Bed Of Coals chords by Warren Zevon

• Key: D
• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Intro:

Bm G D A Bm
G D A

Verse 1:
          D     G D       C      Bm    Em Bm
I've been lying      on a bed of coals
          D     G D     C     Bm    Em Bm
I've been crying    out of control
  Em         A
I roll and I tumble
      D           G
Every time I come down
        D
I'm too old to die young
        D     C#m Bm  A   Aaug
And too young to  die now

Verse 2:
          D        G D        C     Bm    Em Bm
I've been sleeping      on a bed of nails
          D         G D     C     Bm    Em Bm
I've been bleeding
it never fails
  Em         A
I feel every needle
     D                  G
That pierced through my heart
        D
I'm too old to die young
      D     C#m  Bm  A
And I can't play the part

Chorus:
       G
Bed of coals
       D
Bed of nails
            A
Through the smoke
           Bm
Behind the veils
       G
Bed of coals
        D
Bed of nails
            A
Through the smoke
           Bm
Behind the veils

Post-Chorus:
G D A Bm
G D A

Pre-Verse:
D G D C Bm Em Bm
D G D C Bm Em Bm

Verse 3:


          D     G D       C     Bm     Em Bm
I've been lying      in a bed of stone
          D     G D  C    Bm    Em Bm
I've been dying      all alone
  Em           A
I pray for the power
   D        G
To turn it around
        D
I'm too old to die young
        D     C#m Bm  A
And too young to  die now

Chorus:
       G
Bed of coals
       D
Bed of nails
            A
Through the smoke
           Bm
Behind the veils
       G
Bed of coals
        D
Bed of nails
            A
Through the smoke
           Bm
Behind the veils

Outro Chorus:
       G
Bed of coals
       D
Bed of nails
            A
Through the smoke
           Bm
Behind the veils
       G
Bed of coals
        D
Bed of nails
            A
Through the smoke
           Bm
Behind the veils
       G
Bed of coals
       D
Bed of nails
            A
Through the smoke
           Bm
Behind the veils
       G
Bed of coals
        D
Bed of nails
            A
Through the smoke
           Bm
Behind the veils

Outro:
G D A Bm
G D A Bm
G D A Bm