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Last Thing On My Mind

intermediate

Last Thing On My Mind

Key: C

Chords: 3

Doc Watson Classic Country

Jam Along

Chord Chart

A

C

F

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

F

C

C

C

G

C

C

B

G

G

F

C

F

C

G

G

C

F

C

C

G

G

C

C

Chords used: C F G

Lyrics

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

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

As we walk along my thoughts are tumbling Round and round, round and round. Underneath our feet a subway's rumbling Underground, underground. You've got reasons aplenty for going This I know, this I know For the weeds have been steadily growing Please don't go, please don't go 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

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About This Song

Last Thing On My Mind was written by Tom Paxton in the early 1960s and became a bluegrass standard thanks to Doc Watson's definitive version. This folk-country tune has been covered by countless artists across genres.

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