[Intro] D Am G Em7 D Am7 G C G D Am G Em7 D Am7 G C G D [Verse] G The song came and went D Am7 Like the times that we spent C D Hiding out from the rain C G D under the carnival tent G I laughed and she'd smile D Am7 It would last for awhile C D You don't know what you've got C till you lose it all again [Chorus] D Am G Listen to the mandolin rain Em7 D Listen to the music on the lake Am7 G Oh, listen to my heart break C G every time she runs away D Am G Oh, listen to the banjo wind Em7 D A sad song drifting low Am7 G Listen to the tears roll C G D Down my face as she turns to go [Verse 2] G A cool evening dance D Am7 Listenin' to the bluegrass band C takes the chill D From the air until C G D they play the last song G I'll do my time D Am7 Oh, keeping you off my mind C but there's moments D C That I find, I'm not feeling so strong [Chorus] D Am G Listen to the mandolin rain Em7 D Listen to the music on the lake Am7 G Oh, listen to my heart break C G every time she runs away D Am G Oh, listen to the banjo wind Em7 D A sad song drifting low Am7 G Listen to the tears roll C G D Down my face as she turns to go [Bridge] F C Runnin' down by the lakeshore Bm7 Cmaj7 D She did love the sound of a summer storm F C Playing on the lake like a mandolin Bm7 Em D Now it's washing her away once again... whoa, again [Solo] Am G Em7 D Am7 G C G D Am G Em7 D Am7 G C G D [Verse 3] G The boat's steaming in D Am7 Oh, I watch the sidewheel spin C And I think about her D C G D when I hear that whistle blow G I can't change my mind D Am7 C Oh, I knew all the time that she'd go D C But that's a choice I made long ago [Chorus] D Am G Listen to the mandolin rain Em7 D Listen to the music on the lake Am7 G Oh, listen to my heart break C G every time she runs away D Am G Oh, listen to the banjo wind Em7 D A sad song drifting low Am7 G Listen to the tears roll C Down my face as she turns to go G D As she turns to go [Interlude] Am G Em7 D Am7 G C G [Outro] D Am7 G Listen to the tears roll C G Down my face as she turns to go D Am7 G Listen to the tears roll Down my face as she C Cadd9 C Cmaj7 turns to go oh oh oh Listen to Cadd9 C Cmaj7 Cadd9 the mandolin rain
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