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Mandolin Rain chords
Bruce Hornsby *

G D Am C 2x
D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)           DThe (xx0232@1)song came and went,
         Am (x02210@1)          Clike (x32010@1)the times that we spent,
       G (320003@1)          D (xx0232@1)            C (x32010@1)          Dhiding (xx0232@1)out from the rain under the carnival tent
G (320003@1)          DHappen (xx0232@1)she d smile,
         Am (x02210@1)      Cit (x32010@1)would last for awhile,
          G (320003@1)           D (xx0232@1)           C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1) Dyou (xx0232@1)don't know what you got, till you lose it all again
 
C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)      C (x32010@1)                   
Listen to the mandolin rain,
              G (320003@1)          D (xx0232@1) 
listen to the music on the lake;
             Am (x02210@1)  C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)      C (x32010@1)   Glisten (320003@1)to my heart break, every time she runs away
C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)   CListen (x32010@1)to the banjo wind,
           G (320003@1)      Da (xx0232@1)sad song drifting low,
              Am (x02210@1)  C (x32010@1)                       G (320003@1)      C (x32010@1)Dlisten (xx0232@1)to the tears roll, down my face as she turns to go 
 
  G (320003@1)          DA (xx0232@1)cool evening dance,
          Am (x02210@1)             C (x32010@1)            Glistening (320003@1)to the bluegrass band takes the chill
         D (xx0232@1)            C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)  D (xx0232@1)  
from the air, till they play the last song
G (320003@1)        DI'll (xx0232@1)do my time, 
        Am (x02210@1)       Ckeeping (x32010@1)you off my mind;
            G (320003@1)            D (xx0232@1)           C (x32010@1)         G (320003@1)   Dbut (xx0232@1)there's moments that I find, I'm not feeling too strong 
 
C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)      C (x32010@1)                   
Listen to the mandolin rain,
              G (320003@1)          D (xx0232@1) 
listen to the music on the lake;
             Am (x02210@1)  C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)      C (x32010@1)   Glisten (320003@1)to my heart break, every time she runs away
C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)   CListen (x32010@1)to the banjo wind,
           G (320003@1)      Da (xx0232@1)sad song drifting low,
              Am (x02210@1)  C (x32010@1)                       G (320003@1)      C (x32010@1)Dlisten (xx0232@1)to the tears roll, down my face as she turns to go

F (133211@1)                 CRunning (x32010@1)down by the lakeshore,
        D (xx0232@1)      Am (x02210@1)       C (x32010@1)    Dshe (xx0232@1)did love the sound of a summer storm
F (133211@1)                        CPlaying (x32010@1)on the lake like a mandolin,
         Am (x02210@1)         C (x32010@1)       Dnow (xx0232@1)it's washing her away once again
 
Solo

G (320003@1)             DThe (xx0232@1)boat's steaming in,
  Am (x02210@1)                 C (x32010@1)            
I watch the side wheel spin, and 
  G (320003@1)             D (xx0232@1)    C (x32010@1)              G (320003@1)  D (xx0232@1)
I think about her when I hear the whistle blow
G (320003@1)               DI (xx0232@1)can't change my mind,
  Am (x02210@1)         C (x32010@1)             G (320003@1)I knew all the time that she'd go;
             D (xx0232@1)           C (x32010@1)   G (320003@1)Dbut (xx0232@1)that's a choice I made long ago

C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)      C (x32010@1)                   
Listen to the mandolin rain,
              G (320003@1)          D (xx0232@1) 
listen to the music on the lake;
             Am (x02210@1)  C (x32010@1)         G (320003@1)      C (x32010@1)   Glisten (320003@1)to my heart break every time she runs away
C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)   CListen (x32010@1)to the banjo wind,
           G (320003@1)      Da (xx0232@1)sad song drifting low;
              Am (x02210@1)  C (x32010@1)                       G (320003@1)      C (x32010@1)Dlisten (xx0232@1)to the tears roll, down my face as she turns to go 
                CAs (x32010@1)she turns to go 
                         G (320003@1)      C (x32010@1)                   
Listen to, listen to the mandolin rain

Am (x02210@1)  C (x32010@1)                       G (320003@1)      C (x32010@1)DListen (xx0232@1)to the tears roll, down my face as she turns to go
              Am (x02210@1)  C (x32010@1)                       G (320003@1)      C (x32010@1)DListen (xx0232@1)to the tears roll, down my face as she turns to go 
                         G (320003@1)      C (x32010@1)                   
Listen to, listen to the mandolin rain

* Alternate:

Capo III

G (320003@1)= E (022100@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D  = BAm (x2444x@1)= F#m
C (x32010@1)= A (x02220@1)name="chord_133211@1">F  = D (xx0232@1)Set8

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