Chords for Gentle On My Mind
Tempo:
103.95 bpm
Chords used:
Em
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D
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E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Jam Along & Learn...
[D]
It's knowing that your door is always open and your path is [Em] free to walk
That makes me [B] tend to leave my [Em] sleeping bag rolled [A] up and stashed [D] behind your couch
And it's knowing I'm not shackled by forgotten words and bonds and the ink stains that have dried upon [E] [Em] Sunlight
That keeps you [B] in the back roads [Em] by the rivers of [A] my memory [Em] that keeps you [A] ever gentle [D] on
It's not clinging to the rocks and ivy planted on their columns [Em] now that by
something [B] that somebody [Em] said because they thought [A] we fit [D] together walking
It's just knowing that the world will not be cursing or forgiving when I walk along some railroad [Em] track and find
It's knowing that your door is always open and your path is [Em] free to walk
That makes me [B] tend to leave my [Em] sleeping bag rolled [A] up and stashed [D] behind your couch
And it's knowing I'm not shackled by forgotten words and bonds and the ink stains that have dried upon [E] [Em] Sunlight
That keeps you [B] in the back roads [Em] by the rivers of [A] my memory [Em] that keeps you [A] ever gentle [D] on
It's not clinging to the rocks and ivy planted on their columns [Em] now that by
something [B] that somebody [Em] said because they thought [A] we fit [D] together walking
It's just knowing that the world will not be cursing or forgiving when I walk along some railroad [Em] track and find
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_ _ _ It's knowing that your door is always open and your path is [Em] free to walk _ _ _
_ That makes me [B] tend to leave my [Em] sleeping bag rolled [A] up and stashed [D] behind your couch _ _ _ _
And it's knowing I'm not shackled by forgotten words and bonds and the ink stains that have dried upon [E] _ [Em] Sunlight _ _ _
_ That keeps you [B] in the back roads [Em] by the rivers of [A] my memory [Em] that keeps you [A] ever gentle [D] on
my mind _
_ _ _ It's not clinging to the rocks and ivy planted on their columns [Em] now that by
Or _ _ _ _ something [B] that somebody [Em] said because they thought [A] we fit [D] together walking
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It's just knowing that the world will not be cursing or forgiving when I walk along some railroad [Em] track and find _ _ _
_ That you're moving [B] on the back roads [Em] by the rivers of [A] my memory [Em] and for hours you're [A] just
_ [D] _ _ Though
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[D] the wheat fields and the clotheslines and the junkyards and the highways [Em] come between _ _ _
_ _ And some other [B] woman's crying [Em] to her mother [A] cause she turned and [D] I was gone. _ _ _ _
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I
Burn me till [Em] I'm blind _
_ _ _ But not to where [B] I cannot [Em] see you walking [A] on the back roads [Em] by the rivers flow [A] and gentle [D] on my mind
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I
Get my cup of soup back from a gurgling crackling cauldron in [Em] some train yard _
_ _ _ My beard a [B] rustling coal [Em] pile in a dirty hat [A] full blow [D] across my face _ _ _
_ Through cup tans round the tin can I pretend to hold you to my [Em] breast and find
_ _ _ That you're waving [B] from the back roads [Em] by the rivers of [A] my memory [Em] ever smiling [A] ever gentle on my mind
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_ _ _ It's knowing that your door is always open and your path is [Em] free to walk _ _ _
_ That makes me [B] tend to leave my [Em] sleeping bag rolled [A] up and stashed [D] behind your couch _ _ _ _
And it's knowing I'm not shackled by forgotten words and bonds and the ink stains that have dried upon [E] _ [Em] Sunlight _ _ _
_ That keeps you [B] in the back roads [Em] by the rivers of [A] my memory [Em] that keeps you [A] ever gentle [D] on
my mind _
_ _ _ It's not clinging to the rocks and ivy planted on their columns [Em] now that by
Or _ _ _ _ something [B] that somebody [Em] said because they thought [A] we fit [D] together walking
_ _ _ _ _
It's just knowing that the world will not be cursing or forgiving when I walk along some railroad [Em] track and find _ _ _
_ That you're moving [B] on the back roads [Em] by the rivers of [A] my memory [Em] and for hours you're [A] just
_ [D] _ _ Though
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[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
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[D] the wheat fields and the clotheslines and the junkyards and the highways [Em] come between _ _ _
_ _ And some other [B] woman's crying [Em] to her mother [A] cause she turned and [D] I was gone. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _
I
Burn me till [Em] I'm blind _
_ _ _ But not to where [B] I cannot [Em] see you walking [A] on the back roads [Em] by the rivers flow [A] and gentle [D] on my mind
_ _ _ _ _
I
Get my cup of soup back from a gurgling crackling cauldron in [Em] some train yard _
_ _ _ My beard a [B] rustling coal [Em] pile in a dirty hat [A] full blow [D] across my face _ _ _
_ Through cup tans round the tin can I pretend to hold you to my [Em] breast and find
_ _ _ That you're waving [B] from the back roads [Em] by the rivers of [A] my memory [Em] ever smiling [A] ever gentle on my mind
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