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Capo: 2 Tuning: E A D G B E
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 [Intro] e|--------------| B|--------------| G|--------------| D|--0--2--4--5--| A|--------------| E|--------------| Then [Riff 1] twice to starting G ˅ ˄ ˅ ˅ ˄ ˅ ˅ ˄ ˅ ˅ ˄ ˅ 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)
GIt's knowin' that your door is always open And your path is free to Amwalk That Dmakes me tend to leave my sleepin' bag [Riff 1] Rolled up and stashed behind your couch
GAnd it's knowin' I'm not shackled By forgotten words and bonds And the ink stains that have dried upon some Amline That Dkeeps you in the back roads DBy the rivers of my memory [Riff 1] That keeps you ever gentle on my mind
GIt's not clingin' to the rocks and ivy Planted on their columns now that bind Amme Or some-Dthing that somebody said be-cause D [Riff 1] They thought we fit together walkin'
GIt's just knowing that the world Will not be cursing or forgiving When I walk along some railroad track and Amfind That you're Dmovin' on the back roads
By the rivers of my memory [Riff 1 twice] And for hours you're just gentle on my mind
GThough the wheat fields and the clothes lines And the junkyards and the highways come beAmtween us And some Dother woman's cryin' to her mother [Riff 1] 'cause she turned and I was gone
GI still might run in silence Tears of joy might stain my face And the summer sun might burn me till I'm Amblind But Dnot to where I cannot see
You walkin' on the back roads [Riff 1 twice] By the rivers flowin' gentle on my mind
GI dip my cup of soup back from a gurglin' cracklin' cauldron In some train Amyard My Dbeard a rustlin' coal pile [Riff 1] And a dirty hat pulled low across my face
GThrough cupped hands 'round a tin can I pretend to hold you to my breast and Amfind That you're Dwaitin' 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