Mandolin Rain

 
                 G              D 
The song came and went 
          Am             C 
Like the times that we spent 
        G           D               G 
Hiding out from the rain under the carnival tent 
   G              D 
I laughed and she smiled 
         Am        C 
It would last for awhile 
          G             D                    G 
You don't know what you got till you lose it all again 
 
              G 
Listen to the mandolin rain 
              D             G 
Listen to the music on the lake 
             Am                G        D    G 
Listen to my heart break every time she runs away 
              G 
Listen to the banjo wind 
      D    G 
A sad song drifting low 
              Am         G                   D        G 
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 
 
F                      C 
Running on down by the lakeshore 
        D                   Am     C 
She did love the sound of a summer storm 
F                         C 
Playin on the lake like a mandolin 
         Am          C    D 
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