Mandolin Rain · Wanda Vick · Dale Ann Bradley

[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              C        G     D
Hiding out from the rain under the carnival tent
  G
I laughed and she'd smile
         D        Am7
It would last for awhile
          C                D                    C
You don't know what you've got 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                C       G
Oh, listen to my heart break 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            C
Listenin' to the bluegrass band takes the chill
         D               C                G   D
From the air until they play the last song
G
I'll do my time
    D                  Am7              C
Oh, keeping you off my mind 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                C       G
Oh, listen to my heart break 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               D                C          G   D
And I think about her 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                C       G
Oh, listen to my heart break 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
                    C                 Cadd9     C Cmaj7
Down my face as she turns to go oh oh oh
 
                       Cadd9     C Cmaj7     Cadd9
Listen to the mandolin rain