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IN THE STYLE 0F
GLEN CAMPBELL

KEY OF EEbJ TIME13104

4 BAR INTRO
ITS KNOUVING
THAT YOUR DOOR
IS ALWAYS OPEN
AND YOUR PATH IS FREE
TO WALK
THAT MAKES ME
TEND TO LEAVE
MY SLEEPING BAG
ROLLED UP
AND STASHED
BEHIND YOUR COUCH
AND ITS KNOVVING
I'M NOT SHACKLED BY
FORGOTTEN WORDS
AND BONDS
THAT KEEPS YOU
IN THE BACKROADS
BY THE RIVERS
OF MY MEMORY
THAT KEEPS YOU EVER
GENTLE ON MY MIND
ITS NOT CLINGING
TO THE ROCKS AND IVY
PLANTED ON
THEIR COLUMNS NOW
THAT BIND ME
0R SOMETHING THAT
SOMEBODY SAID
BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT
WE FIT TOGETHER
WALKING
ITS JUST KNOUVING
THAT THE WORLD
WILL NOT BE CURSING
0R FORGIVING
THAT YOU'RE MOVING ON
THE BACKROADS

BY THE RIVERS
OF MY MEMORY
AND FOR HOURS

YOURE JUST
GENTLE ON MY MIND
THOUGH THE
WHEAT FIELDS
AND THE CLOTHES LINES
AND THE JUNKYARDS
AND THE HIGHWAYS
COME BETWEEN US
AND SOME OTHER
WOMAN'S CRYING
T0 HER MOTHER
'CAUSE SHE TURNED
AND I WAS GONE
I STILL MIGHT
RUN IN SILENCE
TEARS 0F JOY
MIGHT STAIN MY FACE
AND THE SUMMER SUN
MIGHT BURN ME
'TIL I'M BLIND
BUT NOT TO WHERE
I CANNOT SEE YOU
WALKIM ON
THE BACKROADS
BY THE RIVERS FLOINING
GENTLE ON MY MIND
I DIP MY CUP 0F SOUP
BACK FROM THE
GURGLIN' CRACKLIN'
CALDRON IN SOME
TRAIN YARD
MY BEARD
A ROUGHENING
COAL PILE

AND A DIRTY HAT
PULLED LOW
ACROSS MY FACE
THROUGH CUPPED HANDS
'ROUND A TIN CAN
I PRETEND I HOLD YOU
TO MY BREAST
AND FIND
THAT YOU'RE WAITIN'
FROM THE BACKROADS
BY THE RIVERS
OF MY MEMORY
EVER SMILIM EVER
GENTLE ON MY MIND
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Title
Gentle On My Mind
Artist
Glen Campbell
Brand
Chart Buster
(23 Other Versions)
Codes
CB90091-04 CBE09-02-08 CBE902-08
Genres
classic country, country, folk, folk rock, gospel, pop, rock