Pretty fun song featuring inane lyrics that really get to the core of what it's like to let your mind wander. That seems like an old-fashioned concept now, actually!
Their version was actually a single. Mine is basically a stripped down acoustic thang, except for the amazing chorus ending. I don't know if this goes without saying (it doesn't, obv), but these recordings I'm making this week--I'm making them that very day. In the morning I have never played the song, though I may have loved it for years, and by the evening I've figured out how to play it and recorded my own version. Kudos to me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Chords, for those who are so inclined:
Nothing On My Mind by Too Much Joy
Transcribed on this 17th day of September, 2014
A
It’s not im-
A E D
Portant
A E D A
This love that I’m afraid of
A E D
I’ve got a bugle someplace
A E D A
Let’s get parade up ohh
A E D
We’re near the water
A E D A
I know a guy, a guy with a boat, it
A E D
doesn’t have any motor
A E D A
We could just sit, sit and float
E A C#m A
I’ll give you a coloring book
E F#m B
You can draw outside the lines
E A B A
I I I got nothing on my
E A B A
Nothing on my mind
F#m A E
I got nothing on my mind
A E D
My cousin died at a Who concert
A E D A
He was camping out in line
A E D
Me and him went camping once
A E D A
I got nothing on my mind
F#m A
That’s my favorite song
F#m A B
Baby do you wanna dance whoa
A E D
If you’re happy and you know it
A E D A
You’ve got to clap, clap your hands
A E D
If you’re happy and you know it
A E D A
You’ve got to clap, clap your hands
E A C#m A
I’ll give you a coloring book
E F#m B
You can draw outside the lines
E A B A
I I I got nothing on my
E A B A
Nothing on my mind
F#m A
I got nothing on my
F#m A
I got nothing on my
F#m A E
I got nothing on my mind
E F#m E F#m
E
I was in a movie one time
F#m
I didn’t have any lines
E
Just smiled at the leading lady
F#m
Got cut but at least they paid me
E
I’ve got nothing to say
F#m
I hope you have a nice day
E
I’m out of control
E
Je t’aime le rock and roll
E A B E
I I I got nothing on my mind
E A B E
I I I got nothing on my mind
E A B E
I I I got nothing on my mind
[I’ve got nothing to say hey hey hey
Got nothing to say
Have a nice day]