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Dry Country Tabs

(ver. 1)
Bon Jovi
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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