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If You Could Read My Mind

Gordon Lightfoot

Chord: Version 5 (acoustic and electric guitars)
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key: D
[Intro] A

A
If you could read my mind, love
G
What a tale my thoughts could tell
A
Just like an old time movie
G
'Bout a ghost from a wishing well
A                     D
In a castle dark or a fortress strong
     E                   F#m
With chains upon my feet
D                         A
You know that ghost is me

D                   A/C#
And I will never be set free
Bm                    E               A
As long as I'm a ghost, you can't see

A
If I could read your mind, love
G
What a tale your thoughts could tell
A
Just like a paperback novel
G
The kind the drugstore sells
A                                 D
When you reach the part where the heartaches come
     E               F#m
The hero would be me
      D               A
But heroes often fail

D                        A/C#
And you won't read that book again
Bm                     E
Because the ending's just too hard to take

[Bridge] A  G  A  G

A                          D
I'd walk away like a movie star
          E                           F#m
Who gets burned in a three way script
D                A
Enter number two

D                  A/C#
A movie queen to play the scene
   Bm                E                    F#m
Of bringing all the good things out in me
D                          A
But for now love, let's be real

D                        A/C#
I never thought I could act this way
Bm                          E
And I've got to say that I just don't get it
D                   A/C#
I don't know where we went wrong
         Bm                   E                     A
But the feeling's gone and I just can't get it back

A
If you could read my mind, love
G
What a tale my thoughts could tell
A
Just like an old time movie
G
'Bout a ghost from a wishing well

A                     D
In a castle dark or a fortress strong
       E                F#m
With chains upon my feet
      D               A
But stories always end

D                  A/C#
And if you read between the lines
        Bm                  E
You'll know that I'm just trying to understand
      D                A
The feelings that you lack
   D                    A/C#
I never thought I could feel this way
          Bm                 E
And I've got to say that I just don't get it
D                 A/C#
I don't know where we went wrong
          Bm
But the feeling's gone
       E                     A
And I just can't get it back

( A  G  A )
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