Year: 1964 -
Written by Tom Paxton
Intro: G C G C G D G
G C G
It's a lesson too late for the learnin',
C G D G
made of sand, made of sand.
C G
In the wink of an eye my soul is turnin'
C G D G
in your hand, in your hand.
D C G
Are you goin' away with no word of farewell;
C G D D7
will there be not a trace left behind?
G C
Well, I could have loved you better,
G
didn't mean to be unkind;
D D7 G
you know that was the last thing on my mind. 
G C G
You've got reasons a-plenty for goin';
C G D G
this I know, this I know.
C G
For the weeds have been steadily growin';
C G D G
please don't go, please don't go.
D C G
Are you goin' away with no word of farewell;
C G D D7
will there be not a trace left behind?
G C
Well, I could have loved you better,
G
didn't mean to be unkind;
D D7 G
you know that was the last thing on my mind.
C G
As we walk on, my thoughts keep a-tumblin',
C G D G
round and round, round and round.
C G
Underneath our feet the subways rumblin',
C G D G
underground, underground.
D C G
Are you goin' away with no word of farewell;
C G D D7
will there be not a trace left behind?
G C
I could have loved you better,
G
didn't mean to be unkind;
D D7 G
you know that was the last thing on my mind.
C G
As I lie in my bed in the mornin'
C G D G
without you, without you.
C G
Every song in my breast dies a-bornin'
C G D G
without you, without you.
D C G
Are you goin' away with no word of farewell;
C G D D7
will there be not a trace left behind?
G C
I could have loved you better,
G
didn't mean to be unkind;
D D7 G
you know that was the last thing on my mind.
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