Gentle On My Mind

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[Intro]
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B|--------------|
G|--------------|
D|--0--2--4--5--|
A|--------------|
E|--------------|
Then [Riff 1] twice to starting G
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e|-----3--3-3-----3--3-3-----3--3-3-----3--3-3--|
B|-----0--0-0-----0--0-0-----0--0-0-----0--0-0--|
G|-----0--0-0-----0--0-0-----0--0-0-----0--0-0--|
D|--5--5--5-5--4--4--4-4--2--2--2-2--0--0--0-0--|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|
(repeat intro 2x)
G
It's knowin' that your door is always open
Am
And your path is free to walk
D
That makes me tend to leave my sleepin' bag
[Riff 1]
Rolled up and stashed behind your couch
G
And it's knowin' I'm not shackled
By forgotten words and bonds
Am
And the ink stains that have dried upon some line
D
That keeps you in the back roads
D
By the rivers of my memory
[Riff 1]
That keeps you ever gentle on my mind
G
It's not clingin' to the rocks and ivy
Am
Planted on their columns now that bind me
D
Or some-thing that somebody said be-cause
D [Riff 1]
They thought we fit together walkin'
G
It's just knowing that the world
Will not be cursing or forgiving
Am
When I walk along some railroad track and find
D
That you're movin' on the back roads
By the rivers of my memory
[Riff 1 twice]
And for hours you're just gentle on my mind
G
Though the wheat fields and the clothes lines
Am
And the junkyards and the highways come between us
D
And some other woman's cryin' to her mother
[Riff 1]
'cause she turned and I was gone
G
I still might run in silence
Tears of joy might stain my face
Am
And the summer sun might burn me till I'm blind
D
But not to where I cannot see
You walkin' on the back roads
[Riff 1 twice]
By the rivers flowin' gentle on my mind
G
I dip my cup of soup back from a gurglin' cracklin' cauldron
Am
In some train yard
D
My beard a rustlin' coal pile
[Riff 1]
And a dirty hat pulled low across my face
G
Through cupped hands 'round a tin can
Am
I pretend to hold you to my breast and find
D
That you're waitin' from the back roads
By the rivers of my memory
[Riff 1 twice] end on slow strum of G
Ever smilin', ever gentle on my mind
- - -
Based on the "Unearthed" album version with Johnny Cash and Glen Campbell
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/2adBKwqiheE8TJhfpHE9x6?si=L-jnZldLSq2ZEnPmdO3s0g
Song originally by John Hartford

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[Intro]
Then [Riff 1] twice to starting G
                                  [Riff 1]
Rolled up and stashed behind your couch
By forgotten words and bonds
                                 [Riff 1]
That keeps you ever gentle on my mind
D                             [Riff 1]
They thought we fit together walkin'
Will not be cursing or forgiving
By the rivers of my memory
                                       [Riff 1 twice]
And for hours you're just gentle on my mind
                            [Riff 1]
'cause she turned and I was gone
Tears of joy might stain my face
You walkin' on the back roads
                                   [Riff 1 twice]
By the rivers flowin' gentle on my mind
                                     [Riff 1]
And a dirty hat pulled low across my face
By the rivers of my memory
                                [Riff 1 twice] end on slow strum of G
Ever smilin', ever gentle on my mind
- - -
Based on the "Unearthed" album version with Johnny Cash and Glen Campbell
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/2adBKwqiheE8TJhfpHE9x6?si=L-jnZldLSq2ZEnPmdO3s0g 
Song originally by John Hartford

Gentle On My Mind Chords by Johnny Cash

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