It's G knowing that your door is always G7 open
and your G path is free to Am walk,
that makes me tend to Am7 leave my sleeping bag
rolled up and D7 stashed behind your G couch.
And it's G knowing I'm not shackled
by forg G7 otten words and bonds
and the G ink stains that have dried if on some Am line,
that keeps you in the b Am7 ackroads
by the rivers of my mem'ry
that k Am eeps you ever g D7 entle on my G mind.
It's not clinging to the rocks and ivy
planted on the columns now that binds me,
or something that somebody said
because they thought we fit together walking.
It's just knowing that the world will not be cursing
or forgiving when I walk along some railroad track
and find that you are moving on the backroads
by the rivers of my mem'ry
and for hours you're just gentle on my mind.
-- From: bmccombs@acs.ucalgary.ca (Barrie McCombs)
Subject: Re: "Gentle on my mind" by Glenn Campbell
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 1994 13:20:42 GMT
GENTLE ON MY MIND
(anybody know who wrote it?)
It's G knowing that your door is always G7 open
and your G path is free to Am walk,
that makes me tend to Am7 leave my sleeping bag
rolled up and D7 stashed behind your G couch.
And it's G knowing I'm not shackled
by forg G7 otten words and bonds
and the G ink stains that have dried if on some Am line,
that keeps you in the b Am7 ackroads
by the rivers of my mem'ry
that k Am eeps you ever g D7 entle on my G mind.
It's not clinging to the rocks and ivy
planted on the columns now that binds me,
or something that somebody said
because they thought we fit together walking.
It's just knowing that the world will not be cursing
or forgiving when I walk along some railroad track
and find that you are moving on the backroads
by the rivers of my mem'ry
and for hours you're just gentle on my mind.
--
Glen Campbell
