{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":983177,"song":"Bang The Drum Slowly","artist":"Emmylou Harris","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/983177-bang-the-drum-slowly-chords-by-emmylou-harris/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/983177?type=chord","rating":4.82898,"votes":18,"content":"Emmylou Harris    Bang The Drum Slowly  written by Guy Clark\r\n                                                   Emmylou Harris\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI meant to ask you how to fix that car[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                                 [ch]A[/ch] \r\nI always meant to ask you about the war[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd what you saw across a bridge too far[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nDid it leave a scar[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOr how you navigated wings of fire and steel[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]A[/ch]                    \r\nUp where heaven had no more secrets to conceal[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd still you found the ground beneath your wheels[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHow did it feel[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBang the drum slowly play the pipe lowly[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTo dust be returning from dust we begin[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBang the drum slowly I'll speak of things holy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAbove and below me world without end[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI meant to ask you how when everything seemed lost[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd your fate was in a game of dice they tossed[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThere was still that line that you would never cross[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAt any cost[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI meant to ask you how you lived what you believed[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWith nothing but your heart up your sleeve[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd if you ever really were deceived[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBy the likes of me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBang the drum slowly play the pipe lowly[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTo dust be returning from dust we begin[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBang the drum slowly I'll speak of things holy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAbove and below me world without end[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGone now is the day and gone the sun[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThere is peace tonight all over Arlington[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut the songs of my life will still be sung[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBy the light of the moon you hung[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI meant to ask you how to plow that field[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI meant to bring you water from the well[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F#m[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd be the one beside you when you fell[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nCould you tell[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBang the drum slowly play the pipe lowly[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTo dust be returning from dust we begin[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBang the drum slowly I'll speak of things holy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAbove and below me world without end[/tab]\r\n\r\nFrom Emmylou Harris \"Red Dirt Girl\"\r\nNonesuch Records 2000\r\nPoodlebone Music/EMI April Music","plain_text":"Emmylou Harris    Bang The Drum Slowly  written by Guy Clark\n                                                   Emmylou Harris\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFrom Emmylou Harris \"Red Dirt Girl\"\nNonesuch Records 2000\nPoodlebone Music/EMI April Music","chords":["A","D","F#m","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}