{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":61152,"song":"Dry County","artist":"Bon Jovi","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/61152-dry-county-chords-by-bon-jovi/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/61152?type=chord","rating":4.92303,"votes":69,"content":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\r\n#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #\r\n#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #\r\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##\r\nDRY COUNTY - BON JOVI\r\n=====================\r\n\r\nTranscribed by Steve Shulman - Johannesburg, South Africa.\r\n\r\nPlease Note: This transcription was done by ear only -\r\n             some of these chords may be way off.\r\n\r\n-----------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\nIntro:  [ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n        [ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Gm[/ch]/[ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAcross the border they turn[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWater into wine[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSome say it's the devil's blood[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThey're squeezing from the vine[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSome say it's a saviour[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nIn these hard and desperate times[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor me it helps me to forget[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThat we're just born... to die[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI came here like so many did[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nTo find the better life[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo find my piece of easy street[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nTo finally be alive[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI knew nothing good comes easy[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAll good things take some time[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Dm[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI made my bed I'll lie in it[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nTo die in it's the crime[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou can't help but prosper[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Gm[/ch]/[ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nWhere the streets are paved with gold[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nthey say the oil wells ran depper here[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bb/D[/ch]\r\nThan anybody's known[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNow I packed up on my wife and kid[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Gm[/ch]/[ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAnd left them back at home[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow there's nothing in this paydirt[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThe ghosts are all I know[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nNow the oil's gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm/C[/ch]\r\nAnd the money's gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm/G[/ch]\r\nAll the jobs are gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Bb[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nstill we're hangin' on down in[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nDry county[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey're swimming in the sand[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nPraying for some holy water[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Gm[/ch]                 [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nto wash the sins from off our hands in[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nDry county[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe promise has run dry[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nWhere nobody cries[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]                           [ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAnd no one's getting out of here alive[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn the blessed name of Jesus[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nI heard a preacher say[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat we are all God's children[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd that he'd be back, back someday[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I hoped that he knew something[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAs he drank his cup of wine[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDidn't have too good a feeling[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAs I head out to the night[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI cursed the sky to open[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Gm[/ch]/[ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nI begged the clouds for rain[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI prayed to God for water[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bb/D[/ch]\r\nFor this burning in my viens[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIt was like my soul's on fire[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Gm[/ch]/[ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAnd I had to watch the flames[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAll my dreams went up in ashes[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAnd my future blew away[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nNow the oil's gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm/C[/ch]\r\nAnd the money's gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm/G[/ch]\r\nAll the jobs are gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bb[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nStill we carry on down in[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nDry county[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey're swimming in the sand[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nPraying for some holy water[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Gm[/ch]                 [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nto wash the sins from off our hands in[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nDry county[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe promise has run dry[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nWhere nobody cries[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd no one's getting out of here alive[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n(Guitar Solo)\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMen spend thier whole lives waiting[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nPraying for some big reward[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nIt seems sometimes[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe payoff leaves you feeling[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nLike a dirty whore[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIf I could choose the way I'll die[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nMake it by the gun or knife[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Dm[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\n'Cause the other way there's too much pain[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nNight after night after night[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nDown in Dry county[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey're swimming in the sand[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nPraying for some holy water[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Gm[/ch]                 [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nto wash the sins from off our hands in[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nDry county[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe promise has run dry[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nWhere nobody cries[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                               [ch]Dm[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAnd no one's getting out of here alive[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n-------------------------------------------------------\r\nAny feedback / corrections are welcomed.\r\n\r\nSteve Shulman\r\nJohannesburg, South Africa\r\nshulman@odie.ee.wits.ac.za","plain_text":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\n#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #\n#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##\nDRY COUNTY - BON JOVI\n=====================\n\nTranscribed by Steve Shulman - Johannesburg, South Africa.\n\nPlease Note: This transcription was done by ear only -\n             some of these chords may be way off.\n\n-----------------------------------------------------------\n\nIntro:  Dm  C   Am  Bb\n        Dm  C   Am  Gm/Bb\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(Guitar Solo)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n-------------------------------------------------------\nAny feedback / corrections are welcomed.\n\nSteve Shulman\nJohannesburg, South Africa\nshulman@odie.ee.wits.ac.za","chords":["Dm","C","Am","Bb","Gm","G","F","Bb/D","Dm/C","Dm/G"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}