8 Chords used in the song: Dm, C, Am, Bb, Gm/Bb, G, F, Gm
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[Intro]Dm
C
Am
Bb
Dm
C
Am
Gm/Bb
Dm
C
Across the border they turnAm
G
Water into wineDm
C
Some say it's the devil's blood
G
Dm
They're squeezing from the vineDm
C
Some say it's a saviour
Am
Bb
In these hard and desperate times
Dm
C
For me it helps me to forget
G
Dm
C
Am
Bb
That we're just born... to die
Dm
C
I came here like so many did
Am
Bb
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
G
All good things take some time
Dm
C
I made my bed I'll lie in it
G
Dm
To die in it's the crimeF
You can't help but prosper
Gm
Where the streets are paved with gold
C
they say the oil wells ran depper here
Bb
Than anybody's known
F
Now I packed up on my wife and kid
Gm
And left them back at home
C
Now there's nothing in this paydirt
Bb
The ghosts are all I know
Dm
Now the oil's gone
C
And the money's gone
G
All the jobs are gone
Bb
C
still we're hangin' on down inF
Dry county
C
They're swimming in the sand
Bb
Praying for some holy water
Gm
Bb
to wash the sins from off our hands inF
Dry county
C
The promise has run dryBb
Where nobody cries
Bb
Dm
C
Am
Bb
And no one's getting out of here alive
Dm
C
In the blessed name of Jesus
Am
Bb
I heard a preacher say
Dm
C
That we are all God's children
G
Dm
And that he'd be back, back someday
Dm
C
And I hoped that he knew something
Am
Bb
As he drank his cup of wine
Dm
C
Didn't have too good a feeling
G
Dm
As I head out to the night
F
I cursed the sky to open
Gm
I begged the clouds for rain
C
I prayed to God for water
Bb
For this burning in my viens
F
It was like my soul's on fire
Gm
And I had to watch the flames
C
All my dreams went up in ashes
Bb
And my future blew away
Dm
Now the oil's gone
C
And the money's gone
G
All the jobs are gone
Bb
C
Still we carry on down inF
Dry county
C
They're swimming in the sand
Bb
Praying for some holy water
Gm
Bb
to wash the sins from off our hands inF
Dry county
C
The promise has run dryBb
Where nobody criesBb
F
And no one's getting out of here alive
(Guitar Solo)
Dm
C
Men spend thier whole lives waiting
Am
Bb
Praying for some big reward
Dm
It seems sometimes
C
G
The payoff leaves you feeling
Dm
Like a dirty whore
Dm
C
If I could choose the way I'll die
Am
Bb
Make it by the gun or knife
Dm
C
'Cause the other way there's too much painG
Night after night after night
F
Down in Dry county
C
They're swimming in the sand
Bb
Praying for some holy water
Gm
Bb
to wash the sins from off our hands inF
Dry county
C
The promise has run dryBb
Where nobody criesBb
Dm
C
Am
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.