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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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Bob Dylan-Knocking On Heaven's Door

[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] 

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