G5              D5
The song came and went
          A5             C5
Like the times that we spent
        G5           D5               G5
Hiding out from the rain under the carnival tent
   G5              D5
I laughed and she smiled
         A5        C5
It would last for awhile
          G5             D5                    G5
You don't know what you got till you lose it all again

              G5
Listen to the mandolin rain
              D5             G5
Listen to the music on the lake
             A5                G5        D5    G5
Listen to my heart break every time she runs away
              G5
Listen to the banjo wind
      D5    G5
A sad song drifting low
              A5         G5                   D5        G5
Listen to the tears roll down my face as she turns to go

A cool evening dance
Listening to the bluegrass band takes the chill
From the air till they play the last song
I'll do my time
Keeping you off my mind
But there's moments that I find, I'm not feeling too strong

F5                      C5
Running on down by the lakeshore
        D5                   A5     C5
She did love the sound of a summer storm
F5                         C5
Playin on the lake like a mandolin
         A5          C5    D5
Now it's washing her away once again

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