IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND Gordon Lightfoot
G Gadd9 320203 Dm6
||: / If you could | read my mind love | / What^a tale my | thoughts could^tell ll |
||: / If I could | read your mind love | / What^a tale your | thoughts could^tell ll |
||: / If you could | read my mind love | / What^a tale my | thoughts could^tell ll |
G Gadd9 Dm6
| / Just like an | old time mov ie | / Bout^a ghost from^a | ^wish ing ^well ll ll |
| / Just like a | pa^per back nov el | / The kind the | ^drug stores ^sell ll ll |
| / Just like an | old time mov ie | / Bout^a ghost from^a | ^wish ing ^well ll ll |
G Gadd9 C D
| / In^a cas tle | dark / / or^a | ^for tress ^strong gg with | chains up on my |
| / Then^you reach the | part / / where^the | ^heart aches ^come ee the | he ro would be |
| / In^a cas tle | dark / / or^a | ^for tress ^strong gg with | chains up on my |
Em C G C
| feet / / You | know^that tt ghost is | me ee ee ~ ^And | I will nev er |
| me / / But | he^roes ss of ten | fail ll ll ~ ^And | you wont read that |
| feet / / But | ** To CODA **
G Am7sus xx2030 D G Gadd9
| be set free ~ ^As | long as I'm a | ghost t^that you can't | see ee ee ee | / / / / :||
| book a gain ~ ^Be | cause the end ing's | just t^too hard to | take ee ee ee | / / / / |
Dm6 G Dm6 G Gadd9 C
| //// | //// | //// | //// | //// | //// | / I'd ^walk a ^way | yy yy y^like a | ^mov ie ^star rr who^gets |
D Em C G
| burned in^a three^way yy | script /// | En^ter rr num ber | two oo oo A |
C G Am7sus D
| mov^ie ee queen to | play the scene of | bring^ing gg all the | good things out^of ff |
Em C G C
| me ee / But^for | now love lets be | real ll ll ~ ^I | ^nev er ^thought t I ^could |
G Am7sus D
| ^feel this ^way y And ^I've | got to^say yy that^I | just dont get it |
C G Am7sus
| / I^dont know^where ee | ^we went ^wrong gg But^the | ^feel ing's ^gone ee and^I |
D G Gadd9 G Gadd9
| just cant ^get it ^back | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / :||
** CODA **
C G C G
| sto^ries ss al ways | end dd / And | if^you uu read be | tween the lines You'd |
Am7sus D Em C
| know that I'm just | try^ing to un der | stand dd dd ~ ^The | feel^ings ss that you |
G C G
| lack / / ~ ^I | ^nev er ^thought t I ^could | ^feel this ^way y And ^I've |
Am7sus D C
| got to^say yy that^I | just don't get it | ~ ^I don't^know where ee |
G Am7sus D
| ^we went ^wrong g But ^the | ^feel ing's ^gone ee and^I | just can't ^get it ^back |
| G /// | Gadd9 /// | Dm6 /// | G /// ||
About this song:
If You Could Read My Mind is performed by Gordon Lightfoot.
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