C majorC Cadd9Cadd9 C majorC
On a ukulele tear

Instrumental:
E minorEm G/DG/D C majorC C
E minorEm G/DG/D C majorC C

Verse 2:
G+G   G/F#
Exhibit BB
     E minorEm
Well, we found an apartment
   E minorEm
It’s not much to look at
        C majorC
A augmentedA futon on a floor
     G+G       C majorC   Cadd9Cadd9 C majorC Cadd9Cadd9 C majorC
Torn-off desktop for a door
G+G    G/F#      E minorEm
All the decor's made of milk crates and duct tape
  E minorEm
And if we have sex
               C majorC
They can hear us through the floor
       G+G     C majorC   Cadd9Cadd9 C majorC Cadd9Cadd9 C majorC
But we don’t do that anymore

Chorus:
  E minorEm     G/DG/D     C majorC
And I lay there wondering, what is the matter?
E minorEm    G/DG/D    C majorC
Is this a matter of worse or of better?
E minorEm      G/DG/D    C majorC
You took the blanket, so I took the bedsheet
  E minorEm      G/DG/D     C majorC
But I would have held you if you'd only...
N.C.
...let me

Instrumental:
E minorEm G/DG/D C majorC C
E minorEm G/DG/D C majorC C

Verse 3:
G+G   G/F#
Exhibit C majorC
     E minorEm
Look how quaint
     E minorEm
And how quiet and private
                     C majorC
Our paychecks have bought us a condo in town
     G+G      C majorC   Cadd9Cadd9 C majorC Cadd9Cadd9 C majorC
It's the nicest flat around
G+G      G/F#     E minorEm
You picked a mattress and had it delivered
  E minorEm
And I walked upstairs
                  C majorC
And the sight of it made my heart pound
  G+G          C majorC     Cadd9Cadd9 C majorC Cadd9Cadd9 C majorC
And I wrapped my arms around me

Chorus 1:
  E minorEm      G/DG/D     C majorC
And I stood there wondering, what is the matter?
E minorEm    G/DG/D    C majorC
Is this a matter of worse or of better?
E minorEm        G/DG/D      C majorC
You walked right past me and straightened the covers
  E minorEm       G/DG/D       C majorC
But I would still love you if you wanted a lover

Bridge:
    C majorC
And you said
    C majorC      E minorEm
All the money in the world
D MajorD   G+G  E MajorE A minorAm BB     C majorC
Won't buy a bed so big and wide
  C majorC            E minorEm D MajorD G+G  E MajorE  A minorAm  BB
To guarantee that you won't accidentally touch me
B7B7   C majorC
In the night

Instrumental:
E minorEm D MajorD G+G E MajorE  A minorAm  F#mb5

Verse 4:
G+G   G/F#
Exhibit D MajorD
     E minorEm
Now we're both mostly paralyzed
                       C majorC
Don't know how long we've been lying here in fear
  G+G        C majorC   Cadd9Cadd9 C majorC Cadd9Cadd9 C majorC
Too afraid to even feel
G+G     G/F#    E minorEm
I find my glasses and you turn the light out
   E minorEm
Roll off on your side
               C majorC
Like you've rolled away for years
     G+G          C majorC
Holding back those king-size tears

Chorus 2:
  E minorEm      G/DG/D    C majorC
And I still don't ask you, what is the matter?
E minorEm     G/DG/D    C majorC
Is this a matter of worse or of better?
E minorEm      G/DG/D
You take the heart failure
C majorC
I'll take the cancer
E minorEm        G/DG/D    C majorC
I've long stopped wondering why you don't answer

Instrumental:
E minorEm G/DG/D C majorC C
E minorEm G/DG/D C majorC C
E minorEm G/DG/D C majorC C
E minorEm G/DG/D C majorC C

Verse 5:
G+G   G/F#
Exhibit E MajorE
    E minorEm
You can certainly see how fulfilling a life
              C majorC
From the cost and size of stone
    G+G       C majorC   Cadd9Cadd9 C majorC Cadd9Cadd9 C majorC
Of our final resting home
G+G      G/F#      E minorEm
We got some nice ones right under a cherry tree
                 C majorC
You and me lying the only way we know
     G+G         C majorC   Cadd9Cadd9 C majorC Cadd9Cadd9 C majorC
Side by side and still and cold

Chorus 3:
  E minorEm    G/DG/D    C majorC
And I finally ask you, what was the matter?
E minorEm    G/DG/D    C majorC
Was it a matter of worse or of better?
E minorEm        G/DG/D      C majorC
You stretch your arms out and finally face me
    E minorEm      G/DG/D
You say I would have told you
  C majorC         Cadd9Cadd9 C majorC
If you'd only asked me
   Cadd9Cadd9  C majorC    Cadd9Cadd9 C majorC
If you'd only asked me
     C majorC   Cadd9Cadd9   C majorC
If you'd only asked me

Outro:
E minorEm G/DG/D C majorC C
E minorEm G/DG/D C majorC C
E minorEm G/DG/D C majorC C

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