Willie Nelson – Banks Of The Old Bandera (Guitar)

Capo 3
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As recorded by Willie Nelson (From the 2025 Album OH WHAT A BEAUTIFUL WORLD) [Intro] Em D C Em D C [Verse 1]
       G            D        G  
On the banks of the old Bandera 

Em7             D         G
Where roams the barefoot child

Em7       D     G            C    
On Sunday go to meetin' shortcuts 

Am7                           D
Out along the high wire lines down a dusty road
[Verse 2]
G               D        G              
The hills there were bluebonnets 

       Em7     D       G
Like a printed cotton gown

    Em7    D          G         C     Am7                         
And summer rain falls down like honey 

Am7                          D
Sweet magnolia blossoms grow and old men dance
[Chorus]
Am7                              G
Once we ran barefooted through a clover full of dew

Am7                                 G
Once we learned to play like lone Comanches running loose

                 D              G
What it made you feel like is a song

Em7         D                 G
But what it feels like now is gone
[Guitar Solo] Em7 D C Em7 D C Em7 D C Em7 D C [Verse 3]
G              D                   G
I can hear the screen door slamming

Em7             D      G
Run a foot race to the creek

Em7               D      G          C
You can see clean to the bottom and deeper

Am7                           D
Just depends on how you look, maybe where you stand
[Chorus]
Am7                             G
Monkey vines and swimmin' holes lay just around the bend

Am7                                    G
The rope we used to swing on now hangs tattered in the wind

                 D              G
What it made you feel like is a song

Em7         D                 G
And what it feels like now is gone

Em7              D              G
What it made you feel like is a song
[Outro] Em7 D C Em7 D G