Chords for If You Could Read My Mind - Gordon Lightfoot - Grove of Anaheim - Anaheim CA - Sep 28 2014
Tempo:
130.9 bpm
Chords used:
A
D
E
C#
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
I can't bring back my love, [C#] but until the thoughts could tell
[A] Just like an old type of movie, [Em] I'll be reaching in
[A] In the castle dark, or a poetry [D] strum, with jeans [E] upon my [F#m] feet
You [D] don't let ghosts [A] escape
I [D]
will never be [A] set free, as long [Bm] as I'm a [E] ghost you can't [A]
see
I can't bring back my love, [Em] but until the thoughts could tell
[A] Just like a paperback novel, [C#] the kind [Em] that a drugstore sells
[A] When you reach the part [C#] where the [D] heartaches come, [A] I never would think
[F#m] [D]
[A] You [D] don't let [A] my love again, think [Bm] that the [E] ending's just too hard to take
I [G]
walk [C#] away, like [D] any movie star, like [A] a man in a three-way [F#m] sprint
[D] [A]
[D] I'm a black queen, [C#m] the flavor's seen, [Bm] I'm bringing all [E] the good things I [F#m] really need
[D] I
[A] never [D] thought I [A] could act this way, [B] and I've got [Bm] to say [E] that I just don't get it
[D] I know [A] where we went wrong, [B] but the pain is gone, [E] and I just can't get it [A] back
[F#] Can't bring back my [C#] love, but until the thoughts could tell
[A] Just like an old type of [C#] movie, I'll be reaching in
[A] It becomes so dark, [C#] or [D] a poetry's strung, [A] the chains upon [F#m] my feet,
[D] stories of [A] the zin
If
[D] you're in [A] between the lines, [Bm] you're the man I'm just [E] trying to [F#m] understand
[D] If it's me, who is [A] left?
[D] I never thought I could [A] act this way, [Bm] and I've got to say that [E] I just don't get it
[D] I know where [C#m] we went wrong, [Bm] but the pain is gone, and [E] I just can't get it [A] back
[G]
[A]
[B]
[N]
[A] Just like an old type of movie, [Em] I'll be reaching in
[A] In the castle dark, or a poetry [D] strum, with jeans [E] upon my [F#m] feet
You [D] don't let ghosts [A] escape
I [D]
will never be [A] set free, as long [Bm] as I'm a [E] ghost you can't [A]
see
I can't bring back my love, [Em] but until the thoughts could tell
[A] Just like a paperback novel, [C#] the kind [Em] that a drugstore sells
[A] When you reach the part [C#] where the [D] heartaches come, [A] I never would think
[F#m] [D]
[A] You [D] don't let [A] my love again, think [Bm] that the [E] ending's just too hard to take
I [G]
walk [C#] away, like [D] any movie star, like [A] a man in a three-way [F#m] sprint
[D] [A]
[D] I'm a black queen, [C#m] the flavor's seen, [Bm] I'm bringing all [E] the good things I [F#m] really need
[D] I
[A] never [D] thought I [A] could act this way, [B] and I've got [Bm] to say [E] that I just don't get it
[D] I know [A] where we went wrong, [B] but the pain is gone, [E] and I just can't get it [A] back
[F#] Can't bring back my [C#] love, but until the thoughts could tell
[A] Just like an old type of [C#] movie, I'll be reaching in
[A] It becomes so dark, [C#] or [D] a poetry's strung, [A] the chains upon [F#m] my feet,
[D] stories of [A] the zin
If
[D] you're in [A] between the lines, [Bm] you're the man I'm just [E] trying to [F#m] understand
[D] If it's me, who is [A] left?
[D] I never thought I could [A] act this way, [Bm] and I've got to say that [E] I just don't get it
[D] I know where [C#m] we went wrong, [Bm] but the pain is gone, and [E] I just can't get it [A] back
[G]
[A]
[B]
[N]
Key:
A
D
E
C#
Bm
A
D
E
I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ can't _ bring back my love, [C#] but until the thoughts could tell
_ [A] Just like an old type of movie, [Em] _ I'll be reaching _ in
[A] _ In the castle dark, _ or a poetry [D] strum, with jeans [E] upon my [F#m] feet
_ You [D] don't let ghosts [A] escape
_ I [D]
will never be [A] set free, as long [Bm] as I'm a [E] ghost you can't [A]
see
_ I _ _ _ _ _ _ can't bring back my love, [Em] but until the thoughts could tell _
[A] Just like a paperback novel, [C#] the kind [Em] that a drugstore sells _
[A] When you reach the part [C#] _ where the [D] heartaches come, [A] I never would think
[F#m] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[A] _ You _ [D] don't let [A] my love again, think [Bm] that the _ [E] ending's just too hard to take _ _
I _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ walk [C#] away, like [D] any movie star, like [A] a man in a three-way [F#m] sprint _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[D] I'm a black queen, [C#m] the flavor's seen, [Bm] I'm bringing all [E] the good things I [F#m] really need
_ [D] I _ _ _
[A] _ _ never [D] _ _ thought I [A] could act this way, [B] and I've got [Bm] to say [E] that I just don't get it
[D] I know [A] where we went wrong, [B] but the pain is gone, [E] and I just can't get it [A] back _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] Can't bring back my [C#] love, but until the thoughts could tell
[A] _ Just like an old type of [C#] movie, I'll be _ reaching in
_ [A] It becomes so dark, [C#] or [D] a poetry's strung, [A] the chains upon [F#m] my feet, _ _
[D] stories of [A] the zin
If _
[D] _ you're in [A] between the lines, [Bm] you're the man I'm just [E] trying to [F#m] understand
_ _ [D] If it's me, who is [A] left?
_ _ [D] I never thought I could [A] act this way, [Bm] and I've got to say that [E] I just don't get it
[D] I know where [C#m] we went wrong, [Bm] but the pain is gone, and [E] I just can't get it [A] back _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ can't _ bring back my love, [C#] but until the thoughts could tell
_ [A] Just like an old type of movie, [Em] _ I'll be reaching _ in
[A] _ In the castle dark, _ or a poetry [D] strum, with jeans [E] upon my [F#m] feet
_ You [D] don't let ghosts [A] escape
_ I [D]
will never be [A] set free, as long [Bm] as I'm a [E] ghost you can't [A]
see
_ I _ _ _ _ _ _ can't bring back my love, [Em] but until the thoughts could tell _
[A] Just like a paperback novel, [C#] the kind [Em] that a drugstore sells _
[A] When you reach the part [C#] _ where the [D] heartaches come, [A] I never would think
[F#m] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[A] _ You _ [D] don't let [A] my love again, think [Bm] that the _ [E] ending's just too hard to take _ _
I _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ walk [C#] away, like [D] any movie star, like [A] a man in a three-way [F#m] sprint _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[D] I'm a black queen, [C#m] the flavor's seen, [Bm] I'm bringing all [E] the good things I [F#m] really need
_ [D] I _ _ _
[A] _ _ never [D] _ _ thought I [A] could act this way, [B] and I've got [Bm] to say [E] that I just don't get it
[D] I know [A] where we went wrong, [B] but the pain is gone, [E] and I just can't get it [A] back _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] Can't bring back my [C#] love, but until the thoughts could tell
[A] _ Just like an old type of [C#] movie, I'll be _ reaching in
_ [A] It becomes so dark, [C#] or [D] a poetry's strung, [A] the chains upon [F#m] my feet, _ _
[D] stories of [A] the zin
If _
[D] _ you're in [A] between the lines, [Bm] you're the man I'm just [E] trying to [F#m] understand
_ _ [D] If it's me, who is [A] left?
_ _ [D] I never thought I could [A] act this way, [Bm] and I've got to say that [E] I just don't get it
[D] I know where [C#m] we went wrong, [Bm] but the pain is gone, and [E] I just can't get it [A] back _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _