Chords for Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind
Tempo:
122.2 bpm
Chords used:
A
D
E
Em
F#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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If you could read my mind, [Em] love, what a tale my thoughts could tell.
an old timey [C#]-wimpy, about a ghost from a wishing well.
dark, [D] or a fortress strong, [A] with [E] chains upon [F#m] my feet.
know that ghost [A] is me.
I will [A] be set free, [Bm] as long as I [E] am a ghost you [A] can't see.
If I could read your mind, [Em] love, what a tale your thoughts could tell.
Just like a paperback [Em] novel, the kind the drugstores sell.
When you reach the part where [D] the heartaches come, [A] the [E] hero would be [F#m]
an old timey [C#]-wimpy, about a ghost from a wishing well.
dark, [D] or a fortress strong, [A] with [E] chains upon [F#m] my feet.
know that ghost [A] is me.
I will [A] be set free, [Bm] as long as I [E] am a ghost you [A] can't see.
If I could read your mind, [Em] love, what a tale your thoughts could tell.
Just like a paperback [Em] novel, the kind the drugstores sell.
When you reach the part where [D] the heartaches come, [A] the [E] hero would be [F#m]
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_ _ _ _ _ If you could read my mind, [Em] love, what a tale my thoughts could tell.
_ [A] _ Just like an old timey [C#]-wimpy, about a ghost from a wishing well.
[A] _ In a castle dark, [D] or a fortress strong, [A] with [E] chains upon [F#m] my feet.
_ [D] You know that ghost [A] is me.
_ _ [D]
I will [A] be set free, [Bm] as long as I [E] am a ghost you [A] can't see. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ If I could read your mind, [Em] love, what a tale your thoughts could tell.
[A] _
Just like a paperback [Em] novel, the kind the drugstores sell.
[A]
When you reach the part where [D] the heartaches come, [A] the [E] hero would be [F#m]
me.
_ _ [D] Hero, _ _ [A] _
_ _ [D] you won't be [A] _
_ seen [Bm] because the [E] ending's just too hard [A] to take. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ I'd walk away _ like [D] a movie star who gets [E] burned in a three-way [F#m] street.
_ _ _ [D]
Enter number [A] two.
_ _ _ [D]
Moving to [A] clear the scene, _ [B]
bringing all [E] the good things out [F#m] in me.
But [D] from now on, let's be [A] real.
_ _ [D] I never thought [A] I could ask when [E] I [Bm] got to say [E] that I just don't get it.
[D] _ I'm a lonely [A]
woman, _ [B] but the feeling's gone, [E] and I just can't get [A] it back.
_ If _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ you could read my mind, [Em] love, what a tale my thoughts could tell.
_ [A] _ _ Just like a lone dying [Em] poodle, about a ghost on a wishing well.
_ _ In a castle dark, or [D] a fortress strong, with [E] chains upon my [F#m] feet.
_ _ [D]
Story always [A] ends _ [D] if you read [A] between the lines.
[Bm] _
I'm just [E] trying to [F#m] understand _ the [D] feeling that you [A] lack.
_ _ [D] I never thought I [A] could feel this _ [B] way when I got to say [E] that I just don't get it.
[D] _ I'm a [A] lonely woman, [B] but the feeling's gone, [E] and I just can't get it [A] back. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D#] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ If you could read my mind, [Em] love, what a tale my thoughts could tell.
_ [A] _ Just like an old timey [C#]-wimpy, about a ghost from a wishing well.
[A] _ In a castle dark, [D] or a fortress strong, [A] with [E] chains upon [F#m] my feet.
_ [D] You know that ghost [A] is me.
_ _ [D]
I will [A] be set free, [Bm] as long as I [E] am a ghost you [A] can't see. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ If I could read your mind, [Em] love, what a tale your thoughts could tell.
[A] _
Just like a paperback [Em] novel, the kind the drugstores sell.
[A]
When you reach the part where [D] the heartaches come, [A] the [E] hero would be [F#m]
me.
_ _ [D] Hero, _ _ [A] _
_ _ [D] you won't be [A] _
_ seen [Bm] because the [E] ending's just too hard [A] to take. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ I'd walk away _ like [D] a movie star who gets [E] burned in a three-way [F#m] street.
_ _ _ [D]
Enter number [A] two.
_ _ _ [D]
Moving to [A] clear the scene, _ [B]
bringing all [E] the good things out [F#m] in me.
But [D] from now on, let's be [A] real.
_ _ [D] I never thought [A] I could ask when [E] I [Bm] got to say [E] that I just don't get it.
[D] _ I'm a lonely [A]
woman, _ [B] but the feeling's gone, [E] and I just can't get [A] it back.
_ If _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ you could read my mind, [Em] love, what a tale my thoughts could tell.
_ [A] _ _ Just like a lone dying [Em] poodle, about a ghost on a wishing well.
_ _ In a castle dark, or [D] a fortress strong, with [E] chains upon my [F#m] feet.
_ _ [D]
Story always [A] ends _ [D] if you read [A] between the lines.
[Bm] _
I'm just [E] trying to [F#m] understand _ the [D] feeling that you [A] lack.
_ _ [D] I never thought I [A] could feel this _ [B] way when I got to say [E] that I just don't get it.
[D] _ I'm a [A] lonely woman, [B] but the feeling's gone, [E] and I just can't get it [A] back. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D#] _ _