If You Could Read My Mind ~ Gordon Lightfoot ~ 1971 (with lyrics) HD Chords
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If you could read my mind, love, [Em] what a tale my thoughts could tell
[A] Just like an old-time movie about a ghost from a wishing well
In a castle dark [D] or a fortress strong [E] with chains upon [F#m] my feet
[D] You know that [A] ghost is me, [D] and I will never [C#m] be set free
[B] As long as [E] I'm 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 drugstore sells
[A] When you reach the part where [D] the heartaches come
[E] The hero would be [F#m] me, [D] heroes who often [A] fail
[D] You won't read [A] that book again [B] because the [E] ending's just too hard [A] to take
[G]
I'd walk away like [D] a movie star [E] who gets burned in a three-way [F#m] sprint
[D] Enter number [A] two, [D] the movie queen, [C#m] the play, the scene
[Bm] I'm bringing all [E] the good things out [F#m] in me
But [D] from now, love, let's be [A] real
[D] I never thought [C#m] I could act this way
[B] And I've got to say [E] that I just don't get [D] it
I don't know [A] where we went wrong, [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 an old-time [Em] movie about a ghost from a wishing well
[A] In a castle dark or [D] a fortress strong
[E] With chains upon [F#m] my feet, [D] the story's [A] always end
[D] If you read [C#m] between [A] the lines, [B] you'll know that 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 way
And [B] I've got to say [E] that I just don't get it
[D] I don't know [A] where we went wrong, [B] but the feeling's gone
[E] And I just can't get [A] it back
[Em]
[A]
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[A] Just like an old-time movie about a ghost from a wishing well
In a castle dark [D] or a fortress strong [E] with chains upon [F#m] my feet
[D] You know that [A] ghost is me, [D] and I will never [C#m] be set free
[B] As long as [E] I'm 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 drugstore sells
[A] When you reach the part where [D] the heartaches come
[E] The hero would be [F#m] me, [D] heroes who often [A] fail
[D] You won't read [A] that book again [B] because the [E] ending's just too hard [A] to take
[G]
I'd walk away like [D] a movie star [E] who gets burned in a three-way [F#m] sprint
[D] Enter number [A] two, [D] the movie queen, [C#m] the play, the scene
[Bm] I'm bringing all [E] the good things out [F#m] in me
But [D] from now, love, let's be [A] real
[D] I never thought [C#m] I could act this way
[B] And I've got to say [E] that I just don't get [D] it
I don't know [A] where we went wrong, [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 an old-time [Em] movie about a ghost from a wishing well
[A] In a castle dark or [D] a fortress strong
[E] With chains upon [F#m] my feet, [D] the story's [A] always end
[D] If you read [C#m] between [A] the lines, [B] you'll know that 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 way
And [B] I've got to say [E] that I just don't get it
[D] I don't know [A] where we went wrong, [B] but the feeling's gone
[E] And I just can't get [A] it back
[Em]
[A]
[N]
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If you could read my mind, love, [Em] what a tale my thoughts could tell
[A] _ Just like an old-time movie _ about a ghost from a wishing well
_ _ In a castle dark [D] or a fortress strong [E] with chains upon [F#m] my feet
_ [D] You know that [A] ghost is me, _ _ [D] and I will never [C#m] be set free
[B] As long as [E] I'm 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 drugstore sells
[A] When you reach the part where [D] the heartaches come
[E] The hero would be [F#m] me, _ _ [D] heroes who often [A] fail
_ _ [D] You won't read [A] that book again [B] because the [E] ending's just too hard [A] to take _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _
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I'd walk away _ like [D] a movie star [E] who gets burned in a three-way [F#m] sprint _ _ _
[D] Enter number [A] two, _ _ [D] the movie queen, [C#m] the play, the scene
[Bm] I'm bringing all [E] the good things out [F#m] in me
But [D] from now, love, let's be [A] real _ _
[D] I never thought [C#m] I could act this way
[B] And I've got to say [E] that I just don't get [D] it
I don't know [A] where we went wrong, [B] but the feeling's gone
[E] And I just can't get [A] it back _ _
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_ If you could read my mind, [Em] love, what a tale my thoughts could tell
[A] _ _
Just like an old-time [Em] movie about a ghost from a wishing well
[A] _ In a castle dark or [D] a fortress strong
[E] With chains upon [F#m] my feet, _ [D] the story's [A] always end _ _
[D] If you read [C#m] between [A] the lines, [B] you'll know that 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 way
And [B] I've got to say [E] that I just don't get it
[D] I don't know [A] where we went wrong, [B] but the feeling's gone
[E] And I just can't get [A] it back _ _ _ _ _
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If you could read my mind, love, [Em] what a tale my thoughts could tell
[A] _ Just like an old-time movie _ about a ghost from a wishing well
_ _ In a castle dark [D] or a fortress strong [E] with chains upon [F#m] my feet
_ [D] You know that [A] ghost is me, _ _ [D] and I will never [C#m] be set free
[B] As long as [E] I'm 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 drugstore sells
[A] When you reach the part where [D] the heartaches come
[E] The hero would be [F#m] me, _ _ [D] heroes who often [A] fail
_ _ [D] You won't read [A] that book again [B] because the [E] ending's just too hard [A] to take _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _
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I'd walk away _ like [D] a movie star [E] who gets burned in a three-way [F#m] sprint _ _ _
[D] Enter number [A] two, _ _ [D] the movie queen, [C#m] the play, the scene
[Bm] I'm bringing all [E] the good things out [F#m] in me
But [D] from now, love, let's be [A] real _ _
[D] I never thought [C#m] I could act this way
[B] And I've got to say [E] that I just don't get [D] it
I don't know [A] where we went wrong, [B] but the feeling's gone
[E] And I just can't get [A] it back _ _
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_ If you could read my mind, [Em] love, what a tale my thoughts could tell
[A] _ _
Just like an old-time [Em] movie about a ghost from a wishing well
[A] _ In a castle dark or [D] a fortress strong
[E] With chains upon [F#m] my feet, _ [D] the story's [A] always end _ _
[D] If you read [C#m] between [A] the lines, [B] you'll know that 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 way
And [B] I've got to say [E] that I just don't get it
[D] I don't know [A] where we went wrong, [B] but the feeling's gone
[E] And I just can't get [A] it back _ _ _ _ _
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