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