Bed Of Coals Chords by Warren Zevon

[D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[D] I've been lying [G] [D] in [C] a [Bm] bed of coals.
[Em] _ [Bm] _
[D] I've been crying [G] _ [D] out [C] of [Bm] control. _ _ _ _
[Em] I've been rolling [A] and I've been tumbling.
[D] Every time I [G] come down, [D] I'm totally bound.
Too [A] young [D] to [A] die now. _
_ _ [D] I've been sleeping on [Eb] a [Bm] bed of nails.
[Em] _
[Bm] _ _ [D] I've been bleeding, _ [G] _
[D] _ never [Bm] fails. _
_ _ [Em] I feel [A] every needle [D] that [G] pierced [D] through my [G] heart.
I'm [D] too old to die young, and I [A] can't play [Bm] the [A] part.
_ _ Bed [G] of coal, bed [D] of nails.
Through [A] the smoke, behind [Bm] the veil.
Bed [G] of coal, bed [D] of nails.
Through [A] the smoke, behind [Bm] the veil.
Bed of coal, bed of nails. _
[G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _
[A] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[A] _ _ I've _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ [D] _ _ [C] _
[Bm] been _ _ _ lying [G] on [D] _ [C] a bed [Bm] of stone.
_ I've _ [D]
been dying _ _ _ [C]
[Bm] all along. _ _ _
[E] I prayed [G] for [A] the power [D] to turn it [G] around.
[D] I'm too old to die young, and too [A] young [Bm] to [A] die now. _
_ _ [G] Bed of coal, [D] bed of nails.
[A] Through the smoke, [Bm] behind the veil.
[G] Bed of coal, [D] bed of nails.
[A] Through the smoke, [Bm] behind the veil.
[G] Bed of coal, _ [D] bed of nails.
Through [A] the smoke, _ [Bm] behind the veil.
[G] Bed of coal, [D] bed of nails.
[A] Through the smoke, [Bm] behind the veil.
[G] Bed of coal, [D] bed of nails.
[A] Through the smoke, [Bm] behind the veil.
[G] Bed of coal, [D] bed of nails, [A] through the smoke, [Bm] behind the veil. _
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[A] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
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