Mandolin Rain chords by Josh Kelley

Tuning: Standard
Capo 4

Intro: Dm, C, Am, G
       Dm, C, F, C (2x)

    C
The song came and went
           G             Dm
 Like the times that we spent
        F             G              C
 Hiding out from the rain under the carnival tent
    C
 I laughed and she'd smile
           G        Dm
 It would last for awhile
            F               G                     C
 You don't know what you've got till you lose it all again

[CHORUS]
                Dm         C
 Listen to the mandolin rain
                Am             G
 Listen to the music on the lake
                   Dm       C
 Oh listen to my heart break
                F       C
 Every time she runs away
                Dm      C
 Listen to the banjo wind
             Am        G
 A sad song drifting low
                 Dm     C
 Listen to the tears roll
                      F         C
 Down my face as she turns to go

   C
 A cool evening dance
  G                         Dm                F
 Listenin to the bluegrass band takes the chill
          G              C
 From the air until they play the last song
 C
 I'll do my time
     G                  Dm                F
 Oh keeping you off my mind but there's moments
          G           C
 That I find I'm not feeling so strong

[CHORUS]
                Dm         C
 Listen to the mandolin rain
                Am             G
 Listen to the music on the lake
                 Dm        C
 Oh listen to my heart break
                 F      C
 Every time she runs away
               Dm       C
 Listen to the banjo wind
             Am        G
 A sad song drifting low
                Dm      C
 Listen to the tears roll
                      F        C
 Down my face as she turns to go

 A#          Am
 Runnin down by the lakeshore
          C              F
 She did love the sound of a summer storm
    A#                 Am
 It played on the lake like a mandolin
          C             F       G                Dm, C, Am, G
 Now it's washing her away once again...whoa, again

Dm, C, F, C

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

[CHORUS]
                Dm         C
 Listen to the mandolin rain
                Am             G
 Listen to the music on the lake
                 Dm        C
 Oh listen to my heart break
                 F      C
 Every time she runs away
                Dm      C
 Listen to the banjo wind
             Am        G
 A sad song drifting low
                Dm      C
 Listen to the tears roll
                      F        C
 Down my face as she turns to go
                  Dm, C, Am, G,
 As she turns to go
                Dm       C
Oh listen to my heart break
                F      C
Every time she runs away
              Dm       C
Listen to the banjo wind
          Am        G
Sad song drifting low
               Dm      C
Listen to the tears roll
                     F        C