Gentle On My Mind Chords by Frank Sinatra
- Key: D
- BPM: 92
- Capo: no capo
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GENTLE ON MY MIND CHORDS
[Start] [Verse] A# A#maj7 A# A#maj7 A# ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ A#maj7 It's knowin' that your door is always open Cm7 And your path is free to walk C Cm7 Fsus4 F7 ■ ■ ■ ■ Cm7 C Fsus4 That makes me tend to leave my sleepin' bag F7 A# A#maj7 Rolled up and stashed behind your couch ■ A#maj7 And it's knowin' I'm not shackled A# By forgotten words and bonds ■ Cm7 Ink stains that have dried upon some line Fsus4 Cm7 ■ That keeps you in the back roads F By the rivers of my memory Cm7 F7 A# Dm7 That keeps you ever gentle on my mind ■ G7 C Though the wheat fields and the clothes lines Cmaj7 Dm7 And the junkyards and the highways come between us G Dm7 And some other woman's cryin' to her mama G C 'cause she turned and I was gone [Chorus] C I still run in silence Cmaj7 Em7 Tears of joy might stain my face Dm7 Gsus4 Dm7 Summer sun might burn me till I'm blind ■ ■ [Verse] Dm7 But not to where I cannot see Dm7 You walkin' on the back roads Gsus4 C Em7 By the rivers flowin' gentle on my mind ■ A7 Dmaj7 D ■ I dip my cup of soup back from a gurglin' cracklin' cauldron Em In some train yard A7 Em ■ My beard a rustlin' coal pile D And a dirty hat pulled low across my face [Chorus] Dmaj7 Through cupped hands 'round a tin can Em I pretend to hold you to my breast and find Em That you're waitin' from the back roads Em7 By the rivers of my memory G D Dmaj7 Ever smilin' ever gentle on my mind D Dmaj7 D A ■ ■ ■ ■ [Verse] D A D I still run in silence F#m Tears of joy might stain my face Bm7 A Bm G And the summer sun might burn me till I'm blind A Em7 A Em ■ ■ ■ ■ [Outro] Em7 But not to where I cannot see G A You walkin' on the back roads A Em7 Asus4 A7 D By the rivers ■ flowin' gently on my mind ■ [End]