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Bruce Hornsby-Mandolin Rain - sr - 0

[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]
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Prince-1999

Coming into Chorus - don't play whole riff - 
don't go back to final E7
[BPM 120 - Intro] Capo at 1 for original key 
but play without

[Verse 1]              
I was  [E7] dreamin' when I  [D/E] wrote this
For [E7] give me if it goes astray   
[E7]      [D/E]        [E7] [D/E] [E7]   
But when I  [E7] woke up this  [D/E] mornin'
Coulda  [E7] sworn it was judgment day  
[E7]      [D/E]        [E7] [D/E] [E7]  
The  [E7] sky was all  [D/E] purple,
There were  [E7] people runnin' everywhere   
[E7]      [D/E]        [E7] [D/E] [E7] 
Tryin' 2  [E7] run from the  [D/E] destruction,
U know I didn't  [E7] even care         
[E7]      [D/E]        [E7] [D/E] [E7]

[Chorus 1 - intro riff at end of each line]                             
say say two  [Amaj7] thousand zero zero party  
[C#m7] over, Oops out of time
[E7]      [D/E]        [E7] [D/E] [E7]
So  [Amaj7] tonight I'm gonna party like it's  
[C#m7] 1999 
[E7]      [D/E]        [E7] [D/E] [E7]

[Verse 2]              
I was  [E7] dreamin' when I  [D/E] wrote this
So [E7] sue me if I go 2 fast
[E7]      [D/E]        [E7] [D/E] [E7]
But  [E7] life is just a  [D/E] party,                       
and  [E7] parties weren't meant 2 last  
[E7]      [D/E]        [E7] [D/E] [E7]   
 [E7] War is all a [D/E] round us, 
my  [E7] mind says prepare 2 fight  
[E7]      [D/E]        [E7] [D/E] [E7]  
So  [E7] if I gotta  [D/E] die 
I'm gonna  [E7] listen 2 my body tonight   
[E7]      [D/E]        [E7] [D/E] [E7]

[Chorus 2 intro riff at end of each line]                                              
Yeah they say two [Amaj7]  thousand zero 
zero party over, Oops  [C#m7] out of time
[E7]      [D/E]        [E7] [D/E] [E7]
So  [Amaj7] tonight I'm gonna party like it's  
[C#m7] 1999 
[E7]      [D/E]        [E7] [D/E] [E7]

[Verse 3]           
Lemme tell ya somethin'
If U  [E7] didn't come 2 party, [D/E]
Don't  [E7] bother knockin' on my door  
[E7]      [D/E]        [E7] [D/E] [E7]
I got a  [E7] lion in my pocket, [D/E]
And  [E7] baby he's ready 2 roar   
[E7]      [D/E]        [E7] [D/E] [E7] 
Yeah, every [E7] body's got a bomb [D/E]
We [E7] could all die any day 
[E7]      [D/E]        [E7] [D/E] [E7]
But b [E7] efore I'll let that happen, [D/E]                  
I'll  [E7] dance my life away    
[E7]      [D/E]        [E7] [D/E] [E7]

[Chorus 3 intro riff at end of each line]                                                 
Yeah they say two  [Amaj7] thousand zero zero 
party over, Oops  [C#m7] out of time
[E7]      [D/E]        [E7] [D/E] [E7]
So  [Amaj7] tonight I'm gonna party like it's  
[C#m7] 1999 
[E7]      [D/E]        [E7] [D/E] [E7]

[Chorus 4 intro riff at end of each line]                                                             
Yeah they say two thousand zero [Amaj7]  zero 
party over, Oops [C#m7] out of time
[E7]      [D/E]        [E7] [D/E] [E7]
So tonight [Amaj7]  I'm gonna party like it's 
[C#m7] 1999p
[E7]      [D/E]        [E7] [D/E] [E7]

Yeah, 1999 (1999)                              
[E7] Don'tcha wanna go (1999)  
[E7]      [D/E]        [E7] [D/E] [E7]  
[E7] Don'tcha wanna go (1999)  
[E7]      [D/E]        [E7] [D/E] [E7]

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