Chords for Gordon Lightfoot If You Could Read My Mind (cover)

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[Ab] _ _ It could be my [Ebm] life, or what a tale my thoughts could tell
[Ab] Just _ like an old time [Ebm] movie about a ghost or a [Ab] shen-wen
_ In a castle dark, _ [Db] or a fortress _ [Eb] on the chains upon [F] my feet
[Ab] You [Db] know that [Eb] ghost is [Ab] me, _ [Db] and I won't ever [Ab] be set free
[Bbm] As long as [Eb] I'm a ghost that you [Ab] can't see
_ _ I _ _ _ _ _ could be the one, [Ebm] or _ what a tale your thoughts could tell
[Ab] _ Just like a paperback [Ebm] novel, _ the kind the drugstore [Ab] sells
_ When you leave the part _ where the [Db] heartaches come
[Eb] A hero [Fm] would be me, _ [Db] but heroes [Ab] often fail
_ [Db] You won't be [Ab] that book again, [Bbm] because the [Eb] ending's just too [Ab] hard to take
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_ I'd walk away like [Db] a movie star, [Eb] but it's burned in a three [F]-way shed
_ [Fm] _ [Db] I'd get turned over, [Ab] the _ _ [Db] movie queen, [Ab] the play, the [Eb] scene
[Bbm] Of bringing [Eb] all the good things out [F] in me, _ [Fm] but [Db] for now the [Ab] lips can feel
_ I [Db] never thought [Ab] I'd act this way, and [Bbm] I've got to say it, [Eb] and I just don't get [Db] it
I don't know [Cm] where we went wrong, [Bbm] but the feeling's gone, [Eb] and I just can't get [Ab] it back _ _ _ _ _ _
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[Ab] _ _ You could read my [Ebm] mind, but _ what a tale my thoughts could [Ab] tell
_ Just like an old time [Ebm] movie about a ghost or a shen [Ab]-wen
_ _ It gets me tired, or [Db] a fortress strong, [Eb] or chains upon [F] my feet
[Fm] _ [Db] But _ [Ab] story's always _ ending, [Db] if you'd [Cm] read between the lines
[Bbm] You'd know that I'm [Ab] just [Eb] trying to [F] understand _
[Fm] _ [Db] every feeling [Ab] that you've got _
_ [Db] I never [Ab] thought I'd act this way, and [Bbm] I've got to [Ab] say it, [Eb] and I just don't [Ab] get [Db] it
I don't know where [Ab] we went wrong, [Bbm] but the feeling's gone, [Eb] and I just can't [Ab] get it back _ _ _ _
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