Last Thing On My Mind Chords
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Difficulty: | beginner |
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Tuning: | E A D G B E |
Key: | G |
Capo: | no capo |
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Last Thing On My Mind chords
Tom Paxton 1964 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Thing_on_My_Mind
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Thing_on_My_Mind
Open or Capo I*
G C G C G D G
G C G
It's a lesson too late for the learnin',
C G D G
made of sand, made of sand
C G
In the wink of an eye my soul is turnin',
C G D G
in your hand, in your hand.
D C G
Are you going away with no word of farewell,
C G D D7
will there be not a trace left behind?
G C
Well, I could have loved you better,
G
didn't mean to be unkind;
D D7 G
you know that was the last thing on my mind.
G C G
You've got reasons a-plenty for goin',
C G D G
this I know, this I know.
C G
For the weeds have been steadily growin',
C G D G
please don't go, please don't go.
D C G
Are you going away with no word of farewell,
C G D D7
will there be not a trace left behind?
G C
Well, I could have loved you better,
G
didn't mean to be unkind;
D D7 G
you know that was the last thing on my mind.
C G
As we walk on, my thoughts keep tumblin',
C G D G
round and round, round and round
C G
Underneath our feet the subways rumblin',
C G D G
underground, underground
D C G
Are you going away with no word of farewell,
C G D D7
will there be not a trace left behind?
G C
Well, I could have loved you better,
G
didn't mean to be unkind;
D D7 G
you know that was the last thing on my mind.
C G
As I lie in my bed in the mornin',
C G D G
without you, without you.
C G
Every song in my breast lies a bornin',
C G D G
without you, without you.
D C G
Are you going away with no word of farewell,
C G D D7
will there be not a trace left behind?
G C
Well, I could have loved you better,
G
didn't mean to be unkind;
D D7 G
you know that was the last thing on my mind.
* Paxton used a capo in later performances
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21 comments

A mistake in one word of lyrics: "lies a bornin'" should be "dies a bornin,'" according to Tom Paxton's own video with Tom Clancy on YouTube. 'dies a bornin' makes sense; his songs die before they're born because his lover left.)
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This song really hits close to the heart.
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it's actually capoed on 2
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