John Hartford - Gentle On My Mind Chords

    
Standard guitar tuning: 
E
A
D
G
B
E
No capo


CIt's knowing that your EmdooCr is always oAmpen

and your path is free to wDmalk Faug       F          G

That mDmakes me tend to lFaugeave my

sleepin' bFag rolled up and staGshed behind your cCouchEm   C     Am          G

And it's knoCwin' I'm not shaEmcklCed by

forgotAmten words and bonds

And the iCnk stains that have dEmrieCd upon some lDmineFaug     F        G

That kDmeeps you in the baFaugckroads by the riFvers of my meGm'ry

That keeDmps you ever geGntle on my mCindEm   C      Am           G

It's not cClingin' to the rEmockCs and ivy planAmted

on their columns now that bDmind me     Faug           F              G

Or soDmmethin' that sFaugomebody said beFcause they thought

we fGit together waClkin'  Em     C         Am             G

It's just knowCing that the wEmorlCd will not be cAmursing or forgiving

When I wCalk along some rEmailCroad track and Dmfind  Faug        F           G

That you're moDmvin' on the bacFaugkroads by the rivFers of my mGem'ry

And for hDmours you're just geGntle on my mCind    Em       C            Am                 G

Though the wCheat fields and the cloEmtheCslines

And the junAmkyards and the highways come beDmtween usFaug     F       G

And some otDmher woman's cFaugrying to her moFther

cause she tuGrned and I was gConeEm   C     Am        G

I stCill might run in sEmileCnce, tears of jAmoy might stain my face

And the suCmmer sun might bEmurnC me till I'm bDmlind Faug       F          G

But Dmnot to where I cFaugannot see you waFlkin' on the backGroads

By the riDmvers flowing geGntle on my Cmind Em    C      Am         G

I dCip my cup of of EmsouCp back from

a gurAmglin', cracklin' cauldron in some trDmain yard Faug       F          G

My bDmeard a roughnin' Faugcoal pile and a dFirty hat

pulled lGow across my faCce  Em     C        Am            G

Through cuCpped hands round a EmtinC 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

Ever smDmilin', ever genGtle on my mindC       Em          C               Am                    G