BON JOVI - "Dry Country" Tablature

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Band: Bon Jovi
Song: Dry Country
Album: Keep the Faith (1992)
Tabber: David de la Fuente (samurai01) wasabi00@optonline.net

ok the lyrics and the chords are first... the solos all the way at the bottom.

Chords:
EADGBe
Am *02210
Bb 113331
C *32010
Dm **0231
Dm/C *30231
Dm/G 300231
F 133211
G 355433
Gm 355333

Intro: Dm C Am Bb
Dm C Am Gm/Bb

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

Bridge:
F
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
Dm/C
And the money's gone
Dm/G
All the jobs are gone
Bb C
still we're hangin' on down in

Chorus:
F
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 in
F
Dry county
C
The promise has run dry
Bb
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
Dm
And the money's gone
Dm
All the jobs are gone
Bb C
Still we carry on down in

F
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 in
F
Dry county
C
The promise has run dry
Bb
Where nobody cries
Bb F
And no one's getting out of here alive


Guitar Solo

Dm C
Men spend their whole lives waiting
Am Bb
Praying for their big reward
Dm
but 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 pain
G
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 in
F
Dry county
C
The promise has run dry
Bb
Where nobody cries
Bb Dm C Am Bb
And no one's getting out of here alive


1st Solo: -

E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------13-------------13b15r10-------13-|
G|------10--------10—10h12b14----12b14r10h12----------12h14----|
D|-10h12--12P10h12—12------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-13b15r10-----13--------10-13-15b17-17p15p13-15-18/13-13p15--|
G|---------12h14--10-12-13-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|


E|------------13-15/17/15-13-13h15p13--------------------------|
B|-13h15-13-15-----------------------17-17-13-15-17b19r17-13-15|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

E|-13-15/17-17-17-13h15-------|
B|---------------------13h15--|
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|

3rd Solo

E|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-13p12p10--13p12p10--13p12p10--13p12p10--13p12p10--13p12p10-|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|

E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-13p12p10—13p12p10-13b15r13-10-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------12b14r10-12-10----------------|
D|---------------------------------------------12— x3
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

E|-----------------------------15-13-12--------------15-13-12p13|
B|--------------------------13---------15-15p12-15p12-----------|
G|---10-12b14r12p10—10-12b14—12---------------------------------|
D|-12--------------12-------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|

E|h13p12---13b15-15-13p12-----12h13--} x3—17p15p13--------13--------|
B|------15---------------12-15-------}------------15-13h15—15p13h15-|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|17-17-17-16-16-16-15vv-13h15p13-----------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------17-17b10r17-13-15h17---------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------14------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------12-12-12-12|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|---------------------------------------------------------15-13-12-|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------10--------------------------17/19/21---------|
D|- x3—12---12---12-10--12/14/15/17/19-----------------|
A|--------------------------12--------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-15-13---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------14-12-14h15p14h12-14h15p14p12h14vvp12-----------10-12b14r12p10-|
D|---------------------------------------------12-12-12----------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

not completely accurate******************************
E|----------------------17-15p13-15h17—18p17p15-18p17p15---------|
B|------------11-13b15/0\-------------------------------18p17p15-|
G|------10-12----------------------------------------------------|
D|-12p10---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
***********************************************************
E|--------------------------------15-17-18-20vv-18p17p151818p1717-|
B|-18p17p15---16p15p13-16p15p13/18--------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
**************************************************************
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-18p17p15-18p17p15-15-15vv—10-12-13b15r13b15-13-10-----------------13-|
G|--------------------------------------------------12-10-12-10-12b14—12|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|


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