The Last Thing On My Mind

Written by Tom Paxton

Key of A · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

     A        D            A   A
It’s a lesson too late for the learnin’
        A     E       A  A
Made of sand,    made of sand
   A          D      A          A
In the wnk of an eye my soul is turning
        A     E     A    A
In your hand,    in your hand.

Chorus

    E   E               D          A       A
Are you going away with no word of farewell
           D      A            E      E
Will there be not a trace left behind?
  A                    D       A              A
I could have loved you better, didn’t mean to be unkind
    E             E                 A  A    A A
You know that was the last thing on my mind.

Chorus

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

Chorus

       A   D               A   A
You’ve got reasons aplenty for going
     A E       A      A
This I know,   this I know
    A         D         A        A
For the weeds have been steadily growing
       A     E            A     A
Please don’t go,   please don’t go

Chorus

As I lie in my bed in the morning
Without you, without you
Every song in my head dies a-borning
Without you, without you

Chorus

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