D D/F# Bm B

Where did we come from, I may never prove what I E A

Why are we here? know to be true I found out what all of this
G D E A means
Where do we go when we But I know that I still have to .
die? try (Chorus:)
Bm B . G A
What lies beyond, And what (Chorus:) If I die tomorrow,
lay before? G A D D/C# Bm
E A If I die tomorrow, I'd be all right because I
Is anything certain in life? D D/C# Bm believe
. I'd be all right because I G
D believe That after we're gone,
They say, "Life is too short", G A D
D/F# That after we're gone, The spirit carries on
"The here and the now" A D
G D The spirit carries on
And "You're only given one .
shot" Em
Bm Move on, be brave,
But could there be more, D#
B Don't weep at my grave,
Have I lived before, D E
E A because I am no longer here
Or could this be all that G
we've got? But please never let
. Em Bm
(Chorus:) your memory of me
G A disappear
If I die tomorrow, .
D D/C# Bm (Guitar:)
I'd be all right because I Bm Bb D E E/G#
believe G A Bm Bb D E
G G A D D/C#
That after we're gone, Bm A G A
Em D .
The spirit carries on (Piano:)
. B C# D C# D E
(Instrumental:) D E F# E F# A
D A G Em .
D A G A D D
. Safe in the light that
(Verse II:) surrounds me
D D/F# G D A
I used to be frightened of Free of the fear and the pain
dying Bm
G D A The question in mind,
I used to think death was the A
end.. Has helped me to find
Bm E A
But that was before, The meaning in my life again
A .
I'm not scared anymore D D/C#
E A Victoria's real, I finally feel
I know that my soul will G D
transcend At peace with the girl in my
. dreams
D D/F# Bm
I may never find all the And now that I'm here,
answers A
G D it's perfectly clear
I may never understand why
BAD OF ROSES Dm C Bb Bb
Bb And lay you down
Sitting here wasted and Bb Bb* F [Solo]
wounded On a bed of roses
F Dm C Bb F (3x)
This old piano Dm C Bb Bb Bb Bb* F
Bb [Verse 3]
Trying hard to capture the Bb
moment Well I'm so far away [Verse 4]
F F Bb
This morning I don't know Step that I take is on my Now as you close your eyes
Am Bb way home F
'Cause a bottle of vodka is Bb Know I'll be thinking about
still lodged in my head King's ransom in dimes you
F F Bb
And some blond gave me Given each night to see While my mistress she calls
nightmares through this payphone me
Bb Am F
Think she's still in my bed Still I run out of time To stand in her spotlight
Bb C Bb again
F Or it's hard to get through Bb
As I dream about movies F Tonite, I won't be alone
they won't make of me Till the bird on the wire F
when I'm dead Flies me back to you But you know that don't
Bb mean I'm not lonely
I'll just close my eyes, Dm C Bb
[Verse 2] whisper I've got nothing to prove
Bb Bb C F F C C* for it's you
With an ironclad fist Baby, blind love is true Bb F C
F That I'd die to defend
I wake up, and French kiss
the morning [Refrain 2]
Bb Dm Dm [Refrain 3]
While some marching band I wanna lay Dm Dm
keepsits own beat C Bb F I wanna lay
F You down in a bed of roses C Bb F
In my head while we're Dm Dm You down in a bed of roses
talking For tonite Dm Dm
Am Bb C Bb F For tonite
About all of the things, that I sleep on a bed of nails C Bb F
I long to believe Bb I sleep on a bed of nails
F Oh, I want to be Bb
About love, the truth, what F Oh, I want to be
you mean to me Just as close as F
Bb Bb F Just as close as
And the truth is The Holy Ghost is Bb F
Bb C F F C C* Dm C Bb Bb The Holy Ghost is
Baby, you're all that I need And lay you down Dm C Bb Bb Bb
Bb Bb* F C And lay you down
On a bed of roses Dm Dm
[Refrain 1] I wanna lay
Dm Dm C Bb F
I wanna lay [Bridge] You down in a bed of roses
C Bb F Bb Dm Dm
You down in a bed of roses Well this hotel bar For tonite
Dm Dm hangover C Bb F
For tonite C F I sleep on a be...ed of nails!
C Bb F Whiskey's gone dry the Bb
I sleep on a bed of nails barkeeper's wig's crooked I want to be
Bb And she's giving me the eye F
Oh, I want to be Bb Just as close as
F I might have said yeah Bb F
Just as close as Bb C F FC The Holy Ghost is!
Bb F C* Dm C Bb ( Bb)
The Holy Ghost is But I laughed so hard I Lay you down
think I died, uh yeah!... (Bb) ( Bb*) F
The bed of roses