Gentle On My Mind (Single 2014)
Written by John Hartford
Recorded by The Band Perry

(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 -----