Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind Tabbed By Ken Boldt with much help from other tab sites This is just the chords for those of you who just want to strum along like I do and don't care so much for picking out the individual notes ----------- Chords: G 320003 F X33211 C X32010 D X00230 or X00232 (play with it for variety) Em 022000 G/B X20030 Am7 X02030 ----------- A couple of notes: 1) in order to be in the correct key, capo on the 2nd fret. 2) Use the first string (high E) seldomly. Gordon plays this song entirely picking and rarely picks the first string. INTRO (Repeat Twice) Also play between verses G |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |-----0-----0---2-----2-----2-4-0-| |---0-----0---0-----0-----0-------| |---------------------------------| |-3-----3---------3-----3---------|

^GIf you could read my mind love ^FWhat a tale my thoughts could tell ^GJust like an old time movie ^F'bout a ghost from a wishin' well G C In a castle dark or a fortress strong D Em With chains upon my feet C G You know that ghost is me And ^CI will never ^G/Bbe set free Am7 D G As long as I'm a ghost that you can't see

^GIf I could read your mind love ^FWhat a tale your thoughts could tell ^GJust like a paperback novel ^FThe kind that drugstores sell G C When you reach the part where the heartaches come D Em The hero would be me But ^Cheroes often ^Gfail And ^Cyou won't read that ^G/Bbook again Am7 D G Because the ending's just too hard to take

GFGF G C I'd walk away like a movie star D Em Who gets burned in a three way script

^CEnter number ^Gtwo A ^Cmovie queen to ^G/Bplay the scene Am7 D G Of bringing all the good things out in me ^CBut for now love, let's be ^G/Breal * I ^Cnever thought I could ^G/Bact this way * And I've ^Am7got to say that I ^Djust don't get it ^CI don't know where ^G/Bwe went wrong But the ^Am7feelin's gone And I ^Djust can't get it ^Gback

^GIf you could read my mind love ^FWhat a tale my thoughts could tell ^GJust like an old time movie ^F'bout a ghost from a wishin' well ^GIn a castle dark or a ^Cfortress strong With ^Dchains upon my ^Emfeet But ^Cstories always ^Gend And ^Cif you read ^G/Bbetween the lines You'll ^Am7know that I'm just ^Dtryin' to under^Gstand The ^Cfeelin's that you ^G/Black I ^Cnever thought I could ^G/Bfeel this way And I've ^Am7got to say that I ^Djust don't get it ^CI don't know where ^G/Bwe went wrong ^Am7But the feelin's gone And I ^Djust can't get it ^Gback

Gordon Lightfoot - If you could read my mind