If you could read my mind    (intro)    (midi)

 

   G                                               - Dm

1.   If you could read my mind love      what a tale my thoughts could tell,

G                                          - Dm

    just like an old time movie         'bout a ghost from a wishing well.

G                    G7          C                               D                     Em     

    In a castle dark or a fortress strong with chains upon my feet,

              C                         G         C                 G

    you know that ghost is me, and I will never be set free,

          Am                  D                            G    ~

    as long as I'm a ghost that you can't see.

 

   G                                             - Dm

2.   If I could read your mind love,     what a tale your thoughts could tell,

G                                            - Dm

    just like a paperback novel,        the kind the drugstores sell.

G                                   G7                     C                               

    When you reach the part where the heartaches come,

            D                   Em          C                 G

    the hero would be me, but heroes often fail,

             C                             G

    and you won't read that book again

         Am                         D                      G      

    because the ending's just too hard to take.

 

 

3. G - Dm           G - Dm

      

G                  G7             C                      D                                         Em

    I'd walk away like a movie star who gets burned in a three way script,

      C                   G          C                      G

    enter number two, a movie queen to play the scene

         Am                     D                       Em

    of bringing all the good things out in me,

                 C                          G

    but for now, love, let's be real.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

        C                               G

    I never thought I could act this way,

                  Am                    D

    and I've got to say that I just don't get it,

C                                 G

    I don't know where we went wrong,

                 Am                           D                       G     ~

    but the feeling's gone, and I just can't get it back.

 

   G                                               - Dm

4.   If you could read my mind love      what a tale my thoughts could tell,

G                                          - Dm

    just like an old time movie         'bout a ghost from a wishing well.

G                    G7          C                                D                     Em     

    In a castle dark or a fortress strong, with chains upon my feet,

            C                     G          C                       G

    but stories always end, and if you read between the lines

              Am                       D                    Em           C                        G

   you'll know that I'm just trying to understand the feelings that you lack.

        C                                G

    I never thought I could feel this way,

                  Am                    D

    and I've got to say that I just don't get it,

C                                  G

    I don't know where we went wrong,

                 Am                           D                       G     - Dm - G

    but the feeling's gone, and I just can't get it back.

 

(orig. = capo 2nd)      (Gordon Lightfoot)