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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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Billy Joel-Uptown Girl

[BPM - 129]
[Intro]
"uh oh .." etc - 
[E] [F#m] [G#m] ([A] [B])

[Verse]
[E] Uptown girl ......... [F#m] She's been living in her
[G#m] uptown world [A] I bet she [B] never had a 
[E] back street guy [F#m] I bet her mama never 
[G#m] told her [A] why I'm gonna [B] try for an
[E] Uptown girl [F#m] She's been living in her 
[G#m] white bread world [A] As long as [B] anyone with 
[E] hot blood can [F#m] And now she's looking for a 
[G#m] downtown man [A] That's what I [B] am

[Chorus]
[C] And when she [Am] knows what
She [Dm] wants from her [G] time
[C] And when she [Am] wakes up
And [Dm] makes up her [G] mind
[A] She'll see I'm [F#m] not so tough
[D] Just because
[B] I'm in love with an

[Verse] 
[E] Uptown girl ... [F#m] You know I've seen her in her 
[G#m] uptown world [A] She's getting [B] tired of her
[E] high class toys [F#m] And all her presents from her 
[G#m] uptown boys [A] She's got a [B] choice

[Interlude]
[G] Whoo-ooo-ooo- [A] ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo- 
[F#] ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo- [Bm] ooo-ooo- [A] ooo-oah
[G] Whoo-ooo-ooo- [A] ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo- 
[F#] ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo- [B] ooo-ooo- [B] ooo-oah

[Verse]
[E] Uptown girl .....  [F#m] You know I can't afford to 
[G#m] buy her pearls [A] But maybe [B] someday when my  
[E] ship comes in [F#m] She'll understand what kind of 
[G#m] guy I've been [A] And then I'll [B] win

[Chorus]
[C] And when she's [Am] walking
She's [Dm] looking so [G] fine
[C] And when she's [Am] talking
She'll [Dm] say that she's [G] mine
[A] She'll say I'm [F#m] not so tough
[D] Just because
[B] I'm in love with an

[Verse - Drum fills section - snare only really on 4]
(just play bass drum and chords on 1 and put fills in on snare when appropriate)
[E] Uptown girl ......[F#m] She's been living in her 
[G#m] white bread world [A] As long as [B] anyone with 
[E] hot blood can [F#m] And now she's looking for a 
[G#m] downtown man [A] That's what I [B] am

[Interlude]
[G] Whoo-ooo-ooo- [A] ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo- 
[F#] ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo- [Bm] ooo-ooo- [A] ooo-oah
[G] Whoo-ooo-ooo- [A] ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo- 
[F#] ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo- [B] ooo-ooo- [B] ooo-oah

[Verse]
[E]Uptown girl [F#m]  
She's my uptown [G#m] girl .. You 
[A] know I'm in [B] love with an 
[E] uptown girl [F#m] My uptown 
[G#m] girl ....... You
[A] know I'm in [B] love with an 
[E] Uptown girl .... [F#m] My uptown 
[G#m] girl ....... You 
[A] know I'm in [B] love with an 
[E] Uptown girl .... [F#m] My uptown 
[G#m] girl ......... You 
[A] know I'm in [B] love (end on E)            

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