By: Jimmy Buffett, Jane Slagsvol Buffett 1975 This verse is played throughout the song. -------5-7-5-5-------------------------------------------------------| --5H7----------7-5----------------------------------5----------------| --------------------7-7-----------7----------7/11--------------------| -----------------------7/9--7--9----9-7-7-9--------------------------| ---------------------------------------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------------------------------------| Then reapt this again E A E It was late in the evenin', just a few of us pickin' A E A B B But the lady she played so easy and fine E A E And the chords that she strummed were so tastefully clever F#m Abm F#mEm They planted this song in my mind Chorus: A E 'Cause there's somethin' so feminine about a mandolin A E A B B The way that they feel, the way that they ring E A Just to see slender fingers, movin' so quickly F#m Abm F#mE Made this boy want to sing And when I get older and I have a daughter I'll teach her to sing and play her my songs And I'll tell her some stories I can barely remember And hope that she will sing along And maybe one day she'll take a fancy to pickin' 'Cause when that bug bites you, you live with the sting And if she could just strum a few simple measures She could make some young man sing 'Cause there's somethin' so feminine about a mandolin Way that they feel, the way that they ring And that evenin' in a pasture somewhere near Austin That mandolin made me sing Her mandolin made me sing --------------------------------------- Chord diagrams: Abm - |466444| F#m - |244222| --------------------------------------- Enjoy!