Last Thing On My Mind

Tom Paxton

Key of G · Chords: I IV V vi

Verse 1

G                 C            G
It's a lesson too late for the learning
G             D       G
Made of sand, made of sand
G                 C              G
In the wink of an eye my soul is turning
G             D       G
In your hand, in your hand

Chorus

D                          C           G
Are you going away with no word of farewell
C          G        D
Will there be not a trace left behind
C
I could have loved you better, didn't
G            Em
mean to be unkind
G                   D                G
You know it was the last thing on my mind

Verse 2

G           C                    G
As we walk along my thoughts are tumbling.
G                D         G
Round and round, round and round
G              C               G
Underneath our feet a subway’s rumbling
G           D    G
Underground underground

(Chorus)

Verse 3

G                   C          G
You’ve got reason a-plenty for going
G            D      G
This I know, this I know
G                       C        G
For the weeds have been steadily growing
G                D            G
Please don’t go, please don’t go