[Intro]
D Am G Em7 D Am7 G C G
D Am G Em7 D Am7 G C G D
[Strophe]
    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
[Refrain]
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
[Strophe]
  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
[Refrain]
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
[Pont]
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
[Strophe]
    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
[Refrain]
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
[Instrumentale]
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