Last thing on my mind
Tom Paxton
this is the key in which he plays it on his album "Ramblin' Boy"
Please see chord diagrams at the bottom for a more authentic Sound
Travis-style picking works, but listen to the recording to get a feel for the rhythm
Intro:
A / D / A / /
Verse:
A D A
It's a lesson too late for the learnin'
D A E A
Made of sand, made of sand
A D A
In the wink of an eye my soul is turnin'
D A E A
In your hand, in your hand.
[Chorus:]
E A D A
Are you going away with no word of farewell?
A D E
Will there be not a trace left behind?
A D
Well, I could have loved you better,
A
Didn't mean to be unkind.
E7 A
You know that was the last thing on my mind.
You've got reasons a-plenty for goin'.
This I know, this I know.
For the weeds have been steadily growin'.
Please don't go, please don't go.
[Cho:]
As we walk on, my thoughts are a-tumblin',
Round and round, round and round.
Underneath our feet the subways rumblin',
Underground, underground.
[Cho:]
As I lie in my bed in the mornin',
Without you, without you.
Every song in my breast dies a bornin',
Without you, without you.
CHORDS:
1 2 3
e|---|---|---|---- X
B|---|-x-|---|---- 1
A: G|---|-x-|---|---- 1 BAR your first finger on second fret
D|---|-x-|---|---- 1
A|---|---|---|---- O
E|---|---|---|---- X
1 2 3
e|---|-x-|---|---- 1
B|---|---|-x-|---- 2
D: G|---|-x-|---|---- 1 Hammer on second finger for D chord
D|---|-x-|---|---- 1
A|---|---|---|---- O
E|---|---|---|---- X
1 2 3
e|---|---|---|---- X
B|---|---|---|---- X
E: G|-x-|---|---|---- 1 Bass note optional
D|---|-x-|---|---- 2
A|---|-x-|---|---- 3
E|---|---|---|---- X
1 2 3
e|---|---|---|---- X
B|---|---|---|---- X
E7: G|-x-|---|---|---- 1 Bass note optional
D|---|---|---|---- O
A|---|-x-|---|---- 3
E|---|---|---|---- X
--Jman