Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind

song : if you could read my mind
artist : gordon lightfoot
tab : todd migchelbrink tmigchel@riverdale . k12 . or . us

capo 2

chords :
Gadd9 : 320203 Dm/F : 100230 Am7sus : 002030 G/B : 020030

G Gadd9
if you could read my mind love
Dm/F
what a tale my thoughts could tell
G Gadd9
just like an old time movie
Dm/F
’bout a ghost from a wishin’ well
G Gadd9 C
in a castle dark or a fortress strong
D Em
with chains upon my feet
C G
you know that ghost is me
C G/B
and i will never be set free
Am7sus D G Gadd9
as long as i’m a ghost that you can’t see

G Gadd9
if i could read your mind love
Dm/F
what a tale your thoughts could tell
G Gadd9
just like a paperback novel
Dm/F
the kind that drugstores sell
G Gadd9 C
when you reach the part where the heartaches come
D Em
the hero would be me
C G
but heroes often fail
C G/B
and you won’t read that book again
Am7sus D ( G Gadd9 Dm/F x 2 )
because the ending’s just too hard to take

G Gadd9 C
i’d walk away like a movie star
D Em
who gets burned in a three – way script
C G
enter number two

C G/B
a movie queen to play the scene
Am7sus D Em
of bringing all the good things out in me
C G
but for now love , let’s be real
C G/B
i never thought i could feel this way
Am7sus D
and i’ve got to say that i just don’t get it
C G/B
i don’t know where we went wrong
Am7sus D ( G Gadd9 x2 )
but the feeling’s gone and i just cant get it back

G Gadd9
if you could read my mind love
Dm/F
what a tale my thoughts could tell
G Gadd9
just like an old time movie
Dm/F
’bout a ghost from a wishin’ well
G Gadd9 C
in a castle dark or a fortress strong
D Em
with chains upon my feet
C G
but stories always end
C G/B
and if you read between the lines
Am7sus D Em
you’ll know that i’m just tryin’ to understand
C G
the feelings that you lack
C G/B
i never thought i could feel this way
Am7sus D
and i’ve got to say that i just don’t get it
C G/B
i don’t know where we went wrong
Am7sus
but the feeling’s gone
D G Gadd9 Dm/F G
and i just can’t get it back