A5 D5 A5 I meant to ask you how to fix that car D5 A5 I always meant to ask you about the war F#5 D5 A5 And what you saw across a bridge too far E5 Did it leave a scar A5 D5 A5 Or how you navigated wings of fire and steel D5 A5 Up where heaven had no more secrets to conceal F#5 D5 A5 And still you found the ground beneath your wheels E5 How did it feel D5 A5 Bang the drum slowly play the pipe lowly E5 A5 To dust be returning from dust we begin D5 A5 Bang the drum slowly I'll speak of things holy F#5 D5 A5 E5 A5 Above and below me world without end A5 D5 A5 I meant to ask you how when everything seemed lost D5 A5 And your fate was in a game of dice they tossed F#5 D5 A5 There was still that line that you would never cross E5 At any cost A5 D5 A5 I meant to ask you how you lived what you believed D5 A5 With nothing but your heart up your sleeve F#5 D5 A5 And if you ever really were deceived E5 By the likes of me D5 A5 Bang the drum slowly play the pipe lowly E5 A5 To dust be returning from dust we begin D5 A5 Bang the drum slowly I'll speak of things holy F#5 D5 A5 E5 A5 Above and below me world without end E5 D5 Gone now is the day and gone the sun A5 There is peace tonight all over Arlington E5 D5 But the songs of my life will still be sung A5 E5 By the light of the moon you hung A5 D5 A5 I meant to ask you how to plow that field D5 A5 I meant to bring you water from the well F#5 D5 A5 And be the one beside you when you fell E5 Could you tell D5 A5 Bang the drum slowly play the pipe lowly E5 A5 To dust be returning from dust we begin D5 A5 Bang the drum slowly I'll speak of things holy F#5 D5 A5 E5 A5 Above and below me world without end From Emmylou Harris "Red Dirt Girl" Nonesuch Records 2000 Poodlebone Music/EMI April Music
