[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
[Verse 1 - Cmaj7 to D is 1/4 bar - double speed] [G] Another summer day [D/F#] Is come and gone away [Em] In Paris and Ro [D] m But I wanna go [C] home [Cmaj7] M [D] mmm [G][D] [G] Maybe surrounded by [D/F#] A million people I [Em] Still feel all alo [D] n I just wanna go [C] home [Cmaj7] Oh I [D] miss you, y [G] ou know
[Bridge 1] And I've been [C] keeping all the letters That I [Em] wrote to you Each one a [Asus4] line or two [A] "I'm fine baby, [C] how are you?" [D] Well I would [C] send them But I know that it's just [Em] not enough My words were [F] cold and flat And you deserve [D] more t [Dsus] han that [D]
[Verse 2 - Cmaj7 to D is 1/4 bar - double speed] [G] Another aeroplane [D/F#] Another sunny place [Em] I'm lucky I kn [D] o But I wanna go [Cmaj7] home Mmmm, I' [D] ve got to go [G] home [D]
[Chorus] Let me go [G] hoo [D/F#] ooooo [Em] ome [Bm7] I'm just too [C] far from where you are I wanna [D] come [G] home
[Break] G D/F# Em D Cmaj7 D G
[Bridge 2] And I [C] feel just like I'm living Someone [Em] else's life It's like I just [Asus4] stepped outside [A] When everything was [C] going right [D] And I [C] know just why you could not Come [Em] along with me But this was [F] not your dream But you always be [D] liev [Dsus] ed in me [D]
[Verse 3 - Cmaj7 to D is 1/4 bar - double speed] [G] Another winter day has come [D/F#] And gone away [Em] And even Paris and Ro [D] m And I wanna go [C] home [Cmaj7] [D] Let me go [G] home [D] [G] And I'm surrounded by [D/F#] A million people I [F/G] I still feel a [G7] lone Oh, let go [Cmaj7] home Oh, I [D] miss you, [G] you know [D]
[Chorus] Let me go [G] hoo [D/F#] ooooo [Em] ome [Bm7] I've had my [C] run Baby, I'm done I [D] gotta go [G] home [D] Let me go [G] hoo [D/F#] ooooo [Em] ome [Bm7] It'll all be alr [C] ight I'll be home ton [D] ight I'm coming back h [G] ome
