[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
[Chorus - No drums during Red red bit - BPM 89] [G] Red red [C] wine [F][G][F] Goes to my [C] head [F][G][F] Makes me for [C] get that I [F][G][F] still need her [G] so [F][G] Red red [C] wine [F][G][F] It's up to [C] you [F][G][F] All I can [C] do I've done, [F][G] But me [F] mories won't [G] go [G] [F] Memor [G] ies won't [C] go [F][G][F]
[Bridge] I had [G] sworn that with [C] time, [F] thoughts of you'd leave my [C] head. I was [G] wrong. Now I [C] find, just one [F] thing makes me for [G] get.
[Chorus] [G] Red red [C] wine [F][G][F] Stay close to [C] me. [F][G][F] Don't let me be [C] alone [F][G] It's tea [F] ring a [G] part, [G][F] my [G] blue heart.
[Keyboard Part - Open chords - Gsus4 - 3x0013] [C][F][Gsus4][G] - [C][F][Gsus4][G]
[Bridge] I had [G] sworn that with [C] time, [F] thoughts of you'd leave my [C] head. I was [G] wrong. Now I [C] find, just one [F] thing makes me for [G] get.
[Chorus] [G] Red red [C] wine [F][G][F] Stay close to [C] me. [F][G][F] Don't let me be [C] alone [F][G] It's tea [F] ring a [G] part, [G][F] my [G] blue heart.
[Keyboard Part - Open chords - Gsus4 - 3x0013] [C][F][Gsus4][G] - [C][F][Gsus4][G]
[Chorus - Can fade out to end] [G] Red red [C] wine [F][G][F] Stay close to [C] me. [F][G][F] Don't let me be [C] alone [F][G] It's tea [F] ring a [G] part, [G][F] my [G] blue heart.