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%abc-2.1 X:1 T:The Last Thing On My Mind Z:Webmaster C:Tom Paxton M:4/4 L:1/4 Q:1/4=150 K:G P:verse z z B, C |: "G" D D2 D | "C" G2 E3/2 G/2 | "G" E (D3 | D2) "C" C/2 C3/2 | w:It's a les-son too late for the learn-ing - Made of "G" (B,4 | "D" B,2) A,/2 A,3/2 | "G" (G,4 | G,2) B, C | w:sand - made of sand. - In the D2 D D | "C" G G E G | "G" E (D3 | D2) "C" C/2 C3/2 | w:wink of an eye my soul is turn-ing - In your "G" (B,4 | "D" B,2) A,/2 A,3/2 | "G" (G,4 | G,2) F G | w:hand - in your hand - Are you P:chorus "D" A2 A3/2 B/2 | A2 G F | "C" G2 G E | "G" D2 E F | w:go-ing a-way with no word of fare-well Will there "C" G2 F E | "G" D2 C B, | "D" (A,4 | A,2) E F | w:be not a trace left be-hind - Well I "G"G G G3/2A/2 | "C" G/2 G3/2 f/2 e3/2 | "G" D3/2 D/2 D E | D2 z B, | w:could have loved you bet-ter did-n't mean to be un-kind You "D" D D D3/2 E/2 | D C "D7" B, A, |1-3 "G" (G,4 | G,2) D D :|4 "G" (G,4 | G,) "C"z "G"z2 || w:know that was the last thing on my mind - You've got mind - % W:1 W:It's a lesson too late for the learning W:Made of sand, made of sand W:In the wink of an eye my soul is turnin' W:In your hand, in your hand W:Are you going away with no word of farewell W:Will there be not a trace left behind W:Well, I could've loved you better, didn't mean to be unkind W:You know that was the last thing on my mind W: W:2 W:You've got reason a plenty for goin' W:This I know, this I know W:For the weeds have been steadily growin' W:Please don't go, please don't go W:Are you going away with no word of farewell W:Will there be not a trace left behind W:Well, I could've loved you better, didn't mean to be unkind W:You know that was the last thing on my mind W: W:3 W:As I lie in my bed in the mornin' W:Without you, without you. W:Every song in my breast lies a bornin' W:Without you, without you. W:Are you going away with no word of farewell W:Will there be not a trace left behind W:Well, I could've loved you better, didn't mean to be unkind W:You know that was the last thing on my mind
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Song Note
Song by
Tom Paxton
Country of origin:
England
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Song to be found in the following collection(s):
My Own Song Book