[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 - C9 x32030 - Gsus4 - 355533 - BPM 129] x x C9 x - x C x x - F x x F - x C9 x C9 x x C x - x F x F - x Gsus4 x Gsus4 - x x x x (x2, then drums enter another 2 times)
[Verse 1] I get up, [C9] ... [C] .. [F] ... and [F] nothing [G] gets me down. [C9][C][F][Gsus4] You got it tough, [C9] ... [C] .. [F] ..... [F]I've seen the [G] toughest around. [C9][C][F][Gsus4] And I know, ... [C9] ... [C] .. [F] ... [F] baby, just how [G] you feel. [C9][C][F][Gsus4] You've got to roll [C9] oh [C] oll with the punches [F] [F]to get to [G] what's real [C9][C][F][Gsus4]
[Pre-chorus] Oh, can't you [Am] see me standing [Am/G] here, I've got my (on beat) [F] back against the [C] record ma [Dm7] chiii iine .... I [C] ain't the [Dm7] worst that you've [F] seen. Oh, can't you see what I [Gsus4] mean?
[Chorus - Rhythm xxC9x xCxx FxxF xGxG ] Might as well jump. [C9] Jump! [C][F][F] Might as [G] well jump. [C9][C][F][Gsus4] Go ahead, jump. [C9] Jump! [C][F][F] Go ahead, [G] jump. [C9][C][F][Gsus4]
[Verse 2] Aaa-ohh, [C9] hey you [C] ! [F] Who said that? [F] Baby, [G] how you been? [C9][C][F][Gsus4] You say you don't know, [C9] wo ow [C][F] [F] Until we [G] begin. [C9][C][F][Gsus4]
[Pre-chorus] Well, can't you [Am] see me standing [Am/G] here, I've got my [F] back against the [C] record ma [Dm7] chiii iine I [C] ain't the [Dm7] worst that you've [F] seen. Oh, can't you see what I [Gsus4] mean?
[Chorus] Might as well jump. [C9] Jump! [C][F][F] Might as [G] well jump. [C9][C][F][Gsus4] Go ahead, jump. [C9] Jump! [C][F][F] Go ahead, [G] jump. [C9][C][F][Gsus4]
[Guitar Solo] [Keyboard Solo]
[Riff - Drums stop] x x C9 x - x C x x - F x x F - x C9 x C9 x x C x - x F x F - x Gsus4 x Gsus4 - x x x x Drums back in
[Chorus] Might as well jump. [C9] Jump! [C][F][F] Might as [G] well jump. [C9][C][F][Gsus4] Go ahead, jump. [C9] Jump! [C][F][F] Go ahead, [G] jump. [C9][C][F][Gsus4]
