You Were On My Mind

We Five had a #3 hit with a perky folk-rock arrangement of this Sylvia

Fricker song in 1965. Do try to find the original Ian and Sylvia version

(available on a Vanguard various-artists comp, among other places) - you'll

be amazed at how many liberties We Five took with the chord changes, melody,

and even lyrics. --AWR

"You Were On My Mind"

(Sylvia Fricker)

Intro (bass and drums only until final chord):

E A E A E A E [N.C.]

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Verse 1 [chords mostly implied by bass; note that there are some 12-string

parts on the "whoa-oh"s that are present only on the mono mixdown]:

When I woke up this morning

You were on my mind

And you were on my mind

I got troubles, whoa-oh

I got worries, whoa-oh

I got wounds to bind

Verse 2:

E [xx6450]

So I went to the corner

Just to ease my pains

Yeah, just to ease my pains

I got troubles, whoa-oh

I got worries, whoa-oh

I came home again

[repeat verse 1, completely different chords]

When I woke up this morning

You were on my mi-i-i-ind and

You were on my mind

I got troubles, whoa-oh

I got worries, whoa-oh

I got wounds to bind

And I got a feelin'

Down in my sho-oo-oo-oes, said

Way down in my sho-oo-oes

Yeah, I got to ramble, whoa-oh

I got to move on, whoa-oh

I got to walk away my blues

When I woke up this morning

You were on my mind

You were on my mind

I got troubles, whoa-oh

I got worries, whoa-oh

F# G#m E C#7sus4 C#7

I got wounds to bind

Coda (electric 12-string):

(F#) (F#sus4) F#

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-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers