Banks of the Old Bandera

Banks of the Old Bandera by Rodney Crowell Words figgered by Tim Inwood Chords by Doug Floyd Am G F F into 1st verse. chords Dm7 low to high.xx0211 Gsus low to high.320013 (C) On the banks of the (G) old (C) Bandera where (Am) roams a (G) barefoot (C) child (Am) On Sunday (G) golden (C) evenings.(F) shortcuts (Dm7) Out along the high wire lines (G) Down the dusty road (C)The hills they (G) wear blue (C) bonnets Like a (Am) pretty (G) cotton (C) gown And (Am) summer (G) rain falls (C) down like (F) honey (Dm7) Sweet magnolia blossoms grow (Gsus) And old men dance(G) (Dm7) Once we ran bare footed through a (C) clover full of dew (Dm7) Once we learned to play like lone (C) Comanches running loose (C) What it made it you (G) feel like is a (C) song (Am)And what it (G) feels like now has (C) gone AGF ACF AGF ACF (C) I can hear the (G) screen door (C) slamming Run a (Am) footer (G) race to the (C) creek You could (Am) see (G) clean to the (C) bottom(F) and deeper (Dm7) Just depends on how u look (Gsus) Maybe where u (G)stand (Dm7)Monkey vines and swimming holes lay (C) just around the bend (Dm7) The rope we used to swing on now hangs (C) tattered in the wind (C) What it made it (G) feel like is a (C) song (Am) What it (G) feels like is now has (C) gone (C) What it made it (G) feel like is a (C) song Am G F Unaccompanied guitar to finish