Bruce Hornsby-Mandolin Rain
[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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