Read my mind    (video)

 

    C - G   - C - G

 

    C                                                   - F                                     G

1.      On the corner of Main Street,         just tryin’ to keep it in line,

C                                                        - F                                    G 

    you say you wanna move on and        you say I’m falling behind.

                                   C      - F - G                                 C        - F - G

    Can you read my mind ?             Can you read my mind ?

 

    C                                            - F                                  G

2.       I never really gave up on       breaking out of this two-star town,

C                                - Am

    I got the green light,       I got a little fight,

F                                             G

    I’m gonna turn this thing around.

                                   C      - F - G                                 C        - F - G

    Can you read my mind ?             Can you read my mind ?

 

                             F                         C 

    The good old days, the honest man,

                          G

    the restless heart, the promised land,

                    F                         C                      G    

    a subtle kiss that no one sees, a broken wrist and a big trapeze.

                                F                          C

    Oh, well, I don't mind, if you don’t mind,

                             G           E             Am

    cause I don’t shine, if you don’t shine,

                       F                                 G     

    before you go, can you read my mind ?

 

    C                                                          - F                            G

3.     It’s funny how you just break down,      waitin’ on some sign,

              C                                              - F                                         G

    I pull up to the front of your driveway       with magic soakin’ my spine.

                                   C      - F - G                                 C     - F - G

    Can you read my mind ?             Can you read my mind ?

 

                              F                         C

    The teenage queen, the loaded gun,

                               G

    the drop dead dream, the chosen one,

                          F                        C

    a southern drawl, a world unseen,

                G

    a city wall and a trampoline.

                                F                         C

    Oh, well, I don’t mind if you don’t mind,

                             G         E             Am

    cause I don’t shine if you don’t shine,

                       F                                   G

    before you jump, tell me what you find,

                                     Am

    when you read my mind.

 

+  Am - G - F - C     - Am - G - F - G

 

                            F               C                      G                     - C

+  Slippin in my faith until I fall, he never returned that call,

                                  F                       C                                      G

  woman, open the door, don’t let it sting, I wanna breathe that fire again.

                                 Am                        G

    She said : I don’t mind if you don’t mind,

                              F                         C

    cause I don’t shine if you don’t shine.

                     G               - Am                            G

    Put your back on me,        put your back on me,

                                   F

    put your back on me.          +  C - Am - G

 

     C                                          Am                      F                   G

+      The stars are blazing like rebel diamonds cut out of the sun,

                                     C 

    when you read my mind.

 

+  C - Am - F - G (2x)  +  C

 

(orig. = capo 1st)    (The Killers)