Chords for "Too Much On My Mind"

Date: 03 Jun 96 21:06:20 EDT
From: IAN GRANT


 Too Much On My Mind
 Written by: R. Davies
 Published by: Davray/Carlin Music Corp.


Intro: E bass/  A  Asus4 A/  A Asus4  A/

        A       Asus4    A  Asus4
There's too much on my mind,
        D       Dsus4    G  Gsus4  G
There's too much on my mind,
    D                                A
And I can't sleep at night thinking about it.
     A
I'm thinking of the time,
         D              G
There's too much on my mind,
    D            Dsus4    D        Dsus4    A     (Asus4  A)x2
It seems there's more to life than just to live it.

        F#m7           A7
There's too much on my mind,
             D       A      E
And there is nothing I can say.
        F#m7           A7
There's too much on my mind,
             D       A     E
And there is nothing I can do
D               A   Asus4 A Asus4... D Dsus4 D Dsus4
About it, About it.

    A            Asus4    A    Asus4
My thoughts just weigh me down,
    D                G
And drag me to the ground,
     D       Dsus4     D          Dsus4     A     Asus4 A Asus4
And shake my head till there's no more life in me.
      A                     D            G
It's ruining my brain, I'll never be the same,
   D             Dsus4    D     A
My poor demented mind is slowly going.


        F#m7
There's too much on my mind,
             D       A      E
And there is nothing I can say.
        F#m7
There's too much on my mind,
             D       A     E
And there is nothing I can do
      D Dsus4   A
About it, About it.
       A
There's too much on my mind.



Date: 16 August, 2005
From: Chris Tanis

Here's how I've always played it-
(Based on the other version that's here)

***Note-in the intro, first verse, and outro, it isn't a straight Asus4 chord, 
it's an A chord with a 2nd and a 4th added, like thus:

    
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------
b|-------------2---3---2-----------------------------------------------
g|-------------2---4---2-----------------------------------------------
d|---------------------------------------------------------------------
a|-------0-------------------------------------------------------------
e|-0-------------------------------------------------------------------

so it really oughtta be another name, but I couldn't tell you what in 
egghead music theory terms, it's just an Asus2 and an Asus4 at the same time. 

The major changes are the removal of the D chord before the G chord in the 
verses--to my ear there is no question that it stays on A there--and the other 
major change is in the chorus--I've just always heard it as a C#m chord--anyone 
else hear it this way?

This is perhaps my favorite Kinks tune, by the way, from my fave LP of 
theirs (face to face)--got turned on to it by the movie "The American Friend," 
where it is used to great poignancy. Wim Wenders is a BIG Kinks fan. 

        A       Asus4    A  Asus4
There's too much on my mind,
        A       Asus4    G  Gsus4  G
There's too much on my mind,
    D                                A
And I can't sleep at night thinking about it.
     A
I'm thinking all the time,
                       G
There's too much on my mind,
    D            Dsus4    D        Dsus4    A     (Asus4  A)x2
It seems there's more to life than just to live it.

        C#m           
There's too much on my mind,
             D       A      E
And there is nothing I can say.
        C#m           
There's too much on my mind,
             D       A     E
And there is nothing I can do
D               A   Asus4 A Asus4... D Dsus4 D Dsus4
About it, About it.

    A            Asus4    A    Asus4
My thoughts just weigh me down,
                    G
And drag me to the ground,
     D       Dsus4     D          Dsus4     A     Asus4 A Asus4
And shake my head till there's no more life in me.
      A                                 G
It's ruining my brain, I'll never be the same,
   D             Dsus4    D     A
My poor demented mind is slowly going.


        C#m
There's too much on my mind,
             D       A      E
And there is nothing I can say.
        C#m
There's too much on my mind,
             D       A     E
And there is nothing I can do
      D Dsus4   A
About it, About it.
       A
There's too much on my mind.



Date: October 28, 2006
From: Tim Cronin (a.k.a. "bones")

I like Chris Tanis' way with a couple of alterations maybe?
Instead of hitting the E and then the A open strings, how about hitting the open E then 
hit the open E again sliding to the 5th fret A, then hitting the open A immediately 
followed by A chord - Asus4 - A sequence. There's definately a slide in there, don't you think?
Also, I like Chris'C#m instead of Ian's F#m7. But I tried making the C#m a C#m7 and 
thought that might sound better too. Any opinion on this?
Thank you,
Tim Cronin
bones



Date: July 9, 2013
From: John Lutschak

I think Chris has got it right but the chorus sounds like this to me:

C#m
There's too much on my mind,
D F#m E
And there is nothing I can say.
C#m
There's too much on my mind,
D F#m E
And there is nothing I can do
D Dsus4 A Asus4 (2) 
About it, About it.