Biography:
Tom Paxton (born Thomas Richard Paxton on October 31, 1937) is an American singer and writer of folk music whose songs have had enduring appeal (and include modern standards such as "The Last Thing on My Mind") known for a cynical, often political edge. In 2009, he received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Paxton was born in Chicago, Illinois, the youngest child of Burton and Esther Paxton. The Paxton family moved to Bristow, Oklahoma in 1948, where Tom grew to adulthood and which he still considers home.
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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
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
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