Gentle on my mind (midi)

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1. It's knowin' that your door is always open,

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and your path is free to walk,

that makes me tend to leave my sleeping bag

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rolled up and stashed behind your couch.

C Em

And it's knowing I'm not shackled

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by forgotten words and bonds,

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and the ink stains that have dried upon some line,

that keeps you in the backroads by the rivers of my memory,

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that keeps you ever gentle on my mind.

C Em

2. It's not clinging to the rocks and ivy

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planted on their columns now that binds me,

or something that somebody said

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because they thought we fit together walkin'.

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It's just knowing that the world will not be cursing or forgiving,

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when I walk along some railroad track and find,

that you're moving on the backroads by the rivers of my memory,

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and for hours you're just gentle on my mind.

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3. Well, I dip my cup of soup, back from the gurgling cracklin'

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cauldron in some train yard,

my beard a roughning coal pile

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and a dirty hat pulled low across my face.

C Em

Through cupped hands 'round a tin can

C Em Dm

I pretend I hold you to my breast and find,

that you're waving from the backroads by the rivers of my memory,

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ever smilin' ever gentle on my mind.

+ C - Em – C – Em – Dm - G – C – Em – C – Em ......

(orig. = capo 1st) (Dean Martin)