John Hartford - Gentle On My Mind
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The following is Gentle on My Mind, performed by Glen Campbell:
You really need a banjo to make this happen, but the progression seems to work well.
The âFâ chord does not use the B note on the D string
The Em+C uses the C note on the B string.
Sorry I did not use the template...I'm not very skilled.
My thanks to Rod for working over the phone to figure this out.
Frank
C Em+C Am
It's knowing that your door is always open
and your path is free to wDmalk Faug F G
That mDmakes me tend to lFaugeave my
F G C Em+C Am G
sleepin' bag rolled up and stashed behind your couch
C Em+C
And it's knowin' I'm not shackled by
forgotAmten words and bonds
C Em+C Dm Faug F G
And the ink stains that have dried upon some line
That kDmeeps you in the baFaugckroads by the riFvers of my meGm'ry
Dm G C Em+C Am G
That keeps you ever gentle on my mind
C Em+C Am
It's not clingin' to the rocks and ivy planted
on their columns now that bDmind me Faug F G
Or soDmmethin' that sFaugomebody said beFcause they thought
G C Em+C Am G
we fit together walkin'
C Em+C Am
It's just knowing that the world will not be cursing or forgiving
C Em+C Dm Faug F G
When I walk along some railroad track and find
That you're moDmvin' on the bacFaugkroads by the rivFers of my mGem'ry
Dm G C Em+C Am G
And for hours you're just gentle on my mind
C Em+C
Though the wheat fields and the clotheslines
And the junAmkyards and the highways come beDmtween usFaug F G
And some otDmher woman's cFaugrying to her moFther
G C Em+C Am G
cause she turned and I was gone
C Em+C Am
I still might run in silence, tears of joy might stain my face
C Em+C Dm Faug F G
And the summer sun might burn me till I'm blind
But Dmnot to where I cFaugannot see you waFlkin' on the backGroads
Dm G C Em+C Am G
By the rivers flowing gentle on my mind
C Em+C
I dip my cup of of soup back from
a gurAmglin', cracklin' cauldron in some trDmain yard Faug F G
My bDmeard a roughnin' Faugcoal pile and a dFirty hat
G C Em+C Am G
pulled low across my face
C Em+C
Through cupped hands round a tin can
I prAmetend to hold you to my breast and fDmindFaug F G
That you're waDmvin' from the baFaugckroads by the riFvers of my meGm'ry
Dm G C Em+C Am G
Ever smilin', ever gentle on my mind