[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 - BPM 70 - bass runs low Bs and fingerpicking as well at the start] G D Am G D C G D Am G D C
[Verse] [G] Mama ta [D] ke this badge off of [Am] me [G] I can't [D] use it any [C] more [G] It's getting [D] dark, too dark to [Am] see [G] I feel I'm [D] knockin on heaven's [C] door [D]
[Chorus] [G] Knock, knock, [D] knockin' on heaven's [Am] door [G] Knock, knock, [D] knockin' on heaven's [C] door [D] [G] Knock, knock, [D] knockin' on heaven's [Am] door [G] Knock, knock, [D] knockin' on heaven's [C] door [D]
[Solo] G D Am G D C
[Verse] [G] Mama [D] put my guns in the [Am] ground [G] I can't [D] shoot them any [C] more [G] That long [D] black cloud is comin' [Am] down [G] I feel I'm [D] knockin' on heaven's [C] door [D]
[Chorus] [G] Knock, knock, [D] knockin' on heaven's [Am] door [G] Knock, knock, [D] knockin' on heaven's [C] door [D] [G] Knock, knock, [D] knockin' on heaven's [Am] door [G] Knock, knock, [D] knockin' on heaven's [C] door [D]
[Verse] [G] Mama, [D] wipe this blood from my [Am] face [G] I can't [D] see through it any [C] more [G] It's a [D] feeling that I just can't [Am] trace [G] I feel I'm [D] knockin' on heaven's [C] door [D]
[Chorus] [G] Knock, knock, [D] knockin' on heaven's [Am] door [G] Knock, knock, [D] knockin' on heaven's [C] door [D] [G] Knock, knock, [D] knockin' on heaven's [Am] door [G] Knock, knock, [D] knockin' on heaven's [C] door [D]