Tom Paxton – The Last Thing On My Mind (Guitar)

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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 Alternates: Capo III C = A G = E D = B D7 = B7 Capo V C = G G = D D = A D7 = A7 Open (These chords are not in the original key) C = D G = A D = E D7 = E7 Set8