Johnny Cash - If You Could Read My Mind

intro E

( verse 1 )

E
if you could read my mind , love

D
what a tale my thoughts could tell

E
just like an old time movie

D
’bout a ghost from a wishing – well

E A
in a castle dark or a fortress strong

B C#m
with chains around my feet

A E
you know that ghost is me

A C#m
and i will never be set free

F#m7 B E
as long as there’s a ghost that you can’t see

( verse 2 )

E
if i could read your mind , love

D
what a tale your thoughts would tell

E
just like a paperback novel

D
the kind that drugstores sell

E A
when you reach the part where the heartaches come

B C#m
the hero would be me

A E
but heroes often fail

E C#m
and you won’t read that book again

F#m7 B E
because the ending’s just too hard to take

( middle section )

E D E D

E A
i’d walk away like a movie star

C#m A
who gets burned in a three way script

B E
enter number two

A C#m
a movie queen to play the scene

F#m7 B E
of bringing all the good things out in me

A E
but for now , love , let’s be real

A C#m
i never thought i could act this way

F#m7 B
and i’ve got to say that i just don’t get it

A C#m
i don’t know where we went wrong

F#m7
but the feeling’s gone

B E
and i just can’t get it back

E E

( verse 3 . . . )

E
if you could read my mind , love ,

D
what a tale my thoughts could tell

E
just like an old time movie

D
’bout a ghost from a wishing – well

E A
in a castle dark or a fortress strong

B C#m
with chains from my feet

A E
the stories always end

A C#m
and if you read between the lines

F#m7 B E
you ’ ll know that i ’ m just trying to understand

A A
the feelings that you lack

A C#m
i never thought i could feel this way

F#m7 B
and i’ve got to say that i just don’t get it

A C#m
i don’t know where we went wrong

F#m7
but the feeling’s gone

B
and i just can’t get it back

E D end on e!