Emmylou Harris - Bang The Drum Slowly

emmylou harris bang the drum slowly written by guy clark
emmylou harris
A D A
i meant to ask you how to fix that car
D A
i always meant to ask you about the war
F#m D A
and what you saw across a bridge too far
E
did it leave a scar
A D A
or how you navigated wings of fire and steel
D A
up where heaven had no more secrets to conceal
F#m D A
and still you found the ground beneath your wheels
E
how did it feel
D A
bang the drum slowly play the pipe lowly
E A
to dust be returning from dust we begin
D A
bang the drum slowly i’ll speak of things holy
F#m D A E A
above and below me world without end
A D A
i meant to ask you how when everything seemed lost
D A
and your fate was in a game of dice they tossed
F#m D A
there was still that line that you would never cross
E
at any cost
A D A
i meant to ask you how you lived what you believed
D A
with nothing but your heart up your sleeve
F#m D A
and if you ever really were deceived
E
by the likes of me
D A
bang the drum slowly play the pipe lowly
E A
to dust be returning from dust we begin
D A
bang the drum slowly i’ll speak of things holy
F#m D A E A
above and below me world without end
E D
gone now is the day and gone the sun
A
there is peace tonight all over arlington
E D
but the songs of my life will still be sung
A E
by the light of the moon you hung
A D A
i meant to ask you how to plow that field
D A
i meant to bring you water from the well
F#m D A
and be the one beside you when you fell
E
could you tell
D A
bang the drum slowly play the pipe lowly
E A
to dust be returning from dust we begin
D A
bang the drum slowly i’ll speak of things holy
F#m D A E A
above and below me world without end

from emmylou harris “red dirt girl”
nonesuch records 2000
poodlebone music/Emi april music