Smoking In Bed Chords

KeyE CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays476

Smoking In Bed by Billy Bob Thornton is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords C#m, B, A, E and B7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			INTRO: C#m  B  A  E 
 
E 
Lightnin' bugs buzzin' 'round the piss elm tree 
A 
I'm a hundred miles from reality 
  B 
I take a big drag and suck it all in 
E 
Blow it out the window let it ride on the wind 
 
E 
I see indigo wheels of purple and blue 
A 
People on TV look like me and you 
        B 
There's spiders on the ceilin' and buzzards on the wall 
           E 
If I could find the telephone I'd give you a call 
 
 
CHORUS: 
E 
Smokin' in bed 
A 
Smokin' in bed 
     B 
It's bad for my body and good for my head 
          (E) 
I like to lay around the house and smoke in bed 
 
 
A E A B  A E A B  A E A B  A B7    
 
 
SOLO: E  A  B  A  B7 
 
     E 
Have any ya'll ever seen a matress burn 
       A 
While listenin' to the Byrds singin' Turn Turn Turn 
B 
I've seen it happen I'm livin' proof 
       E 
If you don't believe me look at the hole in my roof 
 
E 
Now I can lay here and look out at the sky 
   A 
At fuzzy black dragons as they fly by 
B 
I think it's time to roll me a big ol' fatty 
E 
Find me a phone and call miss Paisley Patty 
 
 
CHORUS (2x) 
 
E-E-E-E N/C   
        Yep  
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante