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Dry Bones Chords by Gregory Porter

Dry Bones chords by Gregory Porter

Guitar chords with lyrics

Capo on 1st

Key: A#m

Intro:
Am
I won't bury, won't sink, 'cause love is the spirit I drink
Am
I'll be free in the mornin' light, 'cause your touch is the medicine of life



Verse 1:
Am
There's a dance to this beat, let's shake, every move, feel my body awake
Am
There's a sound, you and me are one and a home is the rhythm I'll drum

Pre-Chorus:
Am
Is your soul in the desert?
         C
Are your dreams in the sand?
        Dm
Can you dance with the devil?
Am
'Til he's off your back

Chorus:
             F       Dm           G    Am        G    C
'Cause these dry-dry bones, gonna rise up, gonna rise up
             F       Dm           G    Am        Am/G
'Cause these dry-dry bones, gonna rise up, gonna rise up
             F       Dm           G    Am        G    C
'Cause these dry-dry bones, gonna rise up, gonna rise up
             N.C.                      Am
'Cause these dry-dry bones, gonna rise up, gonna rise up
Am
Gonna rise up, gonna rise up, gonna rise up, gonna rise up
Am                        N.C.
Gonna rise up, gonna rise up

Verse 2:
        Am
Take my hand let it set you free, keep on workin' on your destiny
Am
There's healin' in the air, get touched, can you feel it 'cause the message is love a'aha?

Pre-Chorus:
Am
Is your soul in the desert?
         C
Are your dreams in the sand?
        Dm
Can you dance with the devil?
          Am
'Til he's off your back?

Chorus 2:
             F       Dm           G    Am        G    C
'Cause these dry-dry bones, gonna rise up, gonna rise up
             F       Dm           G    Am        Am/G
'Cause these dry-dry bones, gonna rise up, gonna rise up
             F       Dm           G    Am        G    C
'Cause these dry-dry bones, gonna rise up, gonna rise up
F       Dm     G    Am
Dry-dry bones, rise up, gonna rise up, gonna rise up
Am                                           N.C.
Gonna rise up, gonna rise up, gonna rise up, gonna rise

Bridge:
N.C.                                         Am
Them bones, them bones, them dry bones, them bones, them bones, them dry bones
Am
Them bones, them bones, them dry bones, them bones, them bones, them dry bones
Am
Them bones, them bones, them dry bones. Hey!

Break:
| F | Dm G | Am | C |
Hey
| F          | Dm G | Am | C |
Dry, dry bones, ey
| F          | Dm G |
Dry, dry bones

Outro:
Am    G     C
Rise, rise, rise, rise
A     Am    Dm    G
Rise, rise, rise, rise
Am  Gm        Am
Hey-ey, oh-oh-oh-oh
   Gm            Am
Ri-ise up, oh-oh-oh-oh
   G             Am      N.C.
Ri-ise up, oh-oh-oh-oh.  Hey!

Published: October 24, 2021

Last updated: September 10, 2025

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