WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | John Hartford - Gentle On My Mind Chords | Ver. 2
[INTRO]
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[VERSE 1]
C Cmaj7 C6
It's knowing that your door is always open
C Dm
And your path is free to walk
Dm Dmmaj7 Dm7
That makes me tend to leave my sleeping bag
G C
Rolled up and stashed behind your couch
C Cmaj7
And it's knowing I'm not shackled
C6 C
By forgotten words and bonds
C C Dm
And the ink stains that are dried upon some line
Dm Dmmaj7
That keeps you on the back roads
Dm7 G
By the rivers of my memory
Dm G C
That keeps you ever gentle on my mind
[VERSE 2]
C Cmaj7
It's not clinging to the rocks and ivy
C6 C Dm
Planted on their columns now that binds me
Dm Dmmaj7
Or something that somebo - dy said
Dm7 G C
Because they thought we fit together walking
C Cmaj7 C6 C
It's just knowing that the world will not be cursing or forgiving
C Dm7
when I walk along some railroad track and find
Dm Dmmaj7
That you're moving on the back roads
Dm7 G
By the rivers of my memory
Dm G C
And for hours you're just gentle on my mind
[VERSE 3]
C Cmaj7
Though the wheat fields and the clothes lines
C6 C Dm7
And the junkyards and the highways come between us
Dm Dmmaj7 Dm7
And some other woman's cryin' to her mother
G C
'Cause she turned and I was gone
C Cmaj7 C6 C
I still might run in silence, tears of joy might stain my face
C Dm7
And the summer sun might burn me 'til I'm blind
Dm Dmmaj7 Dm7 G
Oh, but not to where I cannot see you walkin' on the back roads
Dm G C
By the rivers flowing gentle on my mind
[VERSE 4]
C Cmaj7 C6
I dip my cup of soup back from a gurglin',
C Dm
Cracklin' cauldron in some train yard
Dm Dmmaj7
My beard a rustling, a cold towel,
Dm7 G C
and a dirty hat pulled low across my face
C Cmaj7
Through cupped hands 'round the tin can
C6 C Dm7
I pretend to hold you to my breast and find
Dm Dmmaj7
That you're waiting from the back roads
Dm7 G7
By the rivers of my memories
Dm G C | Csus4 | C | C7sus4 | C |
Ever smilin', ever gentle on my mind