If You Could Read My Mind:Gordon Lightfoot. #5 in 1970. INTRO: A A9 A A9 #1. A Em6/A If you could read my mind love, what a tale my thoughts could tell. A Em6/A Just like an old time movie, about a ghost from a wishing well. A A9 D E F#m In a castle dark, or a fortress strong, with chains upon my feet. D A You know that ghost is me. D A/B B7sus4 E A And I will never be set free as long as I'm a ghost that you can't see. #2. A Em6/A If I could read your mind love, what a tale your thoughts could tell. A Em6/A Just like a paperback novel, the kind that the drugstore sells. A A9 D E F#m When you reach the part where the heartaches come, the hero would be me. D A But heroes often fail. D A/B B7sus4 E A And you won't read that book again, because the ending's just too hard to take. (INTERLUDE:) A Em6/A (x2) CHORUS: A A9 D E F#m I'd walk away like a movie star who gets burned in a three way script. D A D A/B B7sus4 Enter number two..a movie queen to play the scene of bringing all the E F#m good things out in me. D A But for now, love, let's be real. D A/B B7sus4 E I never thought I could act this way, and I've got to say that I just don't get it. D A/B B7sus4 E I don't know where we went wrong but the feeling's gone and I just A can't get it back. #3. A Em6/A If you could read my mind love, what a tale my thoughts could tell. A Em6/A Just like an old time movie, about a ghost from a wishing well. A A9 D E F#m In a castle dark, or a fortress strong, with chains upon my feet. D A But stories always end. D A/B B7sus4 E And if you read between the lines, you'll know that I'm just trying F#m D A to understand, the feelings that you lack. D A/B B7sus4 I never thought I could feel this way, and I got to say that E I just don't get it. D A/B B7sus4 I don't know where we went wrong but the feeling's gone E A A9 Em6/A A and I just can't get it back. A seventies smash from Kraziekhat.