{t:If You Could Read My Mind}
{st:Gordon Lightfoot (1970)}
{c:capo: 2}
{c:verse 1}
[G] If you could read my mind love
[F] What a tale my thoughts could tell
[G] Just like an old time movie
[F] 'Bout a ghost from a wishin' well
[G] In a castle [G7]dark or a [C]fortress strong
With [D]chains upon my [Em]feet
You [C]know that ghost is [G]me
And [C]I will never [G]be set free
As [Am7]long as I'm a [D]ghost that you can't [G]see
{c:verse 2}
[G] If I could read your mind love
[F] What a tale your thoughts could tell
[G] Just like a paperback novel
[F] The kind that drugstores sell
[G] When you reach the [G7]part where the [C]heartaches come
The [D]hero would be [Em]me
But [C]heroes often [G]fail
And [C]you won't read that [G]book again
Bec-[Am7]ause the ending's [D]just too hard to [G]take
{c: }
(2 3 4, 1 2 3 4, [F]1 2 3 4, 1 2 3 4,
[G]1 2 3 4, 1 2 3 4, [F]1 2 3 4, 1 2 3 4)
{c:bridge}
[G]I'd walk a-[G7]way like a [C]movie star
Who gets [D]burned in a three way [Em]script
[C]Enter number [G]two
A [C]movie queen to [G]play the scene
Of [Am7]bringing all the [D]good things out in [Em]me
[C]But for now love, let's be [G]real
I [C]never thought I could [G]act this way
[Am7]And I've got to say that I [D]just don't get it
[C]I don't know where [G]we went wrong
But the [Am7]feelin's gone
And I [D]just can't get it [G]back
{c: }
(2 3 4, 1 2 3 4, [F]1 2 3 4, 1 2 3 4,
[G]1 2 3 4, 1 2 3 4, [F]1 2 3 4, 1 2 3 4)
{c:verse 3}
[G] If you could read my mind love
[F] What a tale my thoughts could tell
[G] Just like an old time movie
[F] 'Bout a ghost from a wishin' well
[G] In a castle [G7]dark, or a [C]fortress strong
With [D]chains upon my [Em]feet
But [C]stories always [G]end
And [C]if you read be-[G]tween the lines
You'll [Am7]know that I'm just [D]tryin' to under-[Em]stand
The [C]feelin's that you [G]lack
I [C]never thought I could [G]feel this way
And I've [Am7]got to say that I [D]just don't get it
[C]I don't know where [G]we went wrong
But the [Am7]feelin's gone
And I [D]just can't get it [G]back
{c:outro (gradually slower)}
(2 3 4, 1 2 3 4, [F]1 2 3 4, 1 2 3 4, [G]↓)
