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