If You Could Read My Mind Chords by Gordon Lightfoot
Tempo:
122.6 bpm
Chords used:
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D
E
B
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[B]
[A]
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 with [E] chains upon my [F#m] feet
You [D] know that ghost is [A] me, [D] and 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, [Em] love, what a tale your thoughts could tell
[A] Just like a paperback novel, the kind the drugstores sell
[A] When you reach the part where the [D] heartaches come
The [E] hero would be [F#m] me, [D] but heroes often [A] fail
[D] You won't read that book again [B] because the [E] ending's just too hard to [A] take
[G]
[A]
[G]
[A] I walk away like [D] a movie star who [E] gets burned in a three-way [F#m] stretch
[D] Enter number [A] two, [D] a movie queen, the [C#m] play, the scene
[B] Of bringing all [E] the good things out [F#m] in me
But [D] for now, love, let's be [A] real
[D] I never thought I [A] could act this way, and [B] I've got to say [E] that I just don't get [D] it
I 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
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 [E] just trying to [F#m] understand
The [D] feelings that [A] you lack
[D] I never thought [A] I could feel this 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
[Em]
[A]
[A]
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 with [E] chains upon my [F#m] feet
You [D] know that ghost is [A] me, [D] and 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, [Em] love, what a tale your thoughts could tell
[A] Just like a paperback novel, the kind the drugstores sell
[A] When you reach the part where the [D] heartaches come
The [E] hero would be [F#m] me, [D] but heroes often [A] fail
[D] You won't read that book again [B] because the [E] ending's just too hard to [A] take
[G]
[A]
[G]
[A] I walk away like [D] a movie star who [E] gets burned in a three-way [F#m] stretch
[D] Enter number [A] two, [D] a movie queen, the [C#m] play, the scene
[B] Of bringing all [E] the good things out [F#m] in me
But [D] for now, love, let's be [A] real
[D] I never thought I [A] could act this way, and [B] I've got to say [E] that I just don't get [D] it
I 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
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 [E] just trying to [F#m] understand
The [D] feelings that [A] you lack
[D] I never thought [A] I could feel this 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
[Em]
[A]
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[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ 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 with [E] chains upon my [F#m] feet
You [D] know that ghost is [A] me, _ _ [D] and 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, [Em] love, what a tale your thoughts could tell
_ [A] _ Just like a paperback novel, _ the kind the drugstores sell
[A] _ When you reach the part where the [D] heartaches come
The [E] hero would be [F#m] me, _ _ [D] but heroes often [A] fail _ _
[D] You won't read that book again [B] because the _ [E] ending's just too hard to [A] take _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[A] I walk away _ like [D] a movie star who [E] gets burned in a three-way [F#m] stretch
_ _ [D] Enter number [A] two, _ [D] a movie queen, the [C#m] play, the scene
[B] Of bringing all [E] the good things out [F#m] in me
_ But [D] for now, love, let's be [A] real _ _
[D] I never thought I [A] could act this way, and [B] I've got to say [E] that I just don't get [D] it
I 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
_ 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 [E] just trying to _ [F#m] understand
The [D] feelings that [A] you lack _ _
[D] I never thought [A] I could feel this 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 _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ 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 with [E] chains upon my [F#m] feet
You [D] know that ghost is [A] me, _ _ [D] and 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, [Em] love, what a tale your thoughts could tell
_ [A] _ Just like a paperback novel, _ the kind the drugstores sell
[A] _ When you reach the part where the [D] heartaches come
The [E] hero would be [F#m] me, _ _ [D] but heroes often [A] fail _ _
[D] You won't read that book again [B] because the _ [E] ending's just too hard to [A] take _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[A] I walk away _ like [D] a movie star who [E] gets burned in a three-way [F#m] stretch
_ _ [D] Enter number [A] two, _ [D] a movie queen, the [C#m] play, the scene
[B] Of bringing all [E] the good things out [F#m] in me
_ But [D] for now, love, let's be [A] real _ _
[D] I never thought I [A] could act this way, and [B] I've got to say [E] that I just don't get [D] it
I 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
_ 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 [E] just trying to _ [F#m] understand
The [D] feelings that [A] you lack _ _
[D] I never thought [A] I could feel this 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 _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _