Tom: D

   D                                C                            
1.  If you could read my mind, love,  what a tale my thoughts could tell,
D                                C                                      
    just like an old-time movie     about a ghost from a wishing well,
D                D7        G                            
    in a castle dark or a fortress strong,
           A             Bm          G                 D
    with chains upon my feet, you know that ghost is me.
        G             D               G              A                   D
    And I will never be set free, as long as I'm a ghost that you can't see. 
  D                                   C                              
2.   If I could read your mind, love,   what a tale your thoughts could tell. 
D                                C    
    just like a paperback novel,   the kind that drugstores sell. 
D                       D7             G
    When you reach the part where the heartaches come,
         A             Bm       G          D
    the hero would be me, the hero often fails.
         G                    D
    And you won't read that book again,
       G                  A                D
    because the ending's just too hard to take.

3. Instr. ( = verse 1, lines 1 - 2 : )   
 D - C - D   - C 

D               D7         G
    I'll walk away like a movie star,
              A                      Bm     G            D
    who gets burned in a three-way script, enter number two.
       G               D
    A movie queen, a play, the scene 
          G               A                 Bm
    are bringing all the good things out in me,
             G                   D
    but for now, love, let's be real.


       G                     D
    I never thought I could act this way,
              G             A
    and I've got to say, I just don't get it.
   G                   D
   I don't know where we went wrong,
              G                   A                 D      ~
    but the feeling's gone and I just can't get it back.
  D                                 C                            
4.  If you could read my mind, love,  what a tale my thoughts could tell,
D                                C                                      
    just like an old-time movie     about a ghost from a wishing well,
D                D7        G                            
    in a castle dark or a fortress strong,
           A             Bm          G           D
    with chains upon my feet, the story always ends.
        G                  D
    If you could read between the lines,
             G                  A              Bm
    you'll know that I'm just tryin' to understand,
          G               D
    the feeling that you lost.
       G                     D
    I never thought I could feel this way,
              G             A
    and I've got to say, I just don't get it.
    G                   D
    I don't know where we went wrong,
              G                   A                 D    - C - D
    but the feeling's gone and I just can't get it back.