Mandolin Rain chords by Bruce Hornsby

Mandolin Rain chords
Bruce Hornsby *

G D Am C 2x
D

  G       D
The song came and went,
     Am      C
like the times that we spent,
    G      D       C      D
hiding out from the rain under the carnival tent
G      D
Happen she'd smile,
     Am    C
it would last for awhile,
     G       D       C      G  D
you don't know what you got, till you lose it all again

C       G    C
Listen to the mandolin rain,
       G      D
listen to the music on the lake;
       Am  C      G    C   G
listen to my heart break, every time she runs away
C       G   C
Listen to the banjo wind,
      G    D
a sad song drifting low,
       Am  C             G    C D
listen to the tears roll, down my face as she turns to go

 G      D
A cool evening dance,
     Am        C       G
listening to the bluegrass band takes the chill
     D       C       G  D
from the air, till they play the last song
G     D
I'll do my time,
    Am     C
keeping you off my mind;
      G       D       C      G   D
but there's moments that I find, I'm not feeling too strong

C       G    C
Listen to the mandolin rain,
       G      D
listen to the music on the lake;
       Am  C      G    C   G
listen to my heart break, every time she runs away
C       G   C
Listen to the banjo wind,
      G    D
a sad song drifting low,

       Am  C             G    C D
listen to the tears roll, down my face as she turns to go



F          C
Running down by the lakeshore,
    D    Am     C   D
she did love the sound of a summer storm
F             C
Playing on the lake like a mandolin,
     Am      C     D
now it's washing her away once again

Solo

  G        D
The boat's steaming in,
 Am          C
I watch the side wheel spin, and
 G        D   C        G  D
I think about her when I hear the whistle blow
G         D
I can't change my mind,
 Am      C        G
I knew all the time that she'd go;
       D       C   G D
but that's a choice I made long ago

C       G    C
Listen to the mandolin rain,
       G      D
listen to the music on the lake;
       Am  C      G    C   G
listen to my heart break every time she runs away
C       G   C
Listen to the banjo wind,
      G    D
a sad song drifting low;
       Am  C             G    C D
listen to the tears roll, down my face as she turns to go
        C
As she turns to go
             G    C
Listen to, listen to the mandolin rain

       Am  C             G    C D
Listen to the tears roll, down my face as she turns to go
       Am  C             G    C D
Listen to the tears roll, down my face as she turns to go
             G    C
Listen to, listen to the mandolin rain

* Alternate:

Capo III

G = E
D = B
Am = F#m
C = A
F = D

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