[Intro - Some Cs are C9s] D (Dsus2 to D to Dsus4) Am (577555) G Em7 D - Am7 G C G (D) Am G Em7 D - Am7 G C G
[Verse - No drums - just pluck chords and sustain] D G The song came and went D Am7 Like the times that we spent C D C G D Hiding out from the rain under the carnival tent G I laughed and she'd smile D Am7 It would last for awhile C D C G You don't know what you've got till you lose it all again
[Chorus - Full drums] D Am G Listen to the mandolin rain Em7 D Listen to the music on the lake Am7 G C G Oh, listen to my heart break every time she runs away D Am G Oh, listen to the banjo wind Em7 D A sad song drifting low Am7 G Listen to the tears roll C G D Down my face as she turns to go
[Verse 2 - No drums] G A cool evening dance D Am7 C Listenin' to the bluegrass band takes the chill D C G D From the air until they play the last song G I'll do my time D Am7 C Oh, keeping you off my mind but there's moments D C G That I find, I'm not feeling so strong
[Chorus] D Am G Listen to the mandolin rain Em7 D Listen to the music on the lake Am7 G C G Oh, listen to my heart break every time she runs away D Am G Oh, listen to the banjo wind Em7 D A sad song drifting low Am7 G Listen to the tears roll C G D Down my face as she turns to go
[Bridge] F C Runnin' down by the lakeshore Bm7 Cmaj7 D She did love the sound of a summer storm F C Playing on the lake like a mandolin Bm7 Em C D D Now it's washing her away once a gain...whoa, again
[Solo - Vocal improv - Play high chords] Am G Em7 D - Am7 G C G (D) Am G Em7 D - Am7 G C G (D)
[Verse 3] G The boat's steaming in D Am7 Oh, I watch the sidewheel spin C D C G D And I think about her when I hear that whistle blow G I can't change my mind D Am7 C Oh, I knew all the time that she'd go D C G But that's a choice I made long ago
[Chorus] D Am G Listen to the mandolin rain Em7 D Listen to the music on the lake Am7 G C G Oh, listen to my heart break every time she runs away D Am G Oh, listen to the banjo wind Em7 D A sad song drifting low Am7 G Listen to the tears roll C G Down my face as she turns to go D As she turns to go
[Interlude - Play chords with high notes to make fuller] [Am - x0x555, G 3x0007, Em - 079987, D thumb over - 10-0-0-11-10-10] Am G Em7 D - Am7 G C9 G
[Outro] D Am7 G Listen to the tears roll C G Down my face as she turns to go D Am7 G Listen to the tears roll C Cadd9 C Cmaj7 Down my face as she turns to go oh oh oh Cadd9 C Cmaj7 Cadd9 Listen to the mandolin rain [End on G] Back to List
[Intro BPM 160 - Capo 2] [Riff 1 x 2 - Drum first for 4 bars] E ------------------- B ------------------- G ---11-11----------- x 4 D -----------9--11--- A --9--9------------- E -------7--9--------
[Keyboard Riff - Capo on 2 so 0 on any string is effectively 2nd fret but play all other notes on actual fret positions, not relative to capo]
[Emaj7][Dmaj7][C#m7] E -----6---------------4--6--11---11- B 11-s-6---------------4--6--12---11- G 11-s-6---------------4--6--13---11- D 11-s-4---------------4--4--0----11- - repeat x 2 A 9--s-4---------------4--4-------13- E 0----0--------------------------11- DrB--S---B--S---B--S---B--S---B--S---B--S---
[Verse 1] [E] Now-----, [D] the [C] mist across the [D] window hides the [E] lines, [D] But [C] nothing hides the [D] colour of the [Bm] lights that [C] shine, [D] Electrici - [Bm7] ty so [C] fine, [C] Look-and- [D] dry-your- [Emaj7] eyes (keyboard riff)
[Verse 2] [E] We------, [D] so [C] tired of all the [D] darkness in our [E] lives, With [C] no more angry [D] words to say, can [Bm] come a - [C] live, [D] Get into a [Bm7] car, and [C] drive ... [C] to the [D] other...
[Chorus] [Emaj7] Me, babe, steppin' [Dmaj7] out---- [C#m7] -----, ...side! [G] In - [A] to [D] the [A] night, [C] in - [D] to [G] the [D] light, [Emaj7] You, babe, steppin' [Dmaj7] out---- [C#m7] --------, [G] In - [A] to [D] the [A] night, [C] in - [D] to [G] the [D] light!
[Verse 3] [E] We---- ... [D] are [C] young, but getting [D] old before our [E] time, We'll l [C] eave the T.V. [D] and the radi - [Bm] o be - [C] hind, [D] Don't you wonder [Bm7] what we'll [C] find... ... [C] Steppin'- [D] out-to--- [Emaj7] night?-(keyboard riff)
[Verse 4] [E] You----- ... [D] can d [C] ress in pink and [D] blue just like a [E] child, And, [C] in a yellow [D] taxi, turn to [Bm] me and [C] smile, [D] We'll be there in [Bm7] just a [C] while, [C] if you [D] follow...
[Chorus] [Emaj7] Me, babe, steppin' [Dmaj7] out---- [C#m7] -----, [G] In - [A] to [D] the [A] night, [C] in - [D] to [G] the [D] light, [Emaj7] You, babe, steppin' [Dmaj7] out---- [C#m7] --------, [G] In - [A] to [D] the [A] night, [C] in - [D] to [G] the [D] light!
[Break x 2] [Emaj7] ----------------------------[Dmaj7][C#m7]-------- [G]-----[A]--[D]-----[A]------------[C]-----[D]--[G]---[D] [Chorus] [Emaj7] Me, babe, steppin' [Dmaj7] out----- [C#m7] --------, [G] In - [A] to [D] the [A] night, [C] in - [D] to [G] the [D] light, [Emaj7] You, babe, steppin' [Dmaj7] out---- [C#m7] --------, [G] In - [A] to [D] the [A] night, [C] in - [D] to [G] the [D] light!
[Coda] [Emaj7] Me, babe, steppin' [Dmaj7] out----- [C#m7] -------, [G] In - [A] to [D] the [A] night, [C] in - [D] to [G] the [D] light! [E]