Four Poster Bed
lyrics and chords

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Four Poster Bed
By Brenda Lee
 
C
It was just some boards of rough cut pine 
                          G
And a quilt of patch work cotton
                           
A place to lay your body down 
         D7              G
Was that big four poster bed
 
                      
Daddy built it out of pine 
    C               G
Two days before the wedding
                      
They say the neighbors cheered and hollered 
A7                D7
Till his face got red
 
    G
And Mama brought the feather pillows 
C                 G
And some handmade bedding
                         
And they spent their wedding night 
        D7              G
In that big four poster bed
 
 
That night they swore like that bed 
      C               G
Their love would last forever
 
And they'd ask no more of life 
    A7                      D7
Than the simple things they had
 
   G
So they planed there future 
   C                 G
As they laid close together
 
And later I was born there 
        D7              G
In that big four poster bed
 
       C
It was just some boards of rough cut pine 
                          G
And a quilt of patch work cotton
  C                 G
A place to lay your body down 
  A7                 D7
A place to rest your head
 
C
A field of fluffy mountains 
                     G
For a little girl to hide in
                          
Clouds and chasing rainbows 
         D7              G
Was that big four poster bed
 
 
I remember as a child waking up 
C           G
On a winter morning
 
With Sound of laughing voices 
    A7                  D7
And the smell of baking bread
 
    G
And running across that coal wood floor 
C                  G
Jumping there with them
 
And Lord I felt so safe and warm 
        D7              G
In that big four poster bed
 
 
The day that daddy died 
   C                           G
He whispered something soft to mama
 
To this day she's never told a soul 
A7           D7
The words he said
 
    G
She just smiled through her tears 
    C                 G
And held his hand and nodded
 
And my daddy looked so much at rest 
        D7              G
In that big four poster bed
 
  
Now time has dried up all the tears 
C              G
Here I stand a woman
 
Your arms reach out to touch my soul 
     A7                  D7
Your sweet words turn my head
        
        G
Darling won't you tell me first 
C            G
This will be forever
 
Before you lead me up the stairs 
        D7              G
To that big four poster bed
 
                      
Cause only love has ever touched 
     D7              G
That big four poster bed

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This fine old country ballad was recorded later in her fabulous career, it's fun to play and sing. Use these Four Poster Bed lyrics and chords to help you learn it.