Credit to the 1st chord chart of this song.
I wanted to post a version without the capo.
Tuning: Standard
Key: E
Intro: F#m E C#m B
F#m E A E (2x)
E
The song came and went
B F#m
Like the times that we spent
A B E
Hiding out from the rain under the carnival tent
E
I laughed and she'd smile
B F#m
It would last for awhile
A B E
You don't know what you've got till you lose it all again
[CHORUS]
F#m E
Listen to the mandolin rain
C#m B
Listen to the music on the lake
F#m E
Oh listen to my heart break
A E
Every time she runs away
F#m E
Listen to the banjo wind
C#m B
A sad song drifting low
F#m E
Listen to the tears roll
A E
Down my face as she turns to go
E
A cool evening dance
B F#m A
Listenin to the bluegrass band takes the chill
B E
From the air until they play the last song
E
I'll do my time
B F#m A
Oh keeping you off my mind but there's moments
B E
That I find I'm not feeling so strong
[CHORUS]
F#m E
Listen to the mandolin rain
C#m B
Listen to the music on the lake
F#m E
Oh listen to my heart break
A E
Every time she runs away
F#m E
Listen to the banjo wind
C#m B
A sad song drifting low
F#m E
Listen to the tears roll
A E
Down my face as she turns to go
D C#m
Runnin down by the lakeshore
E A
She did love the sound of a summer storm
D C#m
It played on the lake like a mandolin
E A B F#m E C#m B
Now it's washing her away once again...whoa, again
F#m E A E
E
The boat's steaming in
B F#m
I watch the sidewheel spin
A B E
And I think about her when I hear that whistle blow
E
I can't change my mind
B F#m A
Oh I knew all the time that she'd go
B E
But that's a choice I made long ago
[CHORUS]
F#m E
Listen to the mandolin rain
C#m B
Listen to the music on the lake
F#m E
Oh listen to my heart break
A E
Every time she runs away
F#m E
Listen to the banjo wind
C#m B
A sad song drifting low
F#m E
Listen to the tears roll
A E
Down my face as she turns to go
F#m E C#m B
As she turns to go
F#m E
Oh listen to my heart break
A E
Every time she runs away
F#m E
Listen to the banjo wind
C#m B
Sad song drifting low
F#m E
Listen to the tears roll
A E
Down my face as she turns to go
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