In God’s country
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Am + D - Am - D - Am (2x)
D
- Am
D - Am
1. Desert Sky, dream
beneath a desert sky,
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- Am
D
- Am
the
rivers run, but soon run dry, we
need new dreams tonight.
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- Am
D - Am
Desert rose, dreamed I saw a desert rose,
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D
Am
dress
torn in ribbons and in bows like a siren she calls to me.
Em
G
D - Em G D
Sleep comes like a
drug in God's country,
Em G D - Em G D
sad
eyes, crooked crosses, in God's
country.
+ D - Am - D - Am
D - Am
D
- Am
2. Set me alight, we'll
punch a hole right through the night,
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D - Am
everyday
the dreamers die to see what's on the other side.
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D - Am
She is liberty, and she comes to rescue me,
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D - Am
hope,
faith, her vanity, the greatest
gift is gold.
Em G D - Em G D
Sleep comes like a
drug in God's country,
Em
G D - Em G D
sad
eyes, crooked crosses, in God's
country.
+ D - Am - D - Am + D
- Am - D - Am (2x)
D
- Am
D - Am
3. Naked flame, she
stands with a naked flame,
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- Am
D
- Am
I stand with the sons of
Cain burned by the fire of
love,
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Am - D
burned by the fire of lo.....ve, lo.......ve, lo.......ve.
(orig. = capo 1st) (U2)