Chords for Emmylou Harris Bang The Drum Slowly

The value on the dollar, working hard, worked through school, _
was at the University of Virginia studying to be a veterinarian when World War II broke out and he joined the Marine Corps.
[B] An officer training [D] school to [A] fly [B] airplanes and he met this redhead from Birmingham, [A] Alabama.
_ _ They eloped.
It was a mixed marriage.
He was from New Jersey and she was from Alabama. _ _ _ _
_ She thought you [Em] chicken fried a steak and [D] of course you do.
_ [A] _
_ They were married 50 years and [Dm] _
more in love on the day my [D] father died.
[A] That first day on that street in Pensacola.
_ And when my father was there, [C#] was and still will always be my [A] hero. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ I meant to ask you [E] how to fix that [A] car.
_ _ _ _ [E] Always meant to ask you about
[A] _ _ _ _
_ What you saw [E] across a bridge too [A] far
_ _ Did it leave a scar? _ _
Or how you navigated wings of fire and steel
_ _ _ _ [D] Where heaven had no more secrets to [A] conceal _ _ _ _
_ Still you found the ground beneath your wheel
_ _ How did it feel? _ _
_ [B] _ _ Bang the drums slowly
[A] Play the pipe lowly [E] to dust
Fear turning from dust we [A] begin
_ [B] _ Bang the [Bm] drums slowly
[A] _
Speak of things holy above
[D] And below me [A] world without end
_ _ _ _ _ _ I meant to ask you how [B] when everything seemed lost
[A] _ _ _ And your faith is in a game of dust things
_ There _ was still that [D] line that you would never [A] cross _
At any cost
[E] I meant to [A] ask you how you lived what you believed
_ _ _ _ [B] With nothing but your heart up your [A] sleeve _ _ _ _
[F#m] And if you ever [D] really were to see
[A] _ _
By [E] the likes of me _ _
_ [B] _ Bang the drums slowly
[A]
Play the pipe lowly to [E] dust
Fear turning from [A] dust we begin _ _
_ [D] Bang the drums slowly
_ [A]
Speak of things holy [F#m] above
[D] And below [A] me world without end _
_ _ _ [E] Gone now is the day _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ There is [A] peace tonight all over Arlington _ _ _
_ But the song [E] will _ _ still [D] be sung
[A] By the [E] light _ of the moon when you're home
I meant to [A] ask you how to plow that field
I _ _ [D] meant to bring you water from the well _ _ _ _
And be the one beside you when you fell _
_ _ _ Could you [E] tell? _
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Bang the drums slowly
[A] Play the pipe lowly to dust
[E] Fear turning from dust we [A] begin _ _
[D] _ Bang the drums slowly
[A] Speak of things holy [F#m] above
And [D]
below me [A] world [E] without end
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