If You Could Read My Mind
1974
Gordon Lightfoot
Am7CDEmFGG77 chords used in this song
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| G |
| GIf you could read my mind love |
| F |
| FWhat a tale my thoughts could tell |
| G |
| GJust like an old time movie |
| F |
| FAbout a ghost from a wishing well |
| G | G7 | C |
| GIn a castle | G7dark or a | Cfortress strong |
| D | Em |
| With | Dchains upon my | Emfeet |
| C | G |
| You | Cknow that ghost is | Gme |
| C | G |
| And | CI will never | Gbe set free |
| Am7 | D | G |
| As | Am7long as I’m a | Dghost that you can’t | Gsee |
| G |
| GIf I could read your mind love |
| F |
| Fwhat a tale your thoughts could tell |
| G |
| GJust like a paperback novel |
| F |
| FThe kind that drugstores sell |
| G | G7 | C |
| GWhen you reach the | G7part where the | Cheartaches come |
| D | Em |
| The | Dhero would be | Emme |
| C | G |
| But | Cheroes often | Gfail |
| C | G |
| And | Cyou won’t read that | Gbook again |
| Am7 | D | G |
| Be | Am7cause the ending’s | Djust too hard to | Gtake |
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| G | G7 | C |
| GI’d walk a | G7way like a | Cmovie star |
| D | Em |
| Who gets | Dburned in a three way | Emscript |
| C | G |
| A | Cmovie queen to | Gplay the scene |
| Am7 | D | Em |
| Of | Am7bringing all the | Dgood things out in | Emme |
| C | G |
| But for | Cnow love, let’s be | Greal |
| C | G |
| I | Cnever thought I could | Gact this way, |
| Am7 | D |
| And I’ve | Am7got to say that I | Djust don’t get it |
| C | G |
| CI don’t know where | Gwe went wrong |
| Am7 | D | G |
| But the | Am7feeling’s gone and I | Djust can’t get it | Gback |
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A ---0-02- ---0-02-
E --3----- --3-----
C -2-----2 -2-----2
G -------- --------
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| G |
| GIf you could read my mind love |
| F |
| FWhat a tale my thoughts could tell |
| G |
| GJust like an old time movie |
| F |
| FAbout a ghost from a wishing well |
| G | G7 | C |
| GIn a castle | G7dark or a | Cfortress strong |
| D | Em |
| With | Dchains upon my | Emfeet |
| C | G |
| But | Cstories always | Gend |
| C | G |
| And | Cif you read be | Gtween the lines |
| Am7 | D | Em |
| You’ll | Am7know that I’m just | Dtrying to under | Emstand |
| C | G |
| The | Cfeelings that you | Glack |
| C | G |
| I | Cnever thought I could | Gfeel this way |
| Am7 | D |
| And I’ve | Am7got to say that I | Djust don’t get it |
| C | G |
| CI don’t know where | Gwe went wrong |
| Am7 | D | G |
| But the | Am7feeling’s gone and I | Djust can’t get it | Gback |
G F G
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C -------2- --------2-2220-2
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