Gentle On My Mind Ukulele chords by Glen Campbell

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: G C E A (G C E A)

Intro:

C Cmaj7 C6  Cmaj7


Verse 1:

   C         Cmaj7
It's knowing that your door is always
C6      Cmaj7      Dm  G7 Dm G7
open and your path is free to walk
   Dm        G7
that makes me tend to leave my sleeping
Dm        G7         C   Cmaj7 C6 Cmaj7
bag rolled up and stashed behind your couch
     C        Cmaj7      C6
And it's knowing I'm not shackled by forgotten words and
Cmaj7     C          Cmaj7      Dm G7 Dm G7
bonds and the ink stains that have dried upon some line
   Dm       G7
That keeps you in the backroads by the
Dm      G7     Dm
rivers of my mem'ry, that keeps you ever
G7      C  Cmaj7 C6 Cmaj7
gentle on my mind

Verse 2:

   C         Cmaj7
It's not clinging to the rocks and ivy
C6      Cmaj7      Dm  G7  Dm G7
Planted on their columns now that bind me
   Dm        G7
Or something that somebody said
Dm        G7         C   Cmaj7 C6 Cmaj7
Because they think we fit together walkin'.
     C        Cmaj7      C6
It's just knowing that the world will not be cursing or
Cmaj7     C          Cmaj7      Dm G7 Dm G7
Forgiving, when I walk along some railroad track and find
   Dm       G7
That you're moving on the backroads by the
Dm      G7     Dm
Rivers of my mem'ry, and for hours you're just
G7      C  Cmaj7 C6 Cmaj7
Gentle on my mind

Verse 3:

   C         Cmaj7
Though the wheat fields and the clothes lines and the
C6      Cmaj7      Dm  G7   Dm G7
Junkyards and the highways come between us,
   Dm        G7
And some other woman's crying to her
Dm        G7         C   Cmaj7 C6 Cmaj7
Mother, 'cause she turned and I was gone.
     C        Cmaj7      C6
I still might run in silence, tears of joy might stain my
Cmaj7     C          Cmaj7      Dm G7 Dm G7
Face, and the summer sun might burn me 'till I'm blind
   Dm       G7
But not to where I cannot see you
Dm      G7     Dm
Walkin' on the backroads, by the rivers flowing
G7      C  Cmaj7 C6 Cmaj7
Gentle on my mind


Verse 4:

   C         Cmaj7
I dip my cup of soup back from the
C6      Cmaj7     Dm   G7   Dm G7
Gurglin', cracklin' cauldron in some trainyard;
   Dm        G7
My beard a roughning coal pile and a
Dm        G7      C   Cmaj7 C6 Cmaj7
Dirty hat pulled low across my face.
     C        Cmaj7      C6
Through cupped hands 'round a tin can, I
Cmaj7     C     Cmaj7    Dm G7 Dm G7
Pretend I hold you to my breast and find;
   Dm       G7
That you're waving from the backroads by the
Dm      G7     Dm
Rivers of my memory, ever smilin' ever
G7      C  Cmaj7 C6 Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 C6 Cmaj7 C
Gentle on my mind.