In these arms (J. Bon Jovi, R.Sambora & D. Bryan)
from the Bon Jovi album 'Keep the faith'
Intro: E | A (4x)
Verse 1
E A
You want committment take a look into these eyes
E A
They burn with fire, just for you now until the end of time
c#m A
I would do anything; I'd beg, I'd steal, I'd die
B E A(only this time)
To have you in these arms tonight
Verse 2
Baby I want you like the roses; want the rain
You know I need you; like a poet needs the pain
I would give anything; my blood my love my life.
If you were in these arms tonight
Ref
E B c#m A
I'd hold you, I'd need you, I'd get down on my knees for you
E c#m B A
And make everything alright if you were in these arms
E B c#m A
I'd love you, I'd please you, I'd tell you that I'd never leave you
E c#m B A E A
And love you till the end of time if you were in these arms tonight
Verse 3
E A
We stared at the sun and we made a promise
E A
A promise this world would never blind us
c#m A
These are my words our words were our songs
c#m A
Our songs are our prayers these prayers keep me strong it's what I believe
B E
If you were in these arms tonight
Ref
Verse 4
B A
Your clothes are still scattered all over our room this old place still smells like your cheap perfume
B A
Everything here reminds me of you and there's nothing that I wouldn't do to be in your arms
Solo E | B | c#m | A | E | B | f#m | B
c#m A
And these were our words They keep me strong
Ref
Transcribed by Matthias Kiess, September 1995, e-mail: kiess@ipa.fhg.de
Any corrections, additions, tabs, tricks, licks etc. are welcome.
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From: s902151@minyos.xx.rmit.OZ.AU (Mr.Scary)
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Subject: TAB: Bon Jovi - bed of roses
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Bon Jovi - Bed Of Roses
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transcribed by Gary Chapman
Key:
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^ = hammer/pull
/ = slide
(b)n = bend to fret n
~ = vibrato
\/ = push whammy to lower note a semitone, then release (done quickly)
( ) = implied notes - optional
Note: This was transcribed from the MTV "plugged" version so it may be
different from the recorded version. I've done the intro and the
solo, but none of the fills during the verses. Some of the lyrics
may be a bit wrong too. Anyway...
Chords used:
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Dm C Bb Am F
E --1----3----1---0----1---
B --3----5----3---1----1---
G --2----5----3---2----2---
D --0----5----3---2----3---
A -------3----1---0----3---
E ---------------------1---
Keyboard arranged for guitar:
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E --------------------------------------------------------------------------
B --8--------8--------8--------8--------8--------8--------8--------8--------
G ----10-------10-------10-------10-------10-------10-------10-------10-----
D -------12-------12-------12-------12-------10-------10-------10-------10--
A --------------------------------------------------------------------------
E --------------------------------------------------------------------------
Rhythm fig #1: Rhythm fig #2: Rhythm fig #3:
E --------------- ----------------- --------------------------------------
B --------------- ----------------- --------------------------------------
G --------------- ----------------- --------------------------------------
D -----------(5)- ----------------- --------------------------------------
A -----------(3)- ---------3------- --------------------------------------
E --1~--1-3-1-0-- --1~-1-5---1~---- --1~--3(b)5-3(b)5-3(b)5-3-1~----------
---
Intro: (with keyboard part played over top)
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rake rake
E ---10-12-(b)13-12-10------------------10-12-(b)13-12-10-------------------
B --10-------------------10^13^10------10-----------------13(b)15--10^13----
G -10---------------------------------10------------------------------------
D --------------------------------------------------------------------------
A --------------------------------------------------------------------------
E --------------------------------------------------------------------------
rake
E ---10-12-(b)13-12-10-----------------------10-12-(b)13-12-10--------------
B --10------------------13(b)15--13^15------10-----------------13(b)15--10^13
G -10---------------------------------14---10-------------------------------
D --------------------------------------------------------------------------
A --------------------------------------------------------------------------
E --------------------------------------------------------------------------
Verse 1: (Keyboard part played over the top)
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Bb F
Sitting here wasted and wounded with this old piano.
Bb F
Trying hard to capture the moment, this morning I don't know.
Am Bb F
'cause a bottle of vodka still lies in my head and some blonde
Bb
gave me nightmares, I think that she's still in my bed.
Bb C F
As I think about movies they won't make of me when I'm dead.
Bb F
With an iron-clad fist I wake up to french-kiss the morning.
Bb F
While a marching band keeps it's own beat in my head while we're talking
Am Bb F
about all of the things I longed to believe, about love, the truth,
Bb
what you mean to me and the truth is...
Bb C (rhythm fig #1)
Baby you're all that I need.
Chorus:
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Dm C Bb F (rhythm fig #3)
I wanna lay you down in a bed of roses.
Dm C Bb F (rhythm fig #2)
Tonight I sleep on a bed of nails.
Bb F Bb F
I wanna be just as close as the Holy Ghost is.
Dm C Bb F
Lay you down, on a bed of roses.
Verse #2:
I'm so far away, each step that I take's on my way home.
A king's ransom in dimes I'd give each night to see through this payphone.
But I'd run out of time or it's hard to get through till the bird on the wire
flies me back to you. I'll just close my eyes.
And whisper "baby it probably is true".
Bridge:
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Bb C
The hotel bars hangover whiskey's gone dry.
F
The bartender's wig's crooked, she's giving me the eye.
Bb Bb C F (rhythm fig. #1)
I might've said yes, but I laughed so hard I think I died.
Solo:
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E ---------------------------------------------10---------------------------
B ------------------------------------------------13^10-13(b)15~-13(b)15--13
G --------------------------------------------------------------------------
D ---------3-5-5(b)7-5(b)7~-3^5---------------------------------------------
A --5-3-5~----------------------3~--3^5-------------------------------------
E --------------------------------------/5~---------------------------------
|<- I made this up because it's |
| bloody hard to transcribe |
| from videotape ! ->|
E --13(b)15--13~--13-10----10-----------------------------------13-15-(b)17~
B ----------------------13----13-10---10-13-13(b)15~------15-17-------------
G ----------------------------------9------------------/14------------------
D --------------------------------------------------------------------------
A --------------- triplet triplet triplet --------------------------------
E --------------------------------------------------------------------------
rake
E --15-13-17(b)18--17--13^15--------------------10-12-(b)13-12-(b)12\/~-----
B ---------------------------13~--13^15--------10---------------------------
G --------------------------------------14~---10----------------------------
D --------------------------------------------------------------------------
A --------------------------------------------------------------------------
Verse 3:
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Now as you close your eyes you know I'll be thinking about you.
My mistress she calls me to stand in her spotlight again.
I won't be alone, you know that don't mean I'm not lonely.
I've got nothing to prove, for its you I'd die to defend.
---
Mr.Scary (Gary Chapman)
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DRY COUNTY - BON JOVI
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Transcribed by Steve Shulman - Johannesburg, South Africa.
Please Note: This transcription was done by ear only -
some of these chords may be way off.
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Intro: Dm C Am Bb
Dm C Am Gm/Bb
Dm C
Across the border they turn
Am G
Water into wine
Dm C
Some say it's the devil's blood
G Dm
They're squeezing from the vine
Dm C
Some say it's a saviour
Am Bb
In these hard and desperate times
Dm C
For me it helps me to forget
G Dm C Am Bb
That we're just born... to die
Dm C
I came here like so many did
Am Bb
To find the better life
Dm C
To find my piece of easy street
G Dm
To finally be alive
Dm C
I knew nothing good comes easy
Am G
All good things take some time
Dm C
I made my bed I'll lie in it
G Dm
To die in it's the crime
F
You can't help but prosper
Gm/Bb
Where the streets are paved with gold
C
they say the oil wells ran depper here
Bb/D
Than anybody's known
F
Now I packed up on my wife and kid
Gm/Bb
And left them back at home
C
Now there's nothing in this paydirt
Bb
The ghosts are all I know
Dm
Now the oil's gone
Dm/C
And the money's gone
Dm/G
All the jobs are gone
Bb C
still we're hangin' on down in
F
Dry county
C
They're swimming in the sand
Bb
Praying for some holy water
Gm Bb
to wash the sins from off our hands in
F
Dry county
C
The promise has run dry
Bb
Where nobody cries
Bb Dm C Am Bb
And no one's getting out of here alive
Dm C
In the blessed name of Jesus
Am Bb
I heard a preacher say
Dm C
That we are all God's children
G Dm
And that he'd be back, back someday
Dm C
And I hoped that he knew something
Am Bb
As he drank his cup of wine
Dm C
Didn't have too good a feeling
G Dm
As I head out to the night
F
I cursed the sky to open
Gm/Bb
I begged the clouds for rain
C
I prayed to God for water
Bb/D
For this burning in my viens
F
It was like my soul's on fire
Gm/Bb
And I had to watch the flames
C
All my dreams went up in ashes
Bb
And my future blew away
Dm
Now the oil's gone
Dm/C
And the money's gone
Dm/G
All the jobs are gone
Bb C
Still we carry on down in
F
Dry county
C
They're swimming in the sand
Bb
Praying for some holy water
Gm Bb
to wash the sins from off our hands in
F
Dry county
C
The promise has run dry
Bb
Where nobody cries
Bb F
And no one's getting out of here alive
(Guitar Solo)
Dm C
Men spend thier whole lives waiting
Am Bb
Praying for some big reward
Dm
It seems sometimes
C G
The payoff leaves you feeling
Dm
Like a dirty whore
Dm C
If I could choose the way I'll die
Am Bb
Make it by the gun or knife
Dm C
'Cause the other way there's too much pain
G
Night after night after night
F
Down in Dry county
C
They're swimming in the sand
Bb
Praying for some holy water
Gm Bb
to wash the sins from off our hands in
F
Dry county
C
The promise has run dry
Bb
Where nobody cries
Bb Dm C Am Bb
And no one's getting out of here alive
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Any feedback / corrections are welcomed.
Steve Shulman
Johannesburg, South Africa
shulman@odie.ee.wits.ac.za
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 1995 22:58:01 GMT
From: Roger Spencer
Subject: TABS: By
I'll Sleep when I'm dead
By Bon Jovi
Trans By Matt Spencer
Intro
A# C F C A# C B# C
Verse
A# C A#
Seven days of saturday is all that I need
C C F C F A#
Got no use for sundays cause I don't rest in peace
A# C A#
I don't need no money for the rest of the week,
C G
I spent a lot of time in bed but baby I don't like to sleep no.
I won't lie to you I'm never gonna cry to you
A#
I'll probably drive you wild eight days a week
Chorus
C F C F
Until I'm six feet under baby, I don't need a bed, gonna live while I'm alive,
A# C
I'll sleep when I'm dead.
C F C F
Till they roll me over and lay my bones to rest, gonna live while I'm alive,
A# C
I'll sleep when I'm dead.
A# C F C A# C A# C
Verse 2
A# C C
So you're looking for some action, I got everything you need,
A# C A# C A# C A#
better keep for motor running, I was built for speed.
C A# C F C A#
This ain't no slumber party, got no time for catching z's,
C A# C A# C G
If they say that it ain't healthy well then living's a disease.
We're never gonna die baby, well come on let me drive you crazy
We'll make every night another New Years Eve.
Chorus
Verse 3
Seven days of saturday is all that I need got no time for sundays cause I
don't rest in peace.
I was born to live, you know I wasn't born to die, but if they party in heaven
I'll be sure to be on time.
Chorus
Chorus 2
Feel like I'm exploding, going out of my head, gonna live while I'm alive
I'll sleep when I'm dead
Till I'm six feet under and they lay my bones to rest, gonna live while I'm
alive
Gonna sleep when I'm dead.
I'll sleep when I'm dead
I'll sleep when I'm dead
I'll sleep when I'm dead
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