(Capo on 1)
Intro.: (C) x 4 bars
Woo, it's (C)knowing that your (C?7)door is always (C6)open
And your (C5)path is free to (Dm)walk
That (Dm)makes me tend to (Dm?7)leave my sleeping (Dm7)bag
Rolled up and (G3)stashed behind your (C) couch
(Chorus)
And it's (C)knowing I'm not (C?7)shackled by for-(C6)gotten words and (C5)bonds
And the (C)ink stains that have dried upon some (Dm3) line (Dm2) (Dm) (Dm3) (Dm2) (Dm)
That (Dm)keeps you on the (Dm?7)backroads by the (Dm7)rivers of my (G)mem'ry
That (Dm)keeps you ever (G)gentle on my (C) mind
It's not (C)clinging to the (C?7)rocks and ivy
(C6)Planted on their (C5)columns now that (Dm)binds me
Or (Dm)something that some-(Dm?7)body said
Be-(Dm7)cause they thought we (G)fit together (C)walking
(Chorus)
It's just (C)knowing that the (C?7)world will not be (C6)cursing, or for-(C5)giving
When I (C)walk along some railroad track and (Dm)find
That you're (Dm)moving on the (Dm?7)backroads by the (Dm7)rivers of my (G)mem'ry
Every our (Dm)hours you're just (G)gentle on my (C) mind
Though the (C)wheat fields and the (C?7)clothes lines
And the (C6)junkyards and the (C5)highways come be-(Dm)tween us
And some (Dm)other woman (Dm?7)crying to her (Dm7)mother
'Cause she (G)turned and I was (C) gone
(Chorus)
Woo, I (C)still might run in (C?7)silence tears of (C6)joy might stain my (C5)face
And the (C)summer sun might burn me 'til I'm (Dm)blind
Oh, but (Dm)not to where I (Dm?7)cannot see you (Dm7)walkin' on the (G)backroads
By the (Dm)rivers flowing (G)gentle on my (C) mind
Well, I (C)dip my cup of (C?7)soup back from the (C6)gurglin'
Cracklin' (C5)caldron in some (Dm)train yard
My (Dm)beard a-rufflin' (Dm?7) cold cowl
(Dm7) A dirty hat pulled (G)low across my (C) face
(Chorus)
Through (C)cupped hands 'round a (C?7)tin can
I pre-(C6)tend I hold you (C5)to my breast and (Dm)find
Oh, that you're (Dm)waving from the (Dm?7)backroads by the (Dm7)rivers of my (G)mem'ry
Ever (Dm7)smilin' ever (G)gentle on my (C) mind
(Tag)
Gentle on my (C)mind, you are gentle on my mind, yeah -----
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