Ron Sexsmith – What I Had In Mind (Guitar)

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From the album "The Vivian Line" (2023) Spotify link: spotify:track:5saojvKcj1644C6Fi7BY3j [Intro] | G | C | G | C | [Verse 1]
G                       C
 I’ve always seen schooldays

G                  C
 Through September eyes

G                  C
 Could never concentrate

G                C
 Could never memorize

E                   Am
 All the blackboard figures and facts

E                F
 Oh how I fell behind

    C           G/B        Am         Em    D
For dreams and schemes and visions of summertime

       D7            G      C      G      C
It was what I had in mind
[Verse 2]
G                    C
 My Ma could find no A’s

G                  C
 In my report card news

G                    C
 Hoped it was just a phase

G                 C
 That I was going through

E                  Am
"Does not apply himself" I would hear

E                    F
 Could never fall in line

          C        G/B     Am      Em    D
With the slave all day for minimum pay design

          D7             G
It wasn’t what I had in mind
[Chorus]
              Am
I could never see the relevance

   Bm
Or the intelligence

   C                   G
Of preaching gloom and doom

              Am                 Dsus4  D  Dsus2  D
Nor could I address the elephant in the room
[Instrumental break] | G | C | G | C | | E | Am | E | F | | C G/B | Am Em | D |
           D7            G
Now that’s what I had in mind!
[Chorus]
              Am
I could never see the relevance

   Bm
Or the intelligence

   C                   G
Of preaching gloom and doom

              Am                 Dsus4  D  Dsus2  D  Dsus4  D  Dsus2  D
Nor could I address the elephant in the room
[Verse 3]
G                  C
 So many shades of grey

G                   C
 In these November skies

G                  C
 As another year decays

G                  C
 To cut ya down to size

E               Am
 Heading out of town for a show

E                F      F
 Down the Vivian Line

       C        G/B            Am         Em      D
In the rearview mirror leaving all of our tears behind

           D7            G      C      G
Now that’s what I had in mind!
[Outro]
C             G      C      G
What I had in mind

C             G      C  G
What I had in mind