Banks Of The Old Bandera Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays460

Banks Of The Old Bandera by Rodney Crowell is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G, Am, F, Dm7 and Gsus. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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C
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16
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C                   G   C 
On the banks of the old Bandera 
      Am      G        C 
where roams a barefoot child 
Am        G      C          F 
On Sunday golden evenings?. shortcuts 
Dm7 
Out along the high wire lines 
G 
Down the dusty road 

C              G         C 
The hills they wear blue bonnets 
       Am     G      C 
Like a pretty cotton gown 
    Am     G          C         F 
And summer rain falls down like honey 
Dm7 
Sweet magnolia blossoms grow 
Gsus              G 
And old men dance 

Dm7                               C 
Once we ran bare footed through a clover full of dew 
Dm7                               C 
Once we learned to play like lone Comanche?s running loose 
C                   G              C 
What it made it you feel like is a song 
Am          G                  C 
And what it feels like now has gone 

Am G F 
Am C F 
Am G F 
Am C F 

C              G           C 
I can hear the screen door slamming 
      Am     G           C 
Run a footer race to the creek 
          Am  G            C        F 
You could see clean to the bottom?? and deeper 
Dm7 
Just depends on how u look 
Gsus          G 
Maybe where u stand 

Dm7                                 C 
Monkey vines and swimming holes lay just around the bend 
Dm7                                    C 
The rope we used to swing on now hangs tattered in the wind 
C               G              C 
What it made it feel like is a song 
Am      G                     C 
What it feels like is now has gone 
C               G              C 
What it made it feel like is a song 

Am G F 
Unaccompanied guitar to finish 
    	

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