Mandolin Rain

	  		


 
 

Intro: Dm, C, Am, G 
       Dm, C, F, C (2x) 

    C  
The song came and went 
           G             Dm 
 Like the times that we spent 
        F             G              C 
 Hiding out from the rain under the carnival tent 
    C 
 I laughed and she'd smile 
           G        Dm 
 It would last for awhile 
            F               G                     C 
 You don't know what you've got till you lose it all again 


                Dm         C 
 Listen to the mandolin rain 
                Am             G 
 Listen to the music on the lake 
                   Dm       C 
 Oh listen to my heart break  
                F       C 
 Every time she runs away 
                Dm      C 
 Listen to the banjo wind 
             Am        G 
 A sad song drifting low 
                 Dm     C 
 Listen to the tears roll 
                      F         C 
 Down my face as she turns to go 


   C 
 A cool evening dance 
  G                         Dm                F 
 Listenin to the bluegrass band takes the chill 
          G              C 
 From the air until they play the last song 
 C 
 I'll do my time 
     G                  Dm                F 
 Oh keeping you off my mind but there's moments 
          G           C 
 That I find I'm not feeling so strong 

                Dm         C 
 Listen to the mandolin rain 
                Am             G 
 Listen to the music on the lake 
                 Dm        C 
 Oh listen to my heart break  
                 F      C 
 Every time she runs away 
               Dm       C 
 Listen to the banjo wind 
             Am        G 
 A sad song drifting low 
                Dm      C 
 Listen to the tears roll 
                      F        C 
 Down my face as she turns to go 


 A#          Am 
 Runnin down by the lakeshore 
          C              F 
 She did love the sound of a summer storm 
    A#                 Am 
 It played on the lake like a mandolin 
          C             F       G                Dm, C, Am, G 
 Now it's washing her away once again...whoa, again 
  
Dm, C, F, C 

      C 
 The boat's steaming in 
    G                  Dm 
 I watch the sidewheel spin 
        F              G                 C 
 And I think about her when I hear that whistle blow 
 C            
 I can't change my mind 
     G              Dm              F 
 Oh I knew all the time that she'd go 
               G            C 
 But that's a choice I made long ago 

Chorus 
                Dm         C 
 Listen to the mandolin rain 
                Am             G 
 Listen to the music on the lake 
                 Dm        C 
 Oh listen to my heart break 
                 F      C  
 Every time she runs away 
                Dm      C 
 Listen to the banjo wind 
             Am        G 
 A sad song drifting low 
                Dm      C 
 Listen to the tears roll 
                      F        C 
 Down my face as she turns to go 
                  Dm, C, Am, G,  
 As she turns to go 
                Dm       C 
Oh listen to my heart break 
                F      C 
Every time she runs away 
              Dm       C 
Listen to the banjo wind 
          Am        G 
Sad song drifting low 
               Dm      C 
Listen to the tears roll 
                     F        C 
Down my face as she turns to go