The Bed Song chords by Amanda Palmer

Chords with lyrics

*The intro (which is reused between verses) is a piano part, but if you play this
it's an OK substitute - play along with it to get a feel for the rhythm

Intro
E minorEm   D MajorD   C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7 C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7
|v v  | v v | v v  | v v
E minorEm   D MajorD   Cmaj7Cmaj7 C majorC Cadd9Cadd9
|v v  | v v |   | |

Gadd5  Gadd5/F#
Exhibit A augmentedA
    E minorEm
We are friends in a sleeping bag splitting the heat
               C majorC       G+G        C majorC Cadd9Cadd9 C majorC Cadd9Cadd9
We have one filthy pillow to share and your lips are in my hair
Gadd5   Gadd5/F#   E minorEm
Someone upstairs has a rat that we laughed at
  E minorEm
And people are drinking
  E minorEm          C majorC     G+G    C majorC Cadd9Cadd9 C majorC Cadd9Cadd9
And singing Van Halen and Slayer on a ukulele tear

*repeat intro

Gadd5  Gadd5/F#
Exhibit BB
     E minorEm
Well, we found an apartment

It?s not much to look at
       C majorC
A augmentedA futon on a floor
     G+G       C majorC Cadd9Cadd9 C majorC Cadd9Cadd9
Torn-off desktop for a door
Gadd5   Gadd5/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
But we don?t do that anymore

*Chorus
  E minorEm     D MajorD     C majorC
And I lay there wondering, what is the matter?
E minorEm    D MajorD     C majorC
Is this a matter of worse or of better?
E minorEm      D MajorD      C majorC
You took the blanket, so I took the bedsheet
  E minorEm      D MajorD      C majorC
But I would have held you if you'd only

Let me

*repeat intro*

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

And I stood there wondering, what is the matter?
Is this a matter of worse or of better?
You walked right past me and straightened the covers
But I would still love you if you wanted a lover

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 Cmaj7Cmaj7 C majorC Cadd9Cadd9  C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7 C majorC Cadd9Cadd9  C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7 C majorC Cadd9Cadd9  C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7 C majorC Cadd9Cadd9
In the night

*short instrumental
E minorEm D MajorD G+G  E MajorE  A minorAm Am6Am6 Am6 Am6Am6

Gadd5  Gadd5/F#
Exhibit D MajorD
     E minorEm
Now we're both mostly paralyzed
E minorEm                       C majorC
Don't know how long we've been lying here in fear
  G+G           C majorC
Too afraid to even feel
Gadd5   Gadd5/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

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

*repeat intro x2

Exhibit E MajorE
You can certainly see how fulfilling a life
From the cost and size of stone of our final resting home
We got some nice ones right under a cherry tree
You and me lying the only way we know
Side by side and still and cold

And I finally ask you, what was the matter?
Was it a matter of worse or of better?
You stretch your arms out and finally face me
You say I would have told you

C majorC Cadd9Cadd9  C majorC   Cadd9Cadd9
If you'd only asked me
  C majorC Cadd9Cadd9  C majorC   Cadd9Cadd9
If you'd only asked me
  C majorC Cadd9Cadd9  C majorC   Cadd9Cadd9
If you'd only asked me

*repeat intro x2

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