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Bruce Hornsby-Mandolin Rain - BPM - 111

[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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Bruce Hornsby-The Way It Is - CHECK CHORDS - BPM - 111

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|Am7  Em7  |D  Cadd9 |G   D   |Cadd9   |
 
|Am7  Em7  |D  Cadd9 |G   D   |Cadd9   | % |
 
Add drums:
 
|Cadd9 | % | % | % |
 
|Am7  Em7  |D  Cadd9 |G   D   |Cadd9   |
 
|Am7  Em7  |D  Cadd9 |G   D   |Cadd9   |
 
[Verse 1]
Am7              Em7
Standing in line marking time
D               Cadd9
Waiting for the welfare dime
G        D                Cadd9
  'Cause they can't buy a job
    Am7                  Em7
The man in the silk suit hurries by
      D                    Cadd9
As he catches the poor old ladies' eyes
G          D          Cadd9
  Just for fun he says "get a job"
 
[Chorus]
G   Fmaj7  C                 Cadd9
             That's just the way it is
G   Fmaj7  C                  Cadd9
             Some things will never change
G   Fmaj7  C                 Cadd9
             That's just the way it is
G   Fmaj7  C         Cadd9
             Ah, but don't you believe them
 
|Am7  Em7  |D  Cadd9 |G   D   |Cadd9
 
[Verse 2]
         Am7                 Em7                D         Cadd9
They say hey, little boy you can't go where the others go
G                  D              Cadd9
  'Cause you don't look like they do
     Am7          Em7                  D             Cadd9
Said hey, old man how can you stand to think that way
        G                  D             Cadd9
Did you really think about it before you made the rules, he said, son
 
[Chorus]
G   Fmaj7  C                 Cadd9
             That's just the way it is
G   Fmaj7  C                  Cadd9
             Some things will never change
G   Fmaj7  C                 Cadd9
             That's just the way it is
G   Fmaj7  C         Cadd9
             Ah, but don't you believe them
 
|Am7  Em7  |D  Cadd9 |G   D   |Cadd9   |
                                   Ooh ya
 
[Solo]
|Am7  Em7  |D  Cadd9 |G   D   |Cadd9   |
 
|Am7  Em7  |D  Cadd9 |G   D   |Cadd9   |
 
|Am7  Em7  |D  Cadd9 |G   D   |Cadd9   |
 
|Am7  Em7  |D  Cadd9 |G   D   |Cadd9   |
 
|Am7  Em7  |D  Cadd9 |G   D   |Cadd9   |
 
G   Fmaj7  C                 Cadd9
             That's just the way it is
G   Fmaj7  C                 Cadd9
             That's just the way it is
 
[Verse 3]
           Am7              Em7   D                    Cadd9
Well, they passed a law in '64 to give those who ain't got a little more
G        D         Cadd9
  But it only goes so far
            Am7               Em7
Because the law don't change another's mind
     D                  Cadd9      G       D             Cadd9
When all it sees at the hiring time is the line on the color bar
 
[Chorus]
G   Fmaj7  C                 Cadd9
             That's just the way it is
G   Fmaj7  C                  Cadd9
             Some things will never change
G   Fmaj7  C                 Cadd9
             That's just the way it is
G   Fmaj7                 C             Cadd9
          That's just the way it is, it is, it is, it is
 
[Solo]
|Am7  Em7  |D  Cadd9 |G   D   |Cadd9   |
 
|Am7  Em7  |D  Cadd9 |G   D   |Cadd9   |
 
|Am7  Em7  |D  Cadd9 |G   D   |Cadd9   |
 
|Am7  Em7  |D  Cadd9 |G   D   |Cadd9   |
 
[Outro]
G   Fmaj7  C   Cadd9   x8

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