Gentle On My Mind
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It's knowing that your door is always open
and your path is free to walk
That makes me tend to leave my
sleepin' bag rolled up and stashed behind your couch
And it's knowin' I'm not shackled by
forgotten words and bonds
And the ink stains that have dried upon some line
That keeps you in the backroads by the rivers of my mem'ry
That keeps you ever gentle on my mind
It's not clingin' to the rocks and ivy planted
on their columns now that bind me
Or somethin' that somebody said because they thought
we fit together walkin'
It's just knowing that the world will not be cursing or forgiving
When I walk along some railroad track and find
That you're movin' on the backroads by the rivers of my mem'ry
And for hours you're just gentle on my mind
Though the wheat fields and the clotheslines
And the junkyards and the highways come between us
And some other woman's crying to her mother
cause she turned and I was gone
I still might run in silence, tears of joy might stain my face
And the summer sun might burn me till I'm blind
But not to where I cannot see you walkin' on the backroads
By the rivers flowing gentle on my mind
I dip my cup of of soup back from
a gurglin', cracklin' cauldron in some train yard
My beard a roughnin' coal pile and a dirty hat
pulled low across my face
Through cupped hands round a tin can
I pretend to hold you to my breast and find
That you're wavin' from the backroads by the rivers of my mem'ry
Ever smilin', ever gentle on my mind
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Readable chord sheet for Gentle On My Mind by Glen Campbell
[C]It's knowing that your [Em]doo[C]r is always o[Am]pen and your path is free to w[Dm]alk [Faug] [F] [G] That m[Dm]akes me tend to l[Faug]eave my sleepin' b[F]ag rolled up and sta[G]shed behind your c[C]ouch[Em] [C] [Am] [G] And it's kno[C]win' I'm not sha[Em]ckl[C]ed by forgot[Am]ten words and bonds And the i[C]nk stains that have d[Em]rie[C]d upon some l[Dm]ine[Faug] [F] [G] That k[Dm]eeps you in the ba[Faug]ckroads by the ri[F]vers of my me[G]m'ry That kee[Dm]ps you ever ge[G]ntle on my m[C]ind[Em] [C] [Am] [G] It's not c[C]lingin' to the r[Em]ock[C]s and ivy plan[Am]ted on their columns now that b[Dm]ind me [Faug] [F] [G] Or so[Dm]methin' that s[Faug]omebody said be[F]cause they thought we f[G]it together wa[C]lkin' [Em] [C] [Am] [G] It's just know[C]ing that the w[Em]orl[C]d will not be c[Am]ursing or forgiving When I w[C]alk along some r[Em]ail[C]road track and [Dm]find [Faug] [F] [G] That you're mo[Dm]vin' on the bac[Faug]kroads by the riv[F]ers of my m[G]em'ry And for h[Dm]ours you're just ge[G]ntle on my m[C]ind [Em] [C] [Am] [G] Though the w[C]heat fields and the clo[Em]the[C]slines And the jun[Am]kyards and the highways come be[Dm]tween us[Faug] [F] [G] And some ot[Dm]her woman's c[Faug]rying to her mo[F]ther cause she tu[G]rned and I was g[C]one[Em] [C] [Am] [G] I st[C]ill might run in s[Em]ile[C]nce, tears of j[Am]oy might stain my face And the su[C]mmer sun might b[Em]urn[C] me till I'm b[Dm]lind [Faug] [F] [G] But [Dm]not to where I c[Faug]annot see you wa[F]lkin' on the back[G]roads By the ri[Dm]vers flowing ge[G]ntle on my [C]mind [Em] [C] [Am] [G] I d[C]ip my cup of of [Em]sou[C]p back from a gur[Am]glin', cracklin' cauldron in some tr[Dm]ain yard [Faug] [F] [G] My b[Dm]eard a roughnin' [Faug]coal pile and a d[F]irty hat pulled l[G]ow across my fa[C]ce [Em] [C] [Am] [G] Through cu[C]pped hands round a [Em]tin[C] can I pr[Am]etend to hold you to my breast and f[Dm]ind[Faug] [F] [G] That you're wa[Dm]vin' from the ba[Faug]ckroads by the ri[F]vers of my me[G]m'ry Ever sm[Dm]ilin', ever gen[G]tle on my mind[C] [Em] [C] [Am] [G]