Gordon Lightfoot - If you could read my mind

^G If you could ^Gadd9read my mind love ^Dm6/F What a tale my thoughts could tell ^G Just like an ^Gadd9old time movie ^Dm6/F 'bout a ghost from a wishin' well ^G In a castle ^G9dark or a ^Cfortress strong With ^Dchains upon my ^Emfeet You ^Cknow that ghost is ^Gme And ^CI will never ^G/Bbe set free As ^Am7long as I'm a ^Dghost that you can't s^Gee ^Gadd9

^G If I could ^Gadd9read your mind love ^Dm6/F What a tale your thoughts could tell ^G Just like a ^Gadd9paperback novel ^Dm6/F The kind that drugstores sell ^G When you reach the ^G9part where the hea^Crtaches come The ^Dhero would be ^Emme But ^Cheroes often ^Gfail And ^Cyou won't read that ^G/Bbook again Am7 D (G Gadd9 Dm6/F) x2 Because the ending's just too hard to take

^G I'd walk ^G9away like a ^Cmovie star Who gets ^Dburned in a three-way ^Emscript ^CEnter number ^Gtwo

A ^Cmovie queen to ^G/Bplay the scene Of ^Am7bringing all the ^Dgood things out in ^Emme But for ^Cnow love, let's be ^Greal I ^Cnever thought I could ^G/Bact this way And I've ^Am7got to say that I ^Djust don't get it ^C I don't know where ^G/Bwe went wrong Am7 D (G Gadd9) x2 But the feeling's gone and I just can?t get it back

^G If you could ^Gadd9read my mind love ^Dm6/F What a tale my thoughts could tell ^G Just like an ^Gadd9old time movie ^Dm6/F 'bout a ghost from a wishin' well ^G In a castle ^G9dark or a ^Cfortress strong With ^Dchains upon my ^Emfeet But ^Cstories always ^Gend And ^Cif you read be^G/Btween the lines You'll ^Am7know that I'm just ^Dtryin' to unders^Emtand The ^Cfeelings that you ^Glack I ^Cnever thought I could ^G/Bfeel this way And I've ^Am7got to say that I ^Djust don't get it ^C I don't know where ^G/Bwe went wrong But the ^Am7feeling's gone And I ^Djust can't get it ^Gback ^{Gadd9 Dm6/F G}