Banks Of The Old Bandera     Rodney Crowell

(G)    (Em)    (G)    (Em)    (G)    (Em)    (G)    (Em)
On the (G)banks of the (Em)old Bandera(G)    (Em)
(C) Runs a (D)barefoot child(G)d,   (Em)
(C) Takinī (D)Sunday go-to-(G)meetings (Em)shortcuts.
(C) Heīs out across those (D)open fields,
(Am7) Down those (D)dusty dri(G)ves.  (Em)    (G)    (Em)

The (G)hills that (Em)wear blue bonnets,(G)    (Em)
(C) They look like a (D7)print dressing go(G)wn,   (Em)
(C) Through the (D)summer rains that (G)pour down like (Em)honey,
(Am) They help make the (D)mushrooms grow,
(Am7) That always (D7)makes the B-man (G)dance.  (Em)    (G)    (Em)

(C) Once we (Am)ran barefoot (D)through those clovers(G)
So wet with dew,(Em)    (G)    (Em)
(C) Like (Am)wild Comanch(D)es,
Crazy (G)horses on the (Em)loose.   (G)    (Em)
(C) Sometimes it (D)feels like a so(G)ng,
(C) Sometimes it (D)makes me feel like itīs (Em)gone.
(F) Now it all (D)feels like itīs a (G)son(Em)g.
(C)    (D)   (G)        (C)    (D)    (Bm)    (Em)    (C)    (D)    (G)    (Em)    (G)    (Em)

(G)You can hear a (Em)screen door slammin(G)g,   (Em)
(C) "Hey, letīs run a (D)foot race to the (G)creek."(Em)
(C) Where you (D)see clear down  to the (G)bottom or (Em)deeper,
(Am7) Depending on (D7)where you stand, 
(Am7) How you look, and (D)what you want to se(G)e.   (Em)    (G)    (Em)

(C) Monkey (Am)vines, swimming (D)holes,
Werenīt they (G)always īround the (Em)bend?   (G)    (Em)
(C) And that (Am)rope we used to swing on,
(D)Now it just hangs (G)tattered by the win(Em)d.   (G)    (Em)
(C) Sometimes it (D)feels like a (G)song,
(C) Sometimes it (D)makes me feel like itīs (Em)gone.
(C) Sometimes it (D)feels iust like a s(G)on(Em)g.
(C)    (D)    (G)        (C)     (D)    (Bm)    (Em)    (C)    (D)    (G)    (C)    (G)    (Em)

Down on the (G)banks of the (Em)old Bandera(G)    (Em)
(G)    (Em)    (G)    (Em)    (G)    (Em)    (G)    (Em)    (G)

This is Jerry Jeff Walkerīs version.

Đ Rodney Crowell, All Rights Reserved

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