Chords for If you could read my mind - Gordon Lightfoot - cover - Joe Mills
Tempo:
135.25 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Ab] If
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you could read my mind, [Eb] love, what a tale your thoughts could tell
an old time movie about a ghost from a wishing well
castle dark or [Db] a fortress strong [Bb] with chains upon [Fm] my feet
You [Db] know that [Ab] ghost was me, [Db] and I will [Ab] never be set free
you [Ab] can't see
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[Ab]
you could read my mind, [Eb] love, what a tale your thoughts could tell
an old time movie about a ghost from a wishing well
castle dark or [Db] a fortress strong [Bb] with chains upon [Fm] my feet
You [Db] know that [Ab] ghost was me, [Db] and I will [Ab] never be set free
you [Ab] can't see
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_ _ [Ab] If _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ you could read my mind, [Eb] love, what a tale your thoughts could tell
[Ab] _ _ Just like an old time movie _ about a ghost from a wishing well
_ [Ab] In a castle dark or [Db] a fortress strong [Bb] with chains upon [Fm] my feet
You [Db] know that [Ab] ghost was me, _ _ [Db] and I will [Ab] never be set free
[Bb] As long as I'm a ghost, you [Ab] can't see
_ [Eb] If _
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_ _ _ _ _ I could read your [Eb] mind, love, what a tale your thoughts could tell
_ _ Just like a paperback [Ebm] novel that [Eb] kind of drugstores sell
_ [Ab] When you reach the part _ where [Db] the heartaches come
[Eb] The hero would be [Fm] me, _ [Db] but heroes [Ab] often fail _
And [Db] you won't [Ab] read that book again [F] because the [Eb] ending's just too hard [Ab] to take
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_ _ [Ab] _ _ I'll walk away _ like [Db] a movie star, [Eb] though it's burning a three [Fm]-way script
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Into [Ab] number two _
[Db] A movie [Ab] queen that played the scene [Bb] of bringing all the [Eb] good things out [Fm] of me
But [Db] for now, [Ab] love, let's reread
_ I [Db] never thought [Ab] I could feel this way
[F] And I've got to say [Eb] that I just don't get it
[Db] I don't know where [Cm] we went [F] wrong, but the feeling's gone
[Eb] And I just can't get [Ab] it back _
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If you could read my mind, [Ebm] love, [Eb] what a tale my thoughts could tell
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Just like an old-time movie [Eb] _
about a ghost from a wishing well
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In a castle dark _ [Db] or a fortress strong [Eb] with chains upon my [Fm] feet
_ [Db] The stories _ [Ab]
always end
_ _ [Db] And if you read [Ab] between the lines, [F] you'd know that I'm [Eb] just trying to _ [Fm] understand _ _
[Db] The feelings [Ab] that you lack _
[Db] I never thought [Cm] I could feel this [F] way
And I've got to say [Eb] that I just don't get [Db] it
I don't know [Cm] where we [Eb] went wrong, [Bb] but the feeling's gone
And [Eb] I just can't [Ab] get it back _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ you could read my mind, [Eb] love, what a tale your thoughts could tell
[Ab] _ _ Just like an old time movie _ about a ghost from a wishing well
_ [Ab] In a castle dark or [Db] a fortress strong [Bb] with chains upon [Fm] my feet
You [Db] know that [Ab] ghost was me, _ _ [Db] and I will [Ab] never be set free
[Bb] As long as I'm a ghost, you [Ab] can't see
_ [Eb] If _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ I could read your [Eb] mind, love, what a tale your thoughts could tell
_ _ Just like a paperback [Ebm] novel that [Eb] kind of drugstores sell
_ [Ab] When you reach the part _ where [Db] the heartaches come
[Eb] The hero would be [Fm] me, _ [Db] but heroes [Ab] often fail _
And [Db] you won't [Ab] read that book again [F] because the [Eb] ending's just too hard [Ab] to take
_ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ I'll walk away _ like [Db] a movie star, [Eb] though it's burning a three [Fm]-way script
_ _ [Db] _
Into [Ab] number two _
[Db] A movie [Ab] queen that played the scene [Bb] of bringing all the [Eb] good things out [Fm] of me
But [Db] for now, [Ab] love, let's reread
_ I [Db] never thought [Ab] I could feel this way
[F] And I've got to say [Eb] that I just don't get it
[Db] I don't know where [Cm] we went [F] wrong, but the feeling's gone
[Eb] And I just can't get [Ab] it back _
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If you could read my mind, [Ebm] love, [Eb] what a tale my thoughts could tell
[Ab] _ _
Just like an old-time movie [Eb] _
about a ghost from a wishing well
[Ab] _
In a castle dark _ [Db] or a fortress strong [Eb] with chains upon my [Fm] feet
_ [Db] The stories _ [Ab]
always end
_ _ [Db] And if you read [Ab] between the lines, [F] you'd know that I'm [Eb] just trying to _ [Fm] understand _ _
[Db] The feelings [Ab] that you lack _
[Db] I never thought [Cm] I could feel this [F] way
And I've got to say [Eb] that I just don't get [Db] it
I don't know [Cm] where we [Eb] went wrong, [Bb] but the feeling's gone
And [Eb] I just can't [Ab] get it back _ _ _ _ _
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