Bon Jovi – Dry County
160 bpm 4/4 Strumming
[Keep the Faith 1992]
Intro
Dm.. c C Am.. a# A#
Dm.. c C Am.. a# A#
Verse 1
Dm C
Across the border…
Am A#
they turn water into wine…
Dm C
Some say it's the devil's blood…
G Dm
they're squeezing from the vine…
Dm C
Some say it's a savior…
Am A#
in these hard and desperate times…
Dm C
See it helps me to forget…
G G
that we're just born-nnn---
Interlude 1
G G
---nnn-nnn to die…
Dm.. c C Am.. a# A#
Dm.. c C Am.. a# A#
Verse 2
Dm C
I came here like so many did…
Am A#
to find the better life…
Dm C
to find my piece of easy street…
G Dm
to finally be alive…
Dm C
I knew nothing good comes easy…
Am A#
All good things take some time…
Dm C
I made my bed… I'll lie in it…
G G
to die in it's the crime…
Pre Chorus 1
F F
You can't help but prosper…
A# A#
where the streets are paved with gold…
C C
They say the oil wells ran deeper here…
Dm Dm
than anybody's known…
F F
Now I packed up on my wife and kid…
A# A#
and left them back at home…
C C
Now there's nothing in this pay dirt…
A# A#
the ghosts are all I know…
Bridge
Dm Dm
Now the… oil's gone-eee and the…
C C
money's gone-eee…
G G
All the… jobs are gone-eee… still we're…
A# C
hanging on-nnn down in…
Chorus
F F C C
Dry County… They're swimming in the sand…
A# A#
praying for some holy water…
G A#
to wash the sins from off our hands in…
F F C C
Dry County… The promise has run dry…
A# A#
where nobody cries…
A# A#
and no one's getting out of here…
Interlude 2
Dm.. c C Am.. a# A# Dm.. c C Am.. a# A#
alive…
Verse 3
Dm C
In the blessed name of Jesus…
Am A#
I heard a preacher say…
Dm C
that we are all God's children…
G Dm
that he'd be back… back someday…
Dm C
Hoped that he knew something…
Am A#
as he drank his cup of wine…
Dm C
Didn't have too good a feeling…
G G
as I head out to the night…
Pre Chorus 2
F F
I cursed the sky to open…
A# A#
I begged the clouds for rain…
C C
I prayed to God for water…
Dm Dm
for this burning in my veins…
F F
It was like my soul's on fire…
A# A#
and I had to watch the flames…
C C
All my dreams went up in ashes…
A# A#
and my future blew away down in…
Chorus
F F C C
Dry County… They're swimming in the sand…
A# A#
praying for some holy water…
G A#
to wash the sins from off our hands in…
F F C C
Dry County… The promise has run dry…
A# A#
where nobody cries…
A# A#
and no one's getting out of here…
Solo
F F C C A# A# G A#
alive…
F F C C A# A# * A# (A#)
Am.. a# A# Am.. a# A# Am.. a# A#
Dm Dm G G Dm Dm G G
Dm Dm G G Dm Dm G G
Dm Dm C C Am Am A# A#
Dm Dm C C Am Am A# A#
Dm Dm C C A# A# * a# ** Gm. * a#
(...)(...)(...)(...)
Refrain
Dm C
Men spend their whole lives waiting…
Am A#
praying for some big reward…
Dm C
It seems sometimes the payoff…
G Dm
leaves you feeling like a dirty whore…
Dm C
If I could choose the way I'll die…
Am A#
make it by the gun or knife…
Dm C
‘cause the other way there's too much pain…
* G (G)
night after night after…
(G) (G) (G)(G.)
night after night-ttt…
Chorus
F F C C
Dry County… They're swimming in the sand…
A# A#
praying for some holy water…
G A#
to wash the sins from off our hands in…
F F C C
Dry County… The promise has run dry…
A# A#
where nobody cries…
A# A#
and no one's getting out of here…
Outro
F F C C
Dry County…
A# A# ** G * A# (A#)
No-ooo…
Dm C Am A# Dm C Am * A#