How to Play Gentle on My Mind on Guitar?

Glen Campbell - Gentle on My Mind can be played in the key of C using the C, Cmaj7, Dm, G chords. For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D. For Cmaj7, To play Cmaj7, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D. For Dm, To play Dm, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 1 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute G, B. For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E. Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat. You can play Gentle on My Mind with the ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.

Glen Campbell - Gentle on My Mind Chords

Chord reference C, Cmaj7, Dm, G

Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑

It’s [C]knowing that your [Cmaj7]door is always [C]open And your [Cmaj7]path is free to [Dm]walk That makes me tend to leave my sleeping bag Rolled up and [G]stashed behind your [C]couch [Cmaj7] [C] [Cmaj7]

And it’s [C]knowing I’m not [Cmaj7]shackled by for[C]gotten words and [Cmaj7]bonds And the [C]ink stains that have [Cmaj7]dried if on some [Dm]line That keeps you in the backroads by the rivers of my [G]memory that keeps you ever [G]gentle on my [C]mind [Cmaj7] [C] [Cmaj7]

It’s not [C]clinging to the [Cmaj7]rocks and ivy [C]Planted on the [Cmaj7]columns now that [Dm]binds me Or something that somebody said Because they thought we [G]fit together [C]walking [Cmaj7] [C] [Cmaj7]

It’s just [C]knowing that the [Cmaj7]world will not be [C]cursing Or for[Cmaj7]giving when I [C]walk along some [Cmaj7]railroad track and [Dm]find That you are moving on the backroads by the rivers of my [G]memory And for [Dm]hours you’re just [G]gentle on my [C]mind [Cmaj7] [C] [Cmaj7] [C]

[C]Though the wheat fields [Cmaj7]and the clothes [C]lines And the [C]junkyards and the [Cmaj7]highways come be[Dm]tween us And some other woman’s cryin’ to her mother Cause she [G]turned and I was [C]gone

I [C]still might run in [Cmaj7]silence, tears of [C]joy might stain my face And the [Cmaj7]summer sun might [C]burn me ’til I’m [Dm]blind But not to where I cannot see you walkin’ on the [G]backroads By the [Dm]rivers flowing [G]gentle on my [C]mind [Cmaj7] [C] [Cmaj7]

I [C]dip my cup of [Cmaj7]soup back from a [C]gurglin’ Cracklin’ [Cmaj7]cauldron in [C]some train [Dm]yard My beard a roughening coal [G]pile, And a [Dm]dirty hat pulled [G]low a[C]cross my [C]face [Cmaj7] [C] [Cmaj7]

Through [C]cupped [Cmaj7]hands ’round the [C]tin can I pretend to [Cmaj7]hold you [C]to my breast and [Dm]find That you’re waiting from the backroads by the rivers of my [G]memories Ever [Dm]smilin’ ever [G]gentle on my mind [C]

Artist Glen Campbell

Album Gentle on My Mind

Genres Country

Year 1967

Key C

Glen Campbell - Gentle on My Mind can be played in the key of C using the C, Cmaj7, Dm, G chords.

For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.
For Cmaj7, To play Cmaj7, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.
For Dm, To play Dm, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 1 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute G, B.
For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play Gentle on My Mind with the ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.