What I Had in Mind
What I Had in Mind

What I Had in Mind chords by Ron Sexsmith

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 1

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  • G

  • C

  • E

  • Am

  • F

  • Em

  • D

  • Bm

    2

  • G

  • C

  • E

  • Am

  • F

  • Em

  • D

  • Bm

    2
    • Intro 1

    Verse 1
    I’ve 
    always seen 
    schooldays 


    Through 
    September 
    eyes 

    Could 
    never 
    concen
    trate 

    Could 
    never 
    memor
    ize 

    All 
    the 
    blackboard 
    figures 
    and 
    facts 

    Oh 
    how 
    I 
    fell 
    be
    hind 

    For dreams 
    and 
    schemes 

    And 
    visions 
    of 
    summer
    time 

    Interlude 1
    It 
    was 
    what 
    I 
    had 
    in 
    mind 


    Verse 2
    My Ma 
    could 
    find 
    no 
    A’s 

    In 
    my 
    report 
    card 
    news 

    Hoped 
    it 
    was 
    just 
    a 
    phase 

    That I 
    was 
    going 
    through 

    “Does not 
    apply 
    himself” I 
    would 
    hear 

    Could 
    never 
    fall 
    in 
    line 

    With 
    the slave 
    all 
    day 

    For 
    minimum 
    pay 
    design 

    It 
    wasn’t what 
    I 
    had 
    in 
    mind 

    Verse 3
    I 
    could 
    never 
    see 
    the 
    relevance 

    Or 
    the 
    intelligence 

    Of 
    preaching 
    gloom 
    and 
    doom 

    Nor 
    could 
    I 
    ad
    dress 
    the 
    elephant 
    in 
    the 
    room 

    Interlude 2



    Verse 4
    Now 
    that’s what 
    I 
    had 
    in 
    mind! 

    Verse 5
    I 
    could 
    never 
    see 
    the 
    relevance 

    Or 
    the 
    intelligence 

    Of 
    preaching 
    gloom 
    and 
    doom 

    Nor 
    could 
    I 
    ad
    dress 
    the 

    elephant 
    in 
    the 
    room 

    Verse 6

    So 
    many 
    shades 
    of 
    grey 

    In 
    these 
    November 
    skies 

    As another 
    year 
    de
    cays 

    To 
    cut 
    ya down 
    to 
    size 

    Heading 
    out 
    of 
    town 
    for 
    a show 

    Down 
    the 
    Vivian 
    Line 

    In 
    the 
    rearview 
    mirror 
    leaving 

    all 
    of 
    our 
    tears 
    be
    hind 

    Now 
    that’s what 
    I 
    had 
    in 
    mind! 

    What 
    I 
    had 
    in 
    mind 

    What 
    I 
    had 
    in 
    mind 


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