What I Had in Mind chords by Ron Sexsmith

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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I’ve always seen schooldays
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Through September eyes
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Could never concentrate
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Could never memorize
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All the blackboard figures and facts
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Oh how I fell behind
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For dreams and schemes
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And visions of summertime

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Interlude 1

It was what I had in mind

Verse 2
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My Ma could find no A’s
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In my report card news
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Hoped it was just a phase
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That I was going through
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“Does not apply himself” I would hear
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Could never fall in line
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With the slave all day
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For minimum pay design
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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 address the elephant in the room

Interlude 2

Verse 4

Now that’s what I had in mind!

Verse 5
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I could never see the relevance
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Or the intelligence
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Of preaching gloom and doom
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Nor could I address the
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elephant in the room

Verse 6
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So many shades of grey
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In these November skies
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As another year decays
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To cut ya down to size
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Heading out of town for a show
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Down the Vivian Line
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In the rearview mirror leaving
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all of our tears be hind
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Now that’s what I had in mind!
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What I had in mind
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What I had in mind
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