The Last Thing On My Mind
Tom Paxton

CAPO 2nd Fret

G                 C            G
It's a lesson too late for the learning
C       G     D       G
Made of sand, made of sand
G                 C              G
In the wink of an eye my soul is turning
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
Will there be not a trace left behind
        G                    C                G
Well, I could have loved you better, I didn't mean to be unkind
G                     D                G
You know that was the last thing on my mind

G                 C              G
As we walk all my thoughts are a tumbling
C         G      D         G
Round and round, round and round
G                       C        G
Underneath our feet the subway's rumbling
C    G       D    G
Underground, underground
        D                  C           G
Are you going away with no word of farewell
           C        G            D
Will there be not a trace left behind
        G                    C                G
Well, I could have loved you better, I didn't mean to be unkind
G                     D                G
You know that was the last thing on my mind

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

BREAK ON CHORUS CHORDS

G               C          G
As I lie in the bed in the morning
C       G    D       G
Without you, without you
G               C             G
Each song in my breast dies a-borning
C       G    D       G
Without you, without you
        D                  C           G
Are you going away with no word of farewell
           C        G            D
Will there be not a trace left behind
        G                    C                G
Well, I could have loved you better, I didn't mean to be unkind
G                     D                G
You know that was the last thing on my mind
G                     D                G
You know that was the last thing on my mind