Gentle On My Mind Glen Campbell

Gentle On My Mind

Glen Campbell

Stacey

4416
0:00 2:41
Tuning Standard (E A D G B E)
Beat 4/4
Key: Eb
Capo:
Fret 1
Strumming 1

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Lyrics

[Intro]
| D | - | - | - |

[Verse 1]
     D                     Dmaj7          D6
It's knowing that your door     is always open And your
    D
path
               Em
is free to walk
     Em                    Emmaj7            Em7
That makes me tend to leave      my sleeping bag Rolled up
           A7
and stashed
                 D
behind your couch
         D                    Dmaj7
And it's knowing I'm not shackled
         D6                 D
By forgotten words and bonds
                                            Em
And the ink stains that are dried upon some line
     Em                   Emmaj7
That keeps you in the backroads
       Em7            A7
By the rivers of my memory
     Em                 A7           D
That keeps you ever gentle on my mind

[Verse 2]
         D               Dmaj7
It's not clinging to the rocks and ivy
D6                 D                  Em
Planted on their columns now that bind  me
   Em                   Emmaj7
Or something that somebody said
  Em7                      A7             D
Because they thought we fit  together walking
          D               Dmaj7                  D6
It's just knowing that the     world will not be cursing Or
         D
forgiving
                                          Em
when I walk along some railroad track and find
            Em                Emmaj7
That you're moving on the backroads
       Em7            A7
By the rivers of my memory
    Em                       A7            D
And for hours you're just gentle on my mind

[Verse 3]
           D                         Dmaj7
Though the wheat fields and the clothes lines
        D6                    D                Em
And the junkyards and the highways come between  us
         Em               Emmaj7     Em7
And some other woman's cryin' to her mother 'Cause she
      A7
turned
              D
and I was gone
  D                    Dmaj7             D6
I still might run in silence tears of joy  might stain my
    D
face
                                          Em
And the summer sun might burn me 'til I'm blind
    Em                Emmaj7
But not to where I cannot see
    Em7                A7
You walkin' on the backroads
       Em                A7            D
By the rivers flowing gentle on my mind

[Verse 4]
  D                 Dmaj7            D6
I dip my cup of soup     back from a gurglin' Cracklin'
    D
cald
                 Em
ron in some train  yard
   Em                Emmaj7
My beard a roughening      coal pile,
      Em7                 A7              D
And a dirty hat pulled low  across my face
        D                          Dmaj7
Through cupped hands 'round the tin     can
     D6                 D              Em
I pretend to hold you to my breast and find
            Em                   Emmaj7
That you're waiting from the backroads
       Em7            A7
By the rivers of my memories
     Em              A7
Ever smilin' ever gentle on my mind

[Outro]
    | D |

Bars

[Intro]
| D | - | - | - |

[Verse 1]
| D  Dmaj7  | D6  D      | Em  -  | -  -  |
| Em Emmaj7 | Em7 A7     | D   -  | -  -  |
| D  Dmaj7  | D6  D      | -   -  | Em -  |
| -  -      | Em  Emmaj7 | Em7 A7 | Em A7 |
| D  -      | -   -      |

It's knowing that your door     is always open And your
path
is free to walk
That makes me tend to leave      my sleeping bag Rolled up
and stashed
behind your couch
And it's knowing I'm not shackled
By forgotten words and bonds
And the ink stains that are dried upon some line
That keeps you in the backroads
By the rivers of my memory
That keeps you ever gentle on my mind

[Verse 2]
                 | D  Dmaj7  | D6  D      |
| Em  -  | -  -  | Em Emmaj7 | Em7 A7     |
| D   -  | -  -  | D  Dmaj7  | D6  D      |
| -   -  | Em -  | -  -      | Em  Emmaj7 |
| Em7 A7 | Em A7 | D  -      | -   -      |

It's not clinging to the rocks and ivy
Planted on their columns now that bind  me
Or something that somebody said
Because they thought we fit  together walking
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 moving on the backroads
By the rivers of my memory
And for hours you're just gentle on my mind

[Verse 3]
| D  Dmaj7  | D6  D      | Em  -  | -  -  |
| Em Emmaj7 | Em7 A7     | D   -  | -  -  |
| D  Dmaj7  | D6  D      | -   -  | Em -  |
| -  -      | Em  Emmaj7 | Em7 A7 | Em A7 |
| D  -      | -   -      |

Though the wheat fields and the clothes lines
And the junkyards and the highways come between  us
And some other woman's cryin' 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 'til I'm blind
But not to where I cannot see
You walkin' on the backroads
By the rivers flowing gentle on my mind

[Verse 4]
              | D  Dmaj7  | D6  D  |
| Em -  | - - | Em Emmaj7 | Em7 A7 |
| D  -  | - - | D  Dmaj7  | D6  D  |
| Em -  | - - | Em Emmaj7 | Em7 A7 |
| Em A7 |

I dip my cup of soup     back from a gurglin' Cracklin'
cald
ron in some train  yard
My beard a roughening      coal pile,
And a dirty hat pulled low  across my face
Through cupped hands 'round the tin     can
I pretend to hold you to my breast and find
That you're waiting from the backroads
By the rivers of my memories
Ever smilin' ever gentle on my mind

[Outro]
    | D |

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