Gentle on My Mind Glen Campbell
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 “F” 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]It's knowing that your [Em+C]door is always o[Am]pen
Dm Faug F G
and your path is free to walk
Dm Faug
That makes me tend to leave my
sleepin' b[F]ag rolled up and sta[G]shed behind your c[C]ouch[Em+C] [Am] [G]
And it's kno[C]win' I'm not sha[Em+C]ckled by
forgot[Am]ten words and bonds
C Em+C Dm Faug F G
And the ink stains that have dried upon some line
Dm Faug F G
That keeps you in the backroads by the rivers of my mem'ry
That kee[Dm]ps you ever ge[G]ntle on my m[C]ind[Em+C] [Am] [G]
It's not c[C]lingin' to the r[Em+C]ocks and ivy plan[Am]ted
Dm Faug F G
on their columns now that bind me
Dm Faug F
Or somethin' that somebody said because they thought
we f[G]it together wa[C]lkin'[Em+C] [Am] [G]
It's just know[C]ing that the w[Em+C]orld will not be c[Am]ursing or forgiving
C Em+C Dm Faug F G
When I walk along some railroad track and find
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Dm Faug F G
That you're movin' on the backroads by the rivers of my mem'ry
And for h[Dm]ours you're just ge[G]ntle on my m[C]ind[Em+C] [Am] [G]
Though the w[C]heat fields and the clo[Em+C]theslines
Am Dm Faug F G
And the junkyards and the highways come between us
Dm Faug F
And some other woman's crying to her mother
cause she tu[G]rned and I was g[C]one[Em+C] [Am] [G]
I st[C]ill might run in s[Em+C]ilence, tears of j[Am]oy might stain my face
C Em+C Dm Faug F G
And the summer sun might burn me till I'm blind
Dm Faug F G
But not to where I cannot see you walkin' on the backroads
By the ri[Dm]vers flowing ge[G]ntle on my [C]mind[Em+C] [Am] [G]
I d[C]ip my cup of of [Em+C]soup back from
Am Dm Faug F G
a gurglin', cracklin' cauldron in some train yard
Dm Faug F
My beard a roughnin' coal pile and a dirty hat
pulled l[G]ow across my fa[C]ce[Em+C] [Am] [G]
Through cu[C]pped hands round a [Em+C]tin can
Am Dm Faug F G
I pretend to hold you to my breast and find
Dm Faug F G
That you're wavin' from the backroads by the rivers of my mem'ry
Ever sm[Dm]ilin', ever gen[G]tle on my mind[C] [Em+C] [Am] [G]
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