If You Could Read My Mind Chords by Gordon Lightfoot
Tempo:
122.55 bpm
Chords used:
A
D
E
Em
F#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Key:
A
D
E
Em
F#m
A
D
E
[A] .
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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, [A] with [E] chains upon my [F#m] feet, you [D] know that ghost is [A] me.
And [D] I will never [A] be set free [Bm] as long as I'm [E] a ghost you can't [A] see.
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If I could read your mind, love, [Em] what a tale your thoughts could tell.
[A] Just like a paperback novel, [Em] the kind the drugstore sells.
[A] When you reach the part where the [G] heartaches [D] come, [A] the [E] hero would be [F#m] me.
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[D] But heroes often [A] fail, [D] and you won't read [A] that book again [Bm] because the [E] ending's just too hard to [A] take.
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[Em] [G] [A] .
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[G] [A] .
I'd walk away like a [D] movie star who [E] gets burned in a three-way [F#m] stretch.
[D] Enter number [A] two, [D] movie queen to [A] play the scene [Bm] of bringing [E] all the good things out in [F#m] me.
But [D] for now, love, let's be [A] real.
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[D] I never thought I [A] could act this way, and [E] I've got to say that I just don't get it.
[D] I don't know [A] where we went wrong, [E] but the feeling's gone, 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 [A] well.
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, [E] you'll know that I'm just trying to [F#m] understand .
[D] the feelings that [A] you have.
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[D] I never thought [A] I could feel this [C#] way, [Bm] 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.
.
[C#] .
[A] .
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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, [A] with [E] chains upon my [F#m] feet, you [D] know that ghost is [A] me.
And [D] I will never [A] be set free [Bm] as long as I'm [E] a ghost you can't [A] see.
.
If I could read your mind, love, [Em] what a tale your thoughts could tell.
[A] Just like a paperback novel, [Em] the kind the drugstore sells.
[A] When you reach the part where the [G] heartaches [D] come, [A] the [E] hero would be [F#m] me.
.
[D] But heroes often [A] fail, [D] and you won't read [A] that book again [Bm] because the [E] ending's just too hard to [A] take.
.
[Em] [G] [A] .
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[G] [A] .
I'd walk away like a [D] movie star who [E] gets burned in a three-way [F#m] stretch.
[D] Enter number [A] two, [D] movie queen to [A] play the scene [Bm] of bringing [E] all the good things out in [F#m] me.
But [D] for now, love, let's be [A] real.
.
[D] I never thought I [A] could act this way, and [E] I've got to say that I just don't get it.
[D] I don't know [A] where we went wrong, [E] but the feeling's gone, 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 [A] well.
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, [E] you'll know that I'm just trying to [F#m] understand .
[D] the feelings that [A] you have.
.
[D] I never thought [A] I could feel this [C#] way, [Bm] 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.
.
[C#] .
[A] .
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