Chords for Good Thing He Can't Read My Mind - Christine Lavin
Tempo:
109.1 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
Eb
Ab
Cm
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
This is a song I wrote, I started actually writing this in Aspen, Colorado, because my boyfriend had a house in Aspen and he was determined to teach me how to ski.
So I was there in Aspen and I was trying to cross the street and I couldn't cross the street because there was so much traffic.
And I said, and I hated skiing.
So I said, what am I doing here?
Look at me, I'm skiing.
I don't like skiing, but he loves skiing and I love him.
And [E] I go, whoa, that sounds like a song lyric.
[Dbm] That ended up being the second [A] verse.
[E] I'm [B] at the [Dbm] opera, I don't like [A] the opera, but he loves the [B] opera and I love him.
[E] I follow [Dbm] the libretto, I follow the [A]
[Dbm] plot, my head begins [B] to spin, [Abm] I don't understand a [Dbm] word.
[A] English, every one of [B] them, he says, this is too far.
[E] I don't [Gb] like the opera, move it, [E] Matthew!
[A]
Good thing [B] he can't [E] read my mind.
How long did [A] you say this opera was?
[E] 16 hours, oh, what a treat!
[A] Look [E] at me, I'm skiing, I do not like [A] skiing, but he loves [B] skiing and I love him.
[E] I'm at the Wilton Falls, I shiver in the cold, I'm [A] charging down the mountain, [B] skiing life and limb.
[Abm] There's no acceleration, [Dbm] I'm only skiing, [A] everyone around me is having [B] such a great time.
[E] I do not like skiing, look at me, I'm skiing.
[A] Good thing [B] he can't [E] read my mind.
Yes, [A] exhilarating was the word I was just thinking.
[E]
[B] Scared of [Dbm] heights?
Oh no, not me!
[A]
[Dbm] And then the third verse is, [B] I'm eating sushi.
And I've sung this song many, many times because I started writing it back in 1985.
And one of the places I sang it is Birdland in New York for their Monday night open [N] mic cast party.
And there was a guy sitting at the bar by the name of Rene Ruiz.
And he called me over after I sang the song and he said, you know,
you should sing a version of that song for a man to sing.
Because it's not just women who do stupid things in the name of love, men do too.
Is that true?
No.
And I decided I would [G] do it.
So I've [Eb] written this for you guys, I hope you like it.
This is called Good Thing She Can't Read My Mind, a dude's idea.
[Bb] [Eb] [Ab]
[Eb] I [Bb] am at a [F] shopping mall, [C] I do not [Eb] like [Ab] shopping malls, she loves shopping [Bb] malls and I love her.
[Eb] Each time she [Bb] goes to look at [Cm] shoes, I'm [Eb] reacquainted with the blues, [Ab] I'm sure there are men [Bb] here who will concur.
[Gm] I wanted to stay home today [Cm] to watch the Green Red Pony [Ab] Eventual Tipskip [Bb] Contest of my kind.
[Eb] But I am at a [F] shopping mall, [Eb] I hate shopping [Ab] malls.
[Bb] Good Thing She Can't Read [Eb] My [Bb] Mind.
[Cm] Sure, [Ab] I'll hold your purse while you try that on.
[Eb] [Bb] No, I don't [Cm] think that dress makes your butt look [Ab] better.
[Eb] I [Bb] am at a craft fair, [Cm] I do not like craft [Ab] fairs, she loves craft [Bb] fairs and I love her.
[Eb] [Bb] Origami, [C] Toby, Aerie, [Gm] face painting, [Ab] scrapbooking, and her favorite, [Bb] dream catchers.
[Gm] What the hell is a dream catcher?
[Cm] What the hell is a dango pie?
[Ab] Mars dancing, [Bb] I need something I can hide behind.
[Eb] [Bb] Can't stand craft fairs, [Cm] look at that craft fair.
[Ab] [Bb] Good Thing She Can't Read [Eb] My [Bb] Mind.
[Cm] [Eb] [Ab] Make my own soap?
How [Eb] did you know that [Bb] was a [Eb] dream?
[Ab] [Cm] I am not [Gm] complaining, I'm just sneaking out some faces.
[Cm] Expanding your [Gm] horizons is a sign of [C] sophistication.
Now I'm in a Pilates [Gm] class every Sunday morning.
[Ab] The sun's about to pop the boxing [Bb] over, call me pal pony.
[Eb] I am [Bb] at a chick [C] flick, I do not [Eb] like chick [Ab] flicks, she loves chick [Bb] flicks and I love her.
[Eb] Oh my god, [Bb] it's a double [C] bill, now I'm really feeling ill, [Ab] it's beaches!
Followed [Bb] by the [F] way we [Bb] were.
[Gm] I am in an awful [Cm] mood, I need
[Ab] a list [Bb] of cake, meat, and a wine.
[Eb] Instead I'm at two [C] chick flicks, I hate [Eb] chick flicks.
[Bb] Good Thing She Can't Read [Eb] My [Bb]
Mind.
[Cm] [Ab] Tomorrow night is herbs of endearment and [Eb] fried green [Bb] [Cm] tomatoes.
How [Ab] lucky, good one day I'll get it.
[F] So if you [Eb] see me [Bb] at a chick flick, [Eb] see me in a craft [Ab] booth, see me in a shopping [Bb] mall following you to space.
There, [Eb] [Bb] don't feel [Cm] sorry for me, I was being [Ab] loved.
When the hell [Bb] else would I be there?
[Gm] Before I knew her life was [Cm] dull.
I know I just need [Ab] chances, now I need this one [Bb] opportunity.
I'm fine, [Eb] I don't [Bb] like shopping [Eb] malls or chick flicks or craft [Ab] fairs.
But [Bb] maybe [F] I will in [Gm] time, [Ab] [Bb] maybe I will [Eb] in [Bb] time.
[C]
[Eb] Join you book [Bb] club?
I would [Eb] love to.
[N]
I have to tell you though, whenever I sing that song now, I'm always living in fear that [E] there's a guy looking at me thinking,
I am at a folk concert, I [A] didn't
[B]
So I was there in Aspen and I was trying to cross the street and I couldn't cross the street because there was so much traffic.
And I said, and I hated skiing.
So I said, what am I doing here?
Look at me, I'm skiing.
I don't like skiing, but he loves skiing and I love him.
And [E] I go, whoa, that sounds like a song lyric.
[Dbm] That ended up being the second [A] verse.
[E] I'm [B] at the [Dbm] opera, I don't like [A] the opera, but he loves the [B] opera and I love him.
[E] I follow [Dbm] the libretto, I follow the [A]
[Dbm] plot, my head begins [B] to spin, [Abm] I don't understand a [Dbm] word.
[A] English, every one of [B] them, he says, this is too far.
[E] I don't [Gb] like the opera, move it, [E] Matthew!
[A]
Good thing [B] he can't [E] read my mind.
How long did [A] you say this opera was?
[E] 16 hours, oh, what a treat!
[A] Look [E] at me, I'm skiing, I do not like [A] skiing, but he loves [B] skiing and I love him.
[E] I'm at the Wilton Falls, I shiver in the cold, I'm [A] charging down the mountain, [B] skiing life and limb.
[Abm] There's no acceleration, [Dbm] I'm only skiing, [A] everyone around me is having [B] such a great time.
[E] I do not like skiing, look at me, I'm skiing.
[A] Good thing [B] he can't [E] read my mind.
Yes, [A] exhilarating was the word I was just thinking.
[E]
[B] Scared of [Dbm] heights?
Oh no, not me!
[A]
[Dbm] And then the third verse is, [B] I'm eating sushi.
And I've sung this song many, many times because I started writing it back in 1985.
And one of the places I sang it is Birdland in New York for their Monday night open [N] mic cast party.
And there was a guy sitting at the bar by the name of Rene Ruiz.
And he called me over after I sang the song and he said, you know,
you should sing a version of that song for a man to sing.
Because it's not just women who do stupid things in the name of love, men do too.
Is that true?
No.
And I decided I would [G] do it.
So I've [Eb] written this for you guys, I hope you like it.
This is called Good Thing She Can't Read My Mind, a dude's idea.
[Bb] [Eb] [Ab]
[Eb] I [Bb] am at a [F] shopping mall, [C] I do not [Eb] like [Ab] shopping malls, she loves shopping [Bb] malls and I love her.
[Eb] Each time she [Bb] goes to look at [Cm] shoes, I'm [Eb] reacquainted with the blues, [Ab] I'm sure there are men [Bb] here who will concur.
[Gm] I wanted to stay home today [Cm] to watch the Green Red Pony [Ab] Eventual Tipskip [Bb] Contest of my kind.
[Eb] But I am at a [F] shopping mall, [Eb] I hate shopping [Ab] malls.
[Bb] Good Thing She Can't Read [Eb] My [Bb] Mind.
[Cm] Sure, [Ab] I'll hold your purse while you try that on.
[Eb] [Bb] No, I don't [Cm] think that dress makes your butt look [Ab] better.
[Eb] I [Bb] am at a craft fair, [Cm] I do not like craft [Ab] fairs, she loves craft [Bb] fairs and I love her.
[Eb] [Bb] Origami, [C] Toby, Aerie, [Gm] face painting, [Ab] scrapbooking, and her favorite, [Bb] dream catchers.
[Gm] What the hell is a dream catcher?
[Cm] What the hell is a dango pie?
[Ab] Mars dancing, [Bb] I need something I can hide behind.
[Eb] [Bb] Can't stand craft fairs, [Cm] look at that craft fair.
[Ab] [Bb] Good Thing She Can't Read [Eb] My [Bb] Mind.
[Cm] [Eb] [Ab] Make my own soap?
How [Eb] did you know that [Bb] was a [Eb] dream?
[Ab] [Cm] I am not [Gm] complaining, I'm just sneaking out some faces.
[Cm] Expanding your [Gm] horizons is a sign of [C] sophistication.
Now I'm in a Pilates [Gm] class every Sunday morning.
[Ab] The sun's about to pop the boxing [Bb] over, call me pal pony.
[Eb] I am [Bb] at a chick [C] flick, I do not [Eb] like chick [Ab] flicks, she loves chick [Bb] flicks and I love her.
[Eb] Oh my god, [Bb] it's a double [C] bill, now I'm really feeling ill, [Ab] it's beaches!
Followed [Bb] by the [F] way we [Bb] were.
[Gm] I am in an awful [Cm] mood, I need
[Ab] a list [Bb] of cake, meat, and a wine.
[Eb] Instead I'm at two [C] chick flicks, I hate [Eb] chick flicks.
[Bb] Good Thing She Can't Read [Eb] My [Bb]
Mind.
[Cm] [Ab] Tomorrow night is herbs of endearment and [Eb] fried green [Bb] [Cm] tomatoes.
How [Ab] lucky, good one day I'll get it.
[F] So if you [Eb] see me [Bb] at a chick flick, [Eb] see me in a craft [Ab] booth, see me in a shopping [Bb] mall following you to space.
There, [Eb] [Bb] don't feel [Cm] sorry for me, I was being [Ab] loved.
When the hell [Bb] else would I be there?
[Gm] Before I knew her life was [Cm] dull.
I know I just need [Ab] chances, now I need this one [Bb] opportunity.
I'm fine, [Eb] I don't [Bb] like shopping [Eb] malls or chick flicks or craft [Ab] fairs.
But [Bb] maybe [F] I will in [Gm] time, [Ab] [Bb] maybe I will [Eb] in [Bb] time.
[C]
[Eb] Join you book [Bb] club?
I would [Eb] love to.
[N]
I have to tell you though, whenever I sing that song now, I'm always living in fear that [E] there's a guy looking at me thinking,
I am at a folk concert, I [A] didn't
[B]
Key:
Bb
Eb
Ab
Cm
A
Bb
Eb
Ab
This is a song I wrote, I started actually writing this in Aspen, Colorado, because my boyfriend had a house in Aspen and he was determined to teach me how to ski.
So I was there in Aspen and I was trying to cross the street and I couldn't cross the street because there was so much traffic.
And I said, and I hated skiing.
So I said, what am I doing here?
Look at me, I'm skiing.
I don't like skiing, but he loves skiing and I love him.
And [E] I go, whoa, that sounds like a song lyric.
_ _ [Dbm] That ended up being the second [A] verse.
_ _ _ _ [E] I'm [B] at the [Dbm] opera, I don't like [A] the opera, but he loves the [B] opera and I love him.
[E] I follow [Dbm] the libretto, I follow the [A] _
[Dbm] plot, my head begins [B] to spin, [Abm] I don't understand a [Dbm] word. _
[A] English, every one of [B] them, he says, this is too far. _ _
_ _ [E] I don't [Gb] like the opera, move it, [E] Matthew!
[A]
Good thing [B] he can't [E] read my mind.
_ How long did [A] you say this opera was?
_ _ [E] 16 hours, oh, what a treat!
[A] _ Look _ _ [E] at me, I'm skiing, I do not like [A] skiing, but he loves [B] skiing and I love him.
[E] I'm at the Wilton Falls, I shiver in the cold, I'm [A] charging down the mountain, [B] skiing life and limb.
[Abm] There's no acceleration, [Dbm] I'm only skiing, [A] everyone around me is having [B] such a great time.
[E] I do not like skiing, look at me, I'm skiing.
[A] Good thing [B] he can't [E] read my mind. _
Yes, [A] exhilarating was the word I was just thinking.
_ [E]
[B] Scared of [Dbm] heights?
Oh no, not me!
[A] _ _ _ _
[Dbm] And then the third verse is, [B] I'm eating sushi.
And I've sung this song many, many times because I started writing it back in 1985.
And one of the places I sang it is Birdland in New York for their Monday night open [N] mic cast party.
And there was a guy sitting at the bar by the name of Rene Ruiz.
And he called me over after I sang the song and he said, you know,
you should sing a version of that song for a man to sing.
Because it's not just women who do stupid things in the name of love, men do too.
Is that true?
No. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ And _ _ I decided I would [G] do it.
So I've [Eb] written this for you guys, I hope you like it.
This is called Good Thing She Can't Read My Mind, a dude's idea. _
[Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ I [Bb] am at a [F] shopping mall, [C] I do not [Eb] like [Ab] shopping malls, she loves shopping [Bb] malls and I love her.
[Eb] Each time she [Bb] goes to look at [Cm] shoes, I'm [Eb] reacquainted with the blues, [Ab] I'm sure there are men [Bb] here who will concur.
[Gm] I wanted to stay home today [Cm] to watch the Green Red Pony _ [Ab] Eventual Tipskip [Bb] Contest of my kind.
[Eb] But I am at a [F] shopping mall, [Eb] I hate shopping [Ab] malls.
[Bb] Good Thing She Can't Read [Eb] My [Bb] Mind.
[Cm] Sure, [Ab] I'll hold your purse while you try that on.
[Eb] _ [Bb] No, I don't [Cm] think that dress makes your butt look [Ab] better.
_ _ _ _ [Eb] I [Bb] am at a craft fair, [Cm] I do not like craft [Ab] fairs, she loves craft [Bb] fairs and I love her.
[Eb] [Bb] Origami, [C] Toby, Aerie, [Gm] face painting, [Ab] scrapbooking, and her favorite, [Bb] dream catchers.
[Gm] What the hell is a dream catcher?
[Cm] What the hell is a dango pie?
[Ab] Mars dancing, [Bb] I need something I can hide behind.
[Eb] [Bb] Can't stand craft fairs, [Cm] look at that craft fair.
[Ab] [Bb] Good Thing She Can't Read [Eb] My [Bb] Mind.
_ [Cm] _ [Eb] [Ab] Make my own soap?
How [Eb] did you know that [Bb] was a [Eb] dream? _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Cm] I am not [Gm] complaining, I'm just sneaking out some faces.
[Cm] Expanding your [Gm] horizons is a sign of [C] sophistication.
Now I'm in a Pilates [Gm] class every Sunday morning.
[Ab] The sun's about to pop the boxing [Bb] over, call me pal pony. _ _
[Eb] I am [Bb] at a chick [C] flick, I do not [Eb] like chick [Ab] flicks, she loves chick [Bb] flicks and I love her.
[Eb] Oh my god, [Bb] it's a double [C] bill, now I'm really feeling ill, [Ab] it's beaches!
Followed [Bb] by the [F] way we [Bb] were.
_ _ [Gm] I am in an awful [Cm] mood, I need _
[Ab] _ a list [Bb] of cake, meat, and a wine.
[Eb] Instead I'm at two [C] chick flicks, I hate [Eb] chick flicks.
[Bb] Good Thing She Can't Read [Eb] My [Bb]
Mind.
[Cm] _ [Ab] Tomorrow night is herbs of endearment and [Eb] fried green [Bb] [Cm] tomatoes.
How [Ab] lucky, good one day I'll get it.
_ _ [F] So if you [Eb] see me [Bb] at a chick flick, [Eb] see me in a craft [Ab] booth, see me in a shopping [Bb] mall following you to space.
There, [Eb] [Bb] don't feel [Cm] sorry for me, I was being [Ab] loved.
When the hell [Bb] else would I be there?
[Gm] Before I knew her life was [Cm] dull.
I know I just need [Ab] chances, now I need this one [Bb] opportunity.
I'm fine, [Eb] I don't [Bb] like shopping [Eb] malls or chick flicks or craft [Ab] fairs.
But [Bb] maybe [F] I will in [Gm] time, [Ab] [Bb] maybe I will [Eb] in [Bb] time.
[C] _
_ [Eb] Join you book [Bb] club?
_ I would [Eb] love to.
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I have to tell you though, whenever I sing that song now, I'm always living in fear that [E] there's a guy looking at me thinking,
I am at a folk concert, I [A] didn't_
_ [B] _ _
So I was there in Aspen and I was trying to cross the street and I couldn't cross the street because there was so much traffic.
And I said, and I hated skiing.
So I said, what am I doing here?
Look at me, I'm skiing.
I don't like skiing, but he loves skiing and I love him.
And [E] I go, whoa, that sounds like a song lyric.
_ _ [Dbm] That ended up being the second [A] verse.
_ _ _ _ [E] I'm [B] at the [Dbm] opera, I don't like [A] the opera, but he loves the [B] opera and I love him.
[E] I follow [Dbm] the libretto, I follow the [A] _
[Dbm] plot, my head begins [B] to spin, [Abm] I don't understand a [Dbm] word. _
[A] English, every one of [B] them, he says, this is too far. _ _
_ _ [E] I don't [Gb] like the opera, move it, [E] Matthew!
[A]
Good thing [B] he can't [E] read my mind.
_ How long did [A] you say this opera was?
_ _ [E] 16 hours, oh, what a treat!
[A] _ Look _ _ [E] at me, I'm skiing, I do not like [A] skiing, but he loves [B] skiing and I love him.
[E] I'm at the Wilton Falls, I shiver in the cold, I'm [A] charging down the mountain, [B] skiing life and limb.
[Abm] There's no acceleration, [Dbm] I'm only skiing, [A] everyone around me is having [B] such a great time.
[E] I do not like skiing, look at me, I'm skiing.
[A] Good thing [B] he can't [E] read my mind. _
Yes, [A] exhilarating was the word I was just thinking.
_ [E]
[B] Scared of [Dbm] heights?
Oh no, not me!
[A] _ _ _ _
[Dbm] And then the third verse is, [B] I'm eating sushi.
And I've sung this song many, many times because I started writing it back in 1985.
And one of the places I sang it is Birdland in New York for their Monday night open [N] mic cast party.
And there was a guy sitting at the bar by the name of Rene Ruiz.
And he called me over after I sang the song and he said, you know,
you should sing a version of that song for a man to sing.
Because it's not just women who do stupid things in the name of love, men do too.
Is that true?
No. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ And _ _ I decided I would [G] do it.
So I've [Eb] written this for you guys, I hope you like it.
This is called Good Thing She Can't Read My Mind, a dude's idea. _
[Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ I [Bb] am at a [F] shopping mall, [C] I do not [Eb] like [Ab] shopping malls, she loves shopping [Bb] malls and I love her.
[Eb] Each time she [Bb] goes to look at [Cm] shoes, I'm [Eb] reacquainted with the blues, [Ab] I'm sure there are men [Bb] here who will concur.
[Gm] I wanted to stay home today [Cm] to watch the Green Red Pony _ [Ab] Eventual Tipskip [Bb] Contest of my kind.
[Eb] But I am at a [F] shopping mall, [Eb] I hate shopping [Ab] malls.
[Bb] Good Thing She Can't Read [Eb] My [Bb] Mind.
[Cm] Sure, [Ab] I'll hold your purse while you try that on.
[Eb] _ [Bb] No, I don't [Cm] think that dress makes your butt look [Ab] better.
_ _ _ _ [Eb] I [Bb] am at a craft fair, [Cm] I do not like craft [Ab] fairs, she loves craft [Bb] fairs and I love her.
[Eb] [Bb] Origami, [C] Toby, Aerie, [Gm] face painting, [Ab] scrapbooking, and her favorite, [Bb] dream catchers.
[Gm] What the hell is a dream catcher?
[Cm] What the hell is a dango pie?
[Ab] Mars dancing, [Bb] I need something I can hide behind.
[Eb] [Bb] Can't stand craft fairs, [Cm] look at that craft fair.
[Ab] [Bb] Good Thing She Can't Read [Eb] My [Bb] Mind.
_ [Cm] _ [Eb] [Ab] Make my own soap?
How [Eb] did you know that [Bb] was a [Eb] dream? _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Cm] I am not [Gm] complaining, I'm just sneaking out some faces.
[Cm] Expanding your [Gm] horizons is a sign of [C] sophistication.
Now I'm in a Pilates [Gm] class every Sunday morning.
[Ab] The sun's about to pop the boxing [Bb] over, call me pal pony. _ _
[Eb] I am [Bb] at a chick [C] flick, I do not [Eb] like chick [Ab] flicks, she loves chick [Bb] flicks and I love her.
[Eb] Oh my god, [Bb] it's a double [C] bill, now I'm really feeling ill, [Ab] it's beaches!
Followed [Bb] by the [F] way we [Bb] were.
_ _ [Gm] I am in an awful [Cm] mood, I need _
[Ab] _ a list [Bb] of cake, meat, and a wine.
[Eb] Instead I'm at two [C] chick flicks, I hate [Eb] chick flicks.
[Bb] Good Thing She Can't Read [Eb] My [Bb]
Mind.
[Cm] _ [Ab] Tomorrow night is herbs of endearment and [Eb] fried green [Bb] [Cm] tomatoes.
How [Ab] lucky, good one day I'll get it.
_ _ [F] So if you [Eb] see me [Bb] at a chick flick, [Eb] see me in a craft [Ab] booth, see me in a shopping [Bb] mall following you to space.
There, [Eb] [Bb] don't feel [Cm] sorry for me, I was being [Ab] loved.
When the hell [Bb] else would I be there?
[Gm] Before I knew her life was [Cm] dull.
I know I just need [Ab] chances, now I need this one [Bb] opportunity.
I'm fine, [Eb] I don't [Bb] like shopping [Eb] malls or chick flicks or craft [Ab] fairs.
But [Bb] maybe [F] I will in [Gm] time, [Ab] [Bb] maybe I will [Eb] in [Bb] time.
[C] _
_ [Eb] Join you book [Bb] club?
_ I would [Eb] love to.
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I have to tell you though, whenever I sing that song now, I'm always living in fear that [E] there's a guy looking at me thinking,
I am at a folk concert, I [A] didn't_
_ [B] _ _