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To: jamesb@nevada.edu
Subject: U2 IN God's Country chords
The original posting I had was correct, but you chose to remove it and
replace it with another person's posting, which was incorrect.
here is the corrected version, these chords are completely correct, I am
positive, plus they are from the U2 books.
U2
In God's Country (from the album "The Joshua Tree")
D Am
Desert Sky
D Am
Dream beneath a desert sky
D Am
The rivers run But soon run dry
D Am
We need new dreams tonight
D Am
Desert rose
D Am
Dreamed I saw a desert rose
D Am
Dress torn in ribbons and in bows
D Am
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
Set me alight
D Am
We'll punch a hole right through the night
D Am
Everyday the dreamers die
D Am
To see what's on the other side
D Am
She is Liberty
D Am
And she comes to rescue me
D Am
Hope faith, her vanity
D Am
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
Naked flame
D Am
She stands with a naked flame
D Am
I stand with the sons of Cain
D Am
Burned by the fire of love
D Am
Burned by the fire of love
D Am
love
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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† james † Average |
#1 by † james † at Mar 1, 1970 at 4:21 AM EST |
| Sleep comes like a drug to Bono because he has spent his days with his head caved in. His eye's are "sad" because he is desperate to find a woman. | |
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jimmy Wanna Be |
#2 by jimmy henry at Aug 23, 1972 at 3:52 PM EST |
| Sons of Cain .... it can be a symbol of humanity .... It feels like the "She" he's talkning about is in some ways unreachable from someone that livess deep in the gutter of mankind ... | |
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Terence Average |
#3 by Terence Taylor at Feb 11, 1976 at 11:16 PM EST |
| When Bono speaks of the Sons of cain he means our black brothers and sisters. They are the sons and daughters of cain. Read genesis | |
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silent Rhythm Player |
#4 by silent support at Mar 21, 1979 at 12:57 AM EST |
| I lived in Tucson, Az when this song first came out. U2 started and ended the Joshua Tree tour in AZ. They helped to impeach the newly elected governor Evan Meecham. Evan Meecham was an ignorant SOB who publicly made racial slurs against Native Americans and blacks. He strongly opposed the MLK holiday, which of course angered the lads from U2. To make matters worse, after Bono voiced his opinion of the situation at the tour opening concert in Tucson, Meecham retaliated by calling U2 a "bunch of pitiful Micks". Anyway, to make a long story short....U2 were very enamourate of the Southwestern Desert region during this time. crooked crosses may also refer to the Sahuaro cacti that peppert the desert landscape. | |
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Dan Wanna Be |
#5 by Dan Z at Apr 5, 1983 at 5:42 PM EST |
| I think the "She" being referred to is the statue of liberty, representing America. "She stands with a naked flame", or torch, in her hand. "Like a siren, she calls to me" to leave Ireland and come to America. And in this verse: She is liberty And she comes to rescue me Hope, faith, her vanity The greatest gift is gold The last two lines are dissapointment in arriving to find only vanity and materialism ("gold") in America. Instead of fufillment of his ideological "dreams" while in Joshua Tree, Bono found that "Sleep comes like a drug" in America, and that people are too drugged (by luxuries, by television, by religion) to join him in humanitarian activism. | |
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Justin Rhythm Player |
#6 by Justin Lepera at Jun 2, 1987 at 10:14 AM EST |
| God, I love this song!!! How come nobody has commented on it??? It's so beautiful, and the lyrics are so deep-I love this song! | |
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Trevor Average |
#7 by Trevor fun with drugs at Feb 20, 1992 at 4:18 AM EST |
| I always thought that when he said "Sleep comes like a drug In God's country Sad eyes, crooked crosses In God's country" he was talking about Israel and the fighting going on there | |
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robert Average |
#8 by robert liedberg at Sep 16, 1993 at 6:03 PM EST |
| The last verse says "I stand with the sons of Cain". The sons of Cain are the evil seedline. Does that mean that Bono is actually evil? | |
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amy Average |
#9 by amy at Nov 28, 1994 at 12:00 AM EST |
| sorry for posting it 3 times something screwed up | |
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Dustin Wanna Be |
#10 by Dustin Cogburn at Jul 12, 2001 at 10:37 AM EST |
| Regarding the "sons of Cain". And Cain went away from the presence of Yahweh and dwelt in the land of Nod, east of Eden. And Cain knew his wife and she conceived and bore Enoch; And he built a city and called the name of the city by his son’s name, Enoch. Several generations later, Lamech was born. He had two wives. Of one Jabal was born; ‘he was the father as such as dwell in tents and have cattle.’ Of the other, two sons were born. One, JUBAL, ‘was the father of all such as play the lyre and pipe.’ The other son, Tubal-Kain, was ‘an artificer of gold and copper and iron.’ Standing with the sons of cain may imply his work as musician, and songwriter. Burned by the fire of love is ambiguous. We are burned with passion, as well as suffering affliction, or discipline. Perhaps he is identifying with Cain in these ways. | |
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Rebecca Average |
#11 by Rebecca Lira at Aug 3, 2005 at 3:16 PM EST |
| in the first four verses..."we need new dreams tonight..." to me means that Ireland has nothing else to offer him and in the second four verses..."like a siren she calls to me..." is talking about America? at least that's what it means to me. when he talks about "in God's country..." i think he means the world God created (in not saying that's waht it is though, just an opinion) because if you believe in the christian religion, and you think about it, this whole world is God's country. | |
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James Rhythm Player |
#12 by James T.H. at Mar 25, 2007 at 3:01 AM EST |
| I guess what we think what it means might have no bearing on what it was originally written for, but then its open to interpretation. innit? So here goes: When I first started figuring out this song, I symbolised it quite literally. As I look at it its not specifically about Ireland or migration to USA. It seems to have a connection with old times - the Gold Rush fever to be specific. The first two paragraph seem to refer to a gold rush town which expand but eventually run dry taking with it the dreams of many who follow it. But the greed passes on to the next town which has opportunity. Now that can be applied to any city, any country, any passion, any love you had. You dream, you follow something with all your heart, you loose it somewhere in between till another dream inspires you and ignites your imagination. I would personally not associate with opportunity, I think I would associate it with thoughts, dreams and passion. | |
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