Chords
[Intro]
D
[Verse 1]
It's Dknowing that your door is always open
And your path is free to walk Em
That makes me tend to leave my sleeping bag Rolled up and stashed A7
behind your couch D
And it's knowing I'm not shackled
By forgotten words and bonds
And the ink stains that are dried upon some Emline
That keeps you in the backroads
By the rivers of my meA7mory
That Emkeeps you ever gentA7le on my mind D
[Verse 2]
It's not Dclinging to the rocks and ivy
Planted on their columns now that bindEm me
Or something that somebody said
Because they thought we fitA7 together walkDing
It's just knowing that the world will not be cursing
Or forgiving when I walk along some railroad track and Emfind
That you're moving on the backroads
By the rivers of my meA7mory
And Emfor hours you're just genA7tle on my mind D
[Verse 3]
Though the Dwheat fields and the clothes lines
And the junkyards and the highways come betweenEm us
And some other woman's cryin' to her mother 'Cause she turned A7
and I was gone D
I still might run in silence tears of joy might stain my face
And the summer sun might burn me 'til I'm Emblind
But not to where I cannot see
You walkin' on the backA7roads
By the Emrivers flowing genA7tle on my mind D
[Verse 4]
I Ddip my cup of soup back from a gurglin'
Cracklin' caldron in some trainEm yard
My beard a roughening coal pile,
And a dirty hat pulled lowA7 across my face D
Through cupped hands 'round the tin can
I pretend to hold you to my breast and find
Em That you're waiting from the backroads
By the rivers of my meA7mories
Ever Emsmilin' ever genA7tle on my mind
[Outro]
D
