{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1510815,"song":"Gentle On My Mind","artist":"Seasick Steve","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11279055-gentle-on-my-mind-chords-by-seasick-steve/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1510815?type=chord","rating":4.66374,"votes":60,"content":"This is a song Steve does quite often at the end of his shows. \r\nThe chords were nicked off of onefinebob, so you can thank him for that. \r\nOnly thing I did was tab the chords throughout the whole song, \r\nand give the chords their proper names.\r\n\r\nChords defined at the end.\r\n\r\nINTRO:  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]  [ch]Am/C[/ch]   [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nIt's knowing that your door is always[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am/C[/ch]            [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]           [ch]Dm[/ch]   [ch]Dmmaj7[/ch] [ch]Dm7[/ch] [ch]Dmmaj7[/ch]\r\nopen and your path is free to walk[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm[/ch]               [ch]Dmmaj7[/ch]\r\nthat makes me tend to leave my sleeping[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm7[/ch]               [ch]G7[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]  [ch]Cadd2[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nbag rolled up and stashed behind your couch[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]           [ch]Am/C[/ch]\r\nAnd it's knowing I'm not shackled by forgotten words and[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cmaj7[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]           [ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]Dmmaj7[/ch] [ch]Dm7[/ch] [ch]Dmmaj7[/ch]\r\nbonds and the ink stains that have dried upon some line[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm[/ch]               [ch]Dmmaj7[/ch]\r\nThat keeps you in the backroads by the[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm7[/ch]          [ch]G7[/ch]          [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nrivers of my mem'ry, that keeps you ever[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]  [ch]Cadd2[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\ngentle on my mind[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nIt's not clinging to the rocks and ivy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am/C[/ch]               [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]            [ch]Dm[/ch]   [ch]Dmmaj7[/ch] [ch]Dm7[/ch] [ch]Dmmaj7[/ch]\r\nPlanted on their columns now that bind me[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]Dmmaj7[/ch]\r\nOr something that somebody said[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm7[/ch]                   [ch]G7[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]  [ch]Cadd2[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBecause they think we fit together walkin'.[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]             [ch]Am/C[/ch]\r\nIt's just knowing that the world will not be cursing or[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cmaj7[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]              [ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]Dmmaj7[/ch] [ch]Dm7[/ch] [ch]Dmmaj7[/ch]\r\nForgiving, when I walk along some railroad track and find[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]Dmmaj7[/ch]\r\nThat you're moving on the backroads by the[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm7[/ch]          [ch]G7[/ch]          [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nRivers of my mem'ry, and for hours you're just[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]  [ch]Cadd2[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nGentle on my mind[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nThough the wheat fields and the clothes lines and the[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am/C[/ch]                [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]           [ch]Dm[/ch]    [ch]Dmmaj7[/ch] [ch]Dm7[/ch] [ch]Dmmaj7[/ch]\r\nJunkyards and the highways come between us,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dm[/ch]          [ch]Dmmaj7[/ch]\r\nAnd some other woman crying to her[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm7[/ch]                [ch]G7[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]  [ch]Cadd2[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMother, 'cause she turned and I was gone.[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]        [ch]Am/C[/ch]\r\nI still might run in silence, tears of joy might stain my[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cmaj7[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]             [ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]Dmmaj7[/ch] [ch]Dm7[/ch] [ch]Dmmaj7[/ch]\r\nFace, and the summer sun might burn me 'till I'm blind,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]Dmmaj7[/ch]\r\nBut not to where I cannot see you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm7[/ch]            [ch]G7[/ch]                [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWalkin' on the backroads, by the rivers flowing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]  [ch]Cadd2[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nGentle on my mind[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nI dip my cup of soup back from the[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am/C[/ch]                  [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]            [ch]Dm[/ch]   [ch]Dmmaj7[/ch] [ch]Dm7[/ch] [ch]Dmmaj7[/ch]\r\nGurglin', cracklin' cauldron in some train yard;[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]                [ch]Dmmaj7[/ch]\r\nMy beard a roughning coal pile and a[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm7[/ch]              [ch]G7[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]  [ch]Cadd2[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDirty hat pulled low across my face.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]    [ch]Am/C[/ch]\r\nThrough cupped hands 'round a tin can I[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cmaj7[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]      [ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]Dmmaj7[/ch] [ch]Dm7[/ch] [ch]Dmmaj7[/ch]\r\nPretend I hold you to my breast and find[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm[/ch]                     [ch]Dmmaj7[/ch]\r\nThat you're waving from the backroads by the[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm7[/ch]          [ch]G7[/ch]           [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nRivers of my memory, ever smilin' ever[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]  [ch]Cadd2[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nGentle on my mind.[/tab]\r\n\r\nC:     x32010\r\nCmaj7: x32000\r\nAm/C:    x322x0 (I use the finger on the G string to mute the B string.\r\nCadd2:    x32030       It makes for a faster change between the Cmaj7 and Am/C)\r\nDm:    xx0231\r\nDmmaj7:xx0221\r\nDm7:   xx0211\r\nG7:    320001","plain_text":"This is a song Steve does quite often at the end of his shows. \nThe chords were nicked off of onefinebob, so you can thank him for that. \nOnly thing I did was tab the chords throughout the whole song, \nand give the chords their proper names.\n\nChords defined at the end.\n\nINTRO:  C  Cmaj7  Am/C   Cmaj7\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nC:     x32010\nCmaj7: x32000\nAm/C:    x322x0 (I use the finger on the G string to mute the B string.\nCadd2:    x32030       It makes for a faster change between the Cmaj7 and Am/C)\nDm:    xx0231\nDmmaj7:xx0221\nDm7:   xx0211\nG7:    320001","chords":["C","Cmaj7","Am/C","Dm","Dmmaj7","Dm7","G7","Cadd2","G","B"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Cmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,0,0],"frets":[-1,3,2,0,0,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"Dm7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,1]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}