I Meant To Do My Work Today chords by Carrie Newcomer

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
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Verse:
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I meant to do my work today
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So many plans I had made
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I'd check the mail, I'd make the call
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Save the world and sweep the hall
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Finally get my accounting done
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Sort the beans one by one
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But I got waylaid by the morning sun
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And I got absolutely nothing done

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I thought I'd live a louder life
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I'd learn a lot and get it right
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I'd rent a loft, I'd drink all night
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I'd be a living archetype
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And in a blinding flash of light
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I'd see that one great insight
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But silence called me deeper still
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Like nothing else I know, ever will

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I woke to hear an owl nearby
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Hunting something large enough to cry
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Nature's always beautiful
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The change of season's always right
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The moon shines cold and true and bright
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It sets at dawn without a fight
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And yet I could not find a way
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To get myself back to sleep last night

Instrumental:
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Verse:
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I never knew just what it meant
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The way you smiled while you dreamt
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And why my heart can overflow
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And why mistakes can haunt me so
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Why nothing ever stops or stays
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Dust shimmers in the morning rays
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I didn't do the work that I had said
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I just wandered through these thoughts instead

Outro:
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