VERSE #1

    D
The song came and went
D        A             Em   Bm
Like the times that we spent
Bm     G            A
Hiding out from the rain
A         G
Under the carnival tent
G D
I laughed and she smiled
D        A        Em    Bm
It would last for awhile
Bm        G                A            G
You don't know what you've got till you lose it all again



CHORUS X3

G             Em       D
Listen to the mandolin rain
D             Bm           A
Listen to the music on the lake
A            Em    D
Listen to my heart break
D             Bm   A
Everytime she runs away
A             Em    D
Listen to the banjo wind
D          Bm       A
A sad song drifting low
A            G     D
Listen to my tears roll
D                   G        D
Down my face as she turns to go



VERSE #2

  D
A cool evening dance
A                          Em  Bm
Listening to the bluegrass band
Bm        G              A
Takes the chill from the air
A          G
Until they play the last song
D
I'll do my time
A                  Em  Bm
Keeping you off my mind
Bm          G              A
But there's moments that I find
A       G
I'm not feeling too strong



VERSE #3

    D
The boats are steaming in
A                     Em  Bm
I watch the sidewheel spin
Bm    G               A
And I think about her when
A           G
I hear that whistle blow
D
I can't change my mind
D A               Em   Bm         G
I knew it all the time that she'd go
G            A             G
But that's a choice I made long ago