• Song:

    If You Could Read My Mind

  • Artist:

    Gordon Lightfoot

  • Album:

    Gord's Gold, Volume 1

If You Could Read My Mind
Gordon Lightfoot  Capo 2

Gadd9: 320203    Dm9/F: xx3230
A7sus: 002030    Dm/F xx3231  G/B: 020030      D9:   xx0230
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G (320003@1)          Gadd9If (135211@3)you could read my mind love
Dm/F            Dm9/F
What a tale my thoughts could tell
G (320003@1)          Gadd9Just (135211@3)like an old time movie
Dm/F                  Dm9/F
'bout a ghost from a wishin' well
G (320003@1)         G7 (320001@1)      CIn (x32010@1)a castle dark or a fortress strong
     D (xx0232@1)            EmWith (022000@1)chains upon my feet
    C (x32010@1)                GYou (320003@1)know that ghost is me
    C (x32010@1)          G/BAnd (143121@7)I will never be set free
   A7sus (002033@1)       D9                    G (320003@1)    Gadd9As (135211@3)long as I'm a ghost that you can't see

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G (320003@1)        Gadd9If (135211@3)I could read your mind love
Dm/F              Dm9/F
What a tale your thoughts could tell
G (320003@1)         Gadd9Just (135211@3)like a paperback novel
Dm/F            Dm9/F 
The kind that drugstores sell
G (320003@1)                G7 (320001@1)              CWhen (x32010@1)you reach the part where the heartaches come
    D (xx0232@1)           EmThe (022000@1)hero would be me
    C (x32010@1)          GBut (320003@1)heroes often fail
    C (x32010@1)                 G/BAnd (143121@7)you won't read that book again
  A7sus (002033@1)            D9               (G    Gadd9Dm/F (135211@3)x 2)
Because the ending's just too hard to take

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Interlude: G   Gadd9  Dm/F    Dm9/F
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G (320003@1)      Gadd9 (135211@3)     CI'd (x32010@1)walk away like a movie star
         D (xx0232@1)                   EmWho (022000@1)gets burned in a three-way script
C (x32010@1)          GEnter (320003@1)number two
  C (x32010@1)            G/BA (143121@7)movie queen to play the scene
   Am7sus           D9                   EmOf (022000@1)bringing all the good things out in me
        C (x32010@1)                GBut (320003@1)for now love, let's be real
    C (x32010@1)                 G/BI (143121@7)never thought I could feel this way 
         A7sus (002033@1)           D9
And I've got to say that I just don't get it
C (x32010@1)                G/BI (143121@7)don't know where we went wrong
        Am7sus               D9                 (G  Gadd9x2) (135211@3)
But the feeling's gone and I just can't get it back

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G (320003@1)          Gadd9If (135211@3)you could read my mind love
Dm/F            Dm9/F
What a tale my thoughts could tell
G (320003@1)          Gadd9Just (135211@3)like an old time movie
Dm/F                Dm9/F
'bout a ghost from a wishin' well
G (320003@1)         G7 (320001@1)      CIn (x32010@1)a castle dark or a fortress strong
     D (xx0232@1)            Em (022000@1)        C (x32010@1)            GWith (320003@1)chains upon my feet    But stories always end
    C (x32010@1)           G/BAnd (143121@7)if you read between the lines
       A7sus (002033@1)            D9              EmYou'll (022000@1)know that I'm just tryin' to understand
    C (x32010@1)               GThe (320003@1)feelings that you lack
  C (x32010@1)                   G/BI (143121@7)never thought I could feel this way
         A7sus (002033@1)           D9
And I've got to say that I just don't get it
C (x32010@1)                G/BI (143121@7)don't know where we went wrong
        A7susBut (002033@1)the feeling's gone
      D9                 G (320003@1)  Gadd9 (135211@3)  Dm/F  Dm9/F   GAnd (320003@1)I just can't get it back

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