Amanda Palmer – The Bed Song chords
Chords:
G Exhibit A,Bm EmWe are friends in a sleeping bag, splitting the heatG C G CWe have one filthy pillow to share and your lips are in my hairG Bm Someone upstairs has a rat that we laughed atEmAnd people are drinkingG C G CAnd singing Van Halen and Slayer on a ukulele tearG Exhibit BBm Well, we found an apartmentEmIt's not much to look atG CA futon on a floorG CTorn-off desktop for a doorG BmAll the decor's made of milk crates and duct tapeEmAnd if we have sexG CThey can hear us through the floorG CBut we don't do that anymoreG EmAnd I lay there wondering, what is the matter?G EmIs this a matter of worse or of better?G EmYou took the blanket, so I took the bedsheetG EmBut I would have held you if you'd onlyCLet meG Exhibit CBmLook how quaintEmAnd how quiet and privateG COur paychecks have bought us a condo in townG CIt's the nicest flat aroundG BmYou picked a mattress and had it deliveredEmAnd I walked upstairsG CAnd the sight of it made my heart poundG CAnd I wrapped my arms around meG EmAnd I stood there wondering, what is the matter?G EmIs this a matter of worse or of better?G EmYou walked right past me and straightened the coversG Em CBut I would still love you if you wanted a loverC Em D/F# G Cdim/G# Am Bm C But you said, 'All the money in the world won't buy a bed so big and wide,Em D/F# G Cdim/G# Am Bm C to guarantee that you won't acci - dentally touch me in the night.'G Exhibit DBmNow we're both mostly paralyzedEm G CDon't know how long we've been lying here in fearG CToo afraid to even feelG BmI find my glasses and you turn the light outEmRoll off on your sideG CLike you've rolled away for yearsG CHolding back those king-size tearsG EmAnd I still don't ask you, what is the matter?G EmIs this a matter of worse or of better?G You take the heart failureEmI'll take the cancerG Em CI've long stopped wondering why you don't answerG Exhibit EBm EmYou can certainly see how fulfilling a lifeG C G CFrom the cost and size of stone of our final resting homeG BmWe got some nice ones right under a cherry treeEm G CYou and me lying the only way we knowG CSide by side and still and coldG EmAnd I finally ask you, what was the matter?G EmWas it a matter of worse or of better?G EmYou stretch your arms out and finally face meG You say I would have told youEm CIf you'd only asked meEm CIf you'd only asked meEm CIf you'd only asked me