• Song:

    If You Could Read My Mind

  • Artist:

    Gordon Lightfoot

  • Album:

    Gord's Gold, Volume 1

This is a simplified version of the popular Gordon Lightfoot song "If You Could Read My Mind".

Intro: G
e---------------------------|
B-----3-----3-----3-----3---|
G----0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0--|
D---------------------------|
A---------------------------|
E--3-----3-----3-----3------|

Verses:

(If you could read my mind, love...)

e--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-----3-----3-----3-----3-----1---1---1---1----0---0----0----0----1---1---1---1--|
G----0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--0-0-0-0--0-0--0-0--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
D---------------------------3---3---3---3-----------------------3---3---3---3----|
A--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E--3-----3-----3-----3-----------------------3---3----3----3---------------------|

(In a castle dark.../When you reach the part.../I'd walk away...)

e--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B---0---0---0---0---1---1---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3----------------|
G--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------|
D-------------------------0---0--------------------------------------------------|
A-----------------3---3-------------------3---3----------------------------------|
E-3---3---3---3-------------------0---0-----------3---3---3---3------------------|

Here's where things get a bit tricky, because the tabs for these sections are very 
similar, but not quite the same. For the following lines:
(And I will never.../And you won't read.../never thought I could.../I don't know where...)

Play:

e--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--------------------------------|
G--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------------------|
D-------------------------0---0--------------------------------------------------|
A-3---3---2---2---0---0----------------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------3---3---3---3----------------------------------|

But for the lines:
(A movie queen.../And if you read between...)

Play:

e--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3----------------|
G--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------|
D-------------------------0---0--------------------------------------------------|
A-3---3---2---2---0---0-------------------3---3----------------------------------|
E---------------------------------0---0-----------3---3---3---3------------------|


For those who just want straight chords, my version translated from the tabs above is:

(first tab): G F G F
(second tab): G G C D Em C G
(third tab): C C/B Am D G
(fourth tab): C C/B Am D Em C G

Hope this helps! :)
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