Dry County Uke tab by Bon Jovi (Baritone Chords)

8 Chords used in the song: Dm, C, Am, Bb, Gm/Bb, G, F, Gm

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Year:  1992
Difficulty: 
3.75
(Intermediate)
Key: F, DmChords
[Intro]
Dm Dm C C Am Am Bb Bb
Dm Dm C C Am Am Gm/Bb Gm/Bb


Dm Dm C C
Across the border they turn
Am Am G G
Water into wine
Dm Dm C C
Some say it's the devil's blood
G G Dm Dm
They're squeezing from the vine



Dm Dm C C
Some say it's a saviour
Am Am Bb Bb
In these hard and desperate times
Dm Dm C C
For me it helps me to forget
G G Dm Dm C C Am Am Bb Bb
That we're just born... to die

Dm Dm C C
I came here like so many did
Am Am Bb Bb
To find the better life
Dm Dm C C
To find my piece of easy street
G G Dm Dm
To finally be alive
Dm Dm C C
I knew nothing good comes easy
Am Am G G
All good things take some time
Dm Dm C C
I made my bed I'll lie in it
G G Dm Dm
To die in it's the crime

F F
You can't help but prosper
Gm Gm
Where the streets are paved with gold
C C
they say the oil wells ran depper here
Bb Bb
Than anybody's known
F F
Now I packed up on my wife and kid
Gm Gm
And left them back at home
C C
Now there's nothing in this paydirt
Bb Bb
The ghosts are all I know

Dm Dm
Now the oil's gone
C C
And the money's gone
G G
All the jobs are gone
Bb Bb C C
still we're hangin' on down in

F F
Dry county
C C
They're swimming in the sand
Bb Bb
Praying for some holy water
Gm Gm Bb Bb
to wash the sins from off our hands in
F F
Dry county
C C
The promise has run dry
Bb Bb
Where nobody cries
Bb Bb Dm Dm C C Am Am Bb Bb
And no one's getting out of here alive

Dm Dm C C
In the blessed name of Jesus
Am Am Bb Bb
I heard a preacher say
Dm Dm C C
That we are all God's children
G G Dm Dm
And that he'd be back, back someday
Dm Dm C C
And I hoped that he knew something
Am Am Bb Bb
As he drank his cup of wine
Dm Dm C C
Didn't have too good a feeling


G G Dm Dm
As I head out to the night

F F
I cursed the sky to open
Gm Gm
I begged the clouds for rain
C C
I prayed to God for water
Bb Bb
For this burning in my viens
F F
It was like my soul's on fire
Gm Gm
And I had to watch the flames
C C
All my dreams went up in ashes
Bb Bb
And my future blew away

Dm Dm
Now the oil's gone
C C
And the money's gone
G G
All the jobs are gone
Bb Bb C C
Still we carry on down in

F F
Dry county
C C
They're swimming in the sand
Bb Bb
Praying for some holy water
Gm Gm Bb Bb
to wash the sins from off our hands in
F F
Dry county
C C
The promise has run dry
Bb Bb
Where nobody cries
Bb Bb F F
And no one's getting out of here alive


(Guitar Solo)

Dm Dm C C
Men spend thier whole lives waiting
Am Am Bb Bb
Praying for some big reward
Dm Dm
It seems sometimes
C C G G
The payoff leaves you feeling
Dm Dm
Like a dirty whore
Dm Dm C C
If I could choose the way I'll die
Am Am Bb Bb
Make it by the gun or knife
Dm Dm C C
'Cause the other way there's too much pain
G G
Night after night after night


F F
Down in Dry county
C C
They're swimming in the sand
Bb Bb
Praying for some holy water
Gm Gm Bb Bb
to wash the sins from off our hands in
F F
Dry county
C C
The promise has run dry
Bb Bb
Where nobody cries
Bb Bb Dm Dm C C Am Am Bb Bb
And no one's getting out of here alive

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About this song: Dry County

"Dry County" is a song by Bon Jovi from their 1992 album Keep the Faith. It was written by Jon Bon Jovi. Dry County stands as the band's longest song released so far, with a length of 9 minutes 52 seconds. A shorter 6-minute version reached #9 in the UK Charts and #1 in Latin America. The guitar solo is often considered Richie Sambora's best and Sambora has gained much respect with this track.Dry County is about the decline of the US domestic oil industry and its effect on those whose income relied on it. Read more on Last.fm.

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