Brenda Lee – Big Four Poster Bed (Guitar)

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Composer: Silverstein Label: MCA in 1974 reached #4 on the U.S. country chart and #2 on the Canadian country chart Original Key: G Intro: G C G G C G
G      C
It was just some boards of rough cut pine 

C                        G
And a quilt of patchwork cotton

G                           
A place to lay your body down 

G        D7              G  D7
Was that big four poster bed
#1:
G                  G7        
Daddy built it out of pine 

G7  C               G
Two days before the wedding

G                      
They say the neighbors cheered and hollered 

A7                D7
'Til his face got red

D7  G                    G7
And Mama brought the feather pillows 

C                 G
And some handmade bedding

G                         
And they spent their wedding night 

G       D7              G  D7
In that big four poster bed
#2:
D7   G 
That night they swore that like that bed 

G7    C                  G
Their love would last forever

G 
And they'd ask no more of life 

G        A7                 D7
Than the simple things they had

D7       G
So  they planned their future 

G7       C                 G
As  they lay there close together

G 
And later I was born there 

G       D7              G
In that big four poster bed
Chorus
G7     C
It was just some boards of rough cut pine 

C                        G
And a quilt of patchwork cotton

G C                 G
A place to lay your body down 

G A7                 D7
A place to rest your head

D7 C
A  field of fluffy mountains 

C                    G
For a little girl to hide in

G                          
Clouds and chasing rainbows 

G        D7              G   D7
Was that big four poster bed
#3:
D7   G           G7
I remember, as a child, waking

C             G
up on  winter mornings

G 
With the sound of laughing voices 

G       A7              D7
And the smell of baking bread

D7   G                            G7
And running 'cross that cold wood floor 

C                G
Jumping in there with them

G 
And Lord I felt so safe and warm 

G       D7              G   D7
In that big four poster bed
#4:
D7   G             G7
The day that daddy died 

G7           C                 G
He whispered something soft to mama

G 
To this day she's never told 

   A7               D7
a soul the words he said

D7        G                 G7
She just smiled through her tears 

G7  C                  G
And held his hand and nodded

G 
And my daddy looked so much at rest 

G       D7              G
In that big four poster bed
Chorus:
G7     C
It was just some boards of rough cut pine 

C                        G
And a quilt of patchwork cotton

G C                 G
A place to lay your body down 

G A7                 D7
A place to rest your head

C
A  field of fluffy mountains 

C                    G
For a little girl to hide in

G                          
Clouds and chasing rainbows 

G        D7              G   D7
Was that big four poster bed
#5:
G                             G7 
Now time has dried up all the tears 

C               G
 Here I stand a woman

G 
Your arms reach out to touch my soul 

A7                  D7
  Your sweet words turn my head

G                          G7
 Darling won't you tell me first 

C                G
 This will be forever

G
Before you lead me up the stairs 

        D7              G
To that big four poster bed
Outro :
       G               
'Cause only love has ever touched 

     D7              G
That big four poster bed
Final Chorus - fade:
G7         C
Yes it was just some boards of rough cut pine 

C                        G
And a quilt of patchwork cotton

G C                 G
A place to lay your body down 

G A7                 D7
A place to rest your head

D7 C
A  field of fluffy mountains 

C                    G
For a little girl to hide in

G                          
Clouds and chasing rainbows 

G        D7              G   D7
Was that big four poster bed