Chords for Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind (lyrics on screen) HQ Audio
Tempo:
122.35 bpm
Chords used:
A
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E
G
F#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[N] [A]
If you could read my mind, love, [G]
what a tale my thoughts could tell
[A] Just like an old-time movie [G] about a ghost from a wishing well
[A] In a castle dark [D] or a fortress strong [E] with chains upon [F#m] my feet
[D] You know that ghost is me, [A]
[D] and I will never [A] be set free
As long as [E] I'm a ghost you [A] can't see
If I could read your mind, [G] love, what a tale your thoughts could tell
[A]
Just like a paperback novel, [G] the kind the drugstores sell
[A] When you reach the part where [D] the heartaches come, [E] the hero [F#m] would be me
But [D]
heroes often [A] fail,
[D] and you won't read that [C#m] book again
[Bm] Because the [E] ending's just too [A] hard to take
[G]
[A]
[G]
[A] I'd walk away [D] like a movie star [E] who gets burned in a three [F#m]-way strip
[D] Enter number [A] two, [D] a movie queen [C#m] to play the scene
Of [Bm] 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 I've got [Bm] to say [E] that I just don't get [D] it
I don't know where [A] we went wrong, but the feeling's gone, [E] and I just can't get [A] it back
If you could read my mind, [G] love, what a tale my thoughts could tell
[A] Just like an old-time movie [G] about a ghost from a wishing well
[A]
In a castle dark [D] or a fortress strong, with [E]
chains upon [F#m] my feet, [D] a story's always [A] end
[D] If you [C#m] read between the lines, you'll know [Bm] that I'm [E] just trying to [F#m] understand
[D] The feelings that you [A] lack
I [D] never thought I [A] could feel this way, and [Bm] I've got to say [E] that I just don't [D] get it
I don't [C#m] know where we went [A]
wrong, but the feeling's gone, [E] and I just can't [A] get it back
If you could read my mind, love, [G]
what a tale my thoughts could tell
[A] Just like an old-time movie [G] about a ghost from a wishing well
[A] In a castle dark [D] or a fortress strong [E] with chains upon [F#m] my feet
[D] You know that ghost is me, [A]
[D] and I will never [A] be set free
As long as [E] I'm a ghost you [A] can't see
If I could read your mind, [G] love, what a tale your thoughts could tell
[A]
Just like a paperback novel, [G] the kind the drugstores sell
[A] When you reach the part where [D] the heartaches come, [E] the hero [F#m] would be me
But [D]
heroes often [A] fail,
[D] and you won't read that [C#m] book again
[Bm] Because the [E] ending's just too [A] hard to take
[G]
[A]
[G]
[A] I'd walk away [D] like a movie star [E] who gets burned in a three [F#m]-way strip
[D] Enter number [A] two, [D] a movie queen [C#m] to play the scene
Of [Bm] 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 I've got [Bm] to say [E] that I just don't get [D] it
I don't know where [A] we went wrong, but the feeling's gone, [E] and I just can't get [A] it back
If you could read my mind, [G] love, what a tale my thoughts could tell
[A] Just like an old-time movie [G] about a ghost from a wishing well
[A]
In a castle dark [D] or a fortress strong, with [E]
chains upon [F#m] my feet, [D] a story's always [A] end
[D] If you [C#m] read between the lines, you'll know [Bm] that I'm [E] just trying to [F#m] understand
[D] The feelings that you [A] lack
I [D] never thought I [A] could feel this way, and [Bm] I've got to say [E] that I just don't [D] get it
I don't [C#m] know where we went [A]
wrong, but the feeling's gone, [E] and I just can't [A] get it back
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[N] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
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_ _ _ If you could read my mind, love, [G] _
what a tale my thoughts could tell _
[A] _ Just like an old-time movie [G] about a ghost from a wishing well
_ [A] In a castle dark [D] or a fortress strong [E] with chains upon [F#m] my feet
_ [D] You know that ghost is me, [A] _ _
[D] and I will never [A] be set free
As long as [E] I'm a ghost you [A] can't see
_ If _ _ _ _ _ _ I could read your mind, [G] love, what a tale your thoughts could tell
[A] _
Just like a paperback novel, [G] the kind the drugstores sell
[A] When you reach the part where [D] the heartaches come, [E] the hero [F#m] would be me
But [D]
heroes often [A] fail, _ _
[D] and you won't read that [C#m] book again
[Bm] Because the [E] ending's just too [A] hard to take
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ I'd walk away _ [D] like a movie star [E] who gets burned in a three [F#m]-way strip
_ _ [D] _ Enter number [A] two, _ [D] a movie queen [C#m] to play the scene
Of [Bm] 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 I've got [Bm] to say [E] that I just don't get [D] it
I don't know where [A] we went wrong, but the feeling's gone, [E] and I just can't get [A] it back _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ If you could read my mind, [G] love, what a tale my thoughts could tell
[A] _ _ Just like an old-time movie [G] about a ghost from a wishing well
[A] _
In a castle dark [D] or a fortress strong, with [E]
chains upon [F#m] my feet, _ [D] a story's always [A] end
_ _ [D] If you [C#m] read between the lines, you'll know [Bm] that I'm [E] just trying to [F#m] understand
_ [D] The feelings that you [A] lack
I _ [D] never thought I [A] could feel this way, and [Bm] I've got to say [E] that I just don't [D] get it
I don't [C#m] know where we went [A]
wrong, but the feeling's gone, [E] and I just can't [A] get it back _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ If you could read my mind, love, [G] _
what a tale my thoughts could tell _
[A] _ Just like an old-time movie [G] about a ghost from a wishing well
_ [A] In a castle dark [D] or a fortress strong [E] with chains upon [F#m] my feet
_ [D] You know that ghost is me, [A] _ _
[D] and I will never [A] be set free
As long as [E] I'm a ghost you [A] can't see
_ If _ _ _ _ _ _ I could read your mind, [G] love, what a tale your thoughts could tell
[A] _
Just like a paperback novel, [G] the kind the drugstores sell
[A] When you reach the part where [D] the heartaches come, [E] the hero [F#m] would be me
But [D]
heroes often [A] fail, _ _
[D] and you won't read that [C#m] book again
[Bm] Because the [E] ending's just too [A] hard to take
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ I'd walk away _ [D] like a movie star [E] who gets burned in a three [F#m]-way strip
_ _ [D] _ Enter number [A] two, _ [D] a movie queen [C#m] to play the scene
Of [Bm] 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 I've got [Bm] to say [E] that I just don't get [D] it
I don't know where [A] we went wrong, 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, [G] love, what a tale my thoughts could tell
[A] _ _ Just like an old-time movie [G] about a ghost from a wishing well
[A] _
In a castle dark [D] or a fortress strong, with [E]
chains upon [F#m] my feet, _ [D] a story's always [A] end
_ _ [D] If you [C#m] read between the lines, you'll know [Bm] that I'm [E] just trying to [F#m] understand
_ [D] The feelings that you [A] lack
I _ [D] never thought I [A] could feel this way, and [Bm] I've got to say [E] that I just don't [D] get it
I don't [C#m] know where we went [A]
wrong, but the feeling's gone, [E] and I just can't [A] get it back _ _
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