If You Could Read My Mind
by Gordon Lightfoot

Arranged for a single guitar by Baddguitar   v1.1
Capo = 2 to play with song

The recorded version of this song contains two main guitars and a 
string section.  This tab is for a single guitar and a singer.

Chords:    
G (320003@1)   320003     G7 (320001@1)  32300x     Dm6/F 1x020x     C (x32010@1)   X32010  
D (xx0232@1)   X00232     Em (022000@1)  022000     G/B (143121@7) X2003x     Am7 (x02010@1) X02030

INTRO and fill Riff #1
  G (320003@1)                               G (320003@1)                             
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----0-----0---2-----2-----2-4-0-|-----0-----0---2-----2-----2-4-0-|
|---0-----0---0-----0-----0-------|---0-----0---0-----0-----0-------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-3-----3---------3-----3---------|-3-----3---------3-----3---------|

Verse:
  G (320003@1)                        Dm6/F                            
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------3-----------0---------------0--------|
|-----0-----0--2---0-2/4---4\2---2-----2---2-----2--------0-0-|
|---0-----0--------------------0---------0-----0------0-2-----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3-----3--------3-----3-----1-----1---------1-----1----------|

Fill #2:           Fill #3
  G (320003@1)                G (320003@1)                             Dm6/F  
|--------------3--||---------------------------------------------------------|
|-----0-----------||-----------------------------------------------------0---|
|---0---0--2/4----||-----0-------2--0-----0------7-7-7\5-5-5-5\4-4-4-4\2---0-|
|-----------------||---0---0---4------0h2--------------------------------0---|
|-----------------||-----------------------------8-8-8\7-7-7-7\5-5-5-5\3---2-|
|-3---------------||-3------3-----3----------1-------------------------------|

G (320003@1)                             Dm6/F
If you could read my mind love, what a tale my thoughts could tell
G (320003@1)                             Dm6/F
Just like an old time movie    'bout a ghost from a wishin' well
G (320003@1)         G7 (320001@1)      C (x32010@1)                   D (xx0232@1)                 EmIn (022000@1)a castle dark or a fortress strong  with chains upon my feet
    C (x32010@1)                G (320003@1)[Fill #2]
You know that ghost is me
    C (x32010@1)          G/B (143121@7)          Am7 (x02010@1)         D (xx0232@1)                  GAnd (320003@1)I will never be set free as long as I'm a ghost that you can't see

[Riff #1]  G

G (320003@1)                              Dm6/F
If I could read your mind love,  what a tale your thoughts could tell
G (320003@1)                              Dm6/F
Just like a paperback novel      the kind that drugstores sell
G (320003@1)                G7 (320001@1)           C (x32010@1)                 D (xx0232@1)           EmWhen (022000@1)you reach the part where the heartaches come the hero would be me
    C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1) [Fill #2]
But heroes often fail
    C (x32010@1)                 G/B (143121@7)      Am7 (x02010@1)                D (xx0232@1)              GAnd (320003@1)you won't read that book again because the ending's just too hard to take

[Fill #3] G (320003@1)    Dm6/F   G (320003@1)    Dm6/F [Fill #3]

G (320003@1)      G7 (320001@1)        C (x32010@1)                 D (xx0232@1)                   EmI'd (022000@1)walk away like a movie star who gets burned in a three way script
C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1) [Fill #2]
Enter number two
  C (x32010@1)            G/B (143121@7)             Am7 (x02010@1)            D (xx0232@1)                EmA (022000@1)movie queen to play the scene of bringing all the good things out in me
C (x32010@1)                        G (320003@1) [Fill #2]
But for now love, let's be real
  C (x32010@1)                   G/B (143121@7)                 Am7 (x02010@1)             DI (xx0232@1)never thought I could act this way and I've got to say that I just don't get it
  C (x32010@1)              G/B (143121@7)                 Am7 (x02010@1)               D (xx0232@1)              GI (320003@1)don't know where we went wrong but the feelin's gone and I just can't get it back

G (Riff #1)

G (320003@1)                               Dm6/F
If you could read my mind love,   what a tale my thoughts could tell
G (320003@1)                            Dm6/F
Just like an old time movie   'bout a ghost from a wishin' well
G (320003@1)         G7 (320001@1)      C (x32010@1)                  D (xx0232@1)            EmIn (022000@1)a castle dark or a fortress strong with chains upon my feet
    C (x32010@1)            G (320003@1) [Fill #2]
But stories always end
    C (x32010@1)         G/B (143121@7)                    Am7 (x02010@1)              D (xx0232@1)            EmAnd (022000@1)if you read between the lines you'll know that I'm just tryin' to understand
    C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1) [Fill #2]
The feelin's that you lack
  C (x32010@1)                   G/B (143121@7)                  Am7 (x02010@1)             DI (xx0232@1)never thought I could feel this way and I've got to say that I just don't get it
C (x32010@1)                G/B (143121@7)                 Am7 (x02010@1)               D (xx0232@1)               G (320003@1)
I don't know where we went wrong but the feelin's gone And I just can't get it back

Ending:
  G (320003@1)                             Dm6/F                (rit.)     G (320003@1)   
|-----------------------------------------------------------------3---|
|---------------------------------0-------0-------0---------------0---|
|-----0-------2--0-----0------------------------------------------0---|
|---0---0---4------0h2--------3-3-3\2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0---0-----------0---|
|---------------------------------------------------3---3-3-2-2-0-2---|
|-3------3-----3----------1-------------------------------------------|