[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
Original key - Capo on 4 Intro E ----------0-------------------------------------------------- B ------1 3---3--1--------0---------------1-1-0-0---0-1-3----- G ----2------------2--0-2-----------2-2-4----------2--------0--- D ---------------------------0--------------------------------- A --0---------------------------------------------------------- E --------------------3-------------------0------------------- ---Am-----------------G-------------------Am----------------G--- BPM 129 [Verses] The [Am] last that ever she [F] saw him C [G] arried away by a mo [C] onlight shad [G] o He [Am] passed on worried and [F] warning C [G] arried away by a m [C] oonlight sh [G] adow. L [C] ost in a river last s [G] aturday night F [Am] ar aw [F] ay on the o [G] ther side. He was c [C] aught in the middle of a de [G] sperate fight And she c [Am] ouldn't find [F] how to push t [G] hrough
The [Am] trees that whisper in the [F] evening [G] Carried away by a mo [C] onlight sh [G] adow Si [Am] ng a song of sorrow and [F] grieving [G] Carried away by a [C] moonlight [G] shadow A [C] ll she saw was a silhouet [G] te of a gun [Am] Far aw [F] ay on the ot [G] her side. He was s [C] hot six times by a man [G] on the run And she [Am] couldn't find [F] how to push [G] through
[C] I s [G] tay [C] I p [G] ray I see y [C] ou in h [F] eaven [G] far away [C] I st [G] a [C] I pr [G] a I see y [C] ou in h [F] eaven [G] One day
Fou [Am] r am in the m [F] orning [G] Carried away by a [C] moonlight sh [G] adow I w [Am] atched your vision [F] forming [G] Carried away by a mo [C] onlight sh [G] adow St [C] ar was light in a silv [G] ery night [Am] Far [F] away on the [G] other side Will yo [C] u come to talk to me [G] this night But she [Am] couldn't find [F] how to push [G] through
[C] I s [G] tay [C] I p [G] ray I see y [C] ou in h [F] eaven [G] far away [C] I st [G] a [C] I pr [G] a I see y [C] ou in h [F] eaven [G] One day
[instrumental1] Fou [Am] r am in the m [F] orning - NOT SUNG [G] Carried away by a [C] moonlight sh [G] adow - NOT SUNG I w [Am] atched your vision [F] forming - NOT SUNG [G] Carried away by a mo [C] onlight sh [G] adow - NOT SUNG St [C] ar was light in a silv [G] ery night - NOT SUNG [Am] Far [F] away on the [G] other side Will yo [C] u come to talk to me [G] this night But she [Am] couldn't find [F] how to push [G] through
[instrumental2] Fou [Am] r am in the m [F] orning - NOT SUNG [G] Carried away by a [C] moonlight sh [G] adow - NOT SUNG I w [Am] atched your vision [F] forming - NOT SUNG [G] Carried away by a mo [C] onlight sh [G] adow - NOT SUNG C [C] aught in the middle of a h [G] undred and five [Am] Far [F] away on the [G] other side - NOT SUNG The n [C] ight was heavy but the [G] air was alive But she [Am] couldn't find [F] how to push [G] through