WE FIVE - "You Were On My Mind (Chords)" Tablature

Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 15:28:41 -0500
From: Andrew Rogers
Subject: ./w/we_five/you_were_on_my_mind.crd

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.]
/ / / / / / / / / / / / /

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]:

E
When I woke up this morning
A B E A B
You were on my mind
A G#m F#m B
And you were on my mind
E Amaj7
I got troubles, whoa-oh
E Amaj7
I got worries, whoa-oh
E C#m A B
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]

E
When I woke up this morning
A B E E+ A B
You were on my mi-i-i-ind and
A G#m F#m B
You were on my mind
E Amaj7
I got troubles, whoa-oh
E Amaj7
I got worries, whoa-oh
E C#m F#
I got wounds to bind

Bridge:

B C# F#
And I got a feelin'
B C# F# F#+ B C#
Down in my sho-oo-oo-oes, said
B A#m G#m C#
Way down in my sho-oo-oes
F# B
Yeah, I got to ramble, whoa-oh
F# B
I got to move on, whoa-oh
F# D#m G#m7 C#
I got to walk away my blues

[repeat verse 1, completely different chords yet again]

F#
When I woke up this morning
B C# F# B C#
You were on my mind
B A#m G#m C#sus4
You were on my mind
F# B
I got troubles, whoa-oh
F# B
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#
v v v v v v v v v
-9---6---9---6---|-7---6---7---6---|-6--
---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-|-7--
-----------------|-----------------|-6--
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-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers