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 |-----------------| |-----------------| |--0-h-2-0---0----| |----------0------| |-----------------| |-----------------| 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 -------------- 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 --------------- Interlude: G Gadd9 Dm/F Dm9/F --------------- 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 ----------------- 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