Gordon Lightfoot - If you could read my mind

^AIf you could read my mind love, What a tale^G my thoughts could tell ^AJust like an old time movie ‘bout^G a ghost from a wishing well ^AIn a castle ^A7dark or a ^Dmaj7fortress strong With ^Echains upon my ^F#m7feet, You ^Dknow that gh^Aost is me CHORUS And ^Dmaj7I will never be s^Aet free Bm7 E A or Aadd9 As long as I’m a ghost that you can't see

I^Af I could read your mind love What a tale^G your thoughts could tell ^AJust like a paperback novel, the kin^Gd that drugstores sell ^AWhen you reach the ^A7part where the ^Dmaj7heartaches come The ^Ehero would be ^F#m7me, But he^Droes often f^Aail And ^Dmaj7you won't read that book^A again Bm7 E A or Aadd9 Because the ending's just too hard to take

^AI'd walk a^A7way like a ^Dmaj7movie star Who gets ^Eburned in a three way ^F#m7script, E^Dnter number ^Atwo A ^Dmaj7movie queen to play^A the scene Of ^Bm7bringing all the ^Egood things out in ^F#m7me ^DBut for now love, let's be ^Areal I ^Dmaj7never thought I could ^Aact this way

And I've^Bm7 got to say that I ^Ejust don't get it Chorus ^Dmaj7I don't know where we w^Aent wrong Bm7 E A or (Aadd9) But the feeling’s gone And I just can't get it back

^AIf you could read my mind love What a ta^Gle my thoughts could tell ^AJust like an old time movie ‘bout ^Ga ghost from a wishing well ^AIn a castle ^A7dark or a ^Dmaj7fortress strong With ^Echains upon my ^F#m7feet But ^Dstories always ^Aend

And ^Dif you read be^Atween the lines You'll ^Bm7know that I'm just ^Etrying to under^F#m7stand The ^Dfeelings that you ^Alack I ^Dmaj7never thought I could f^Aeel this way And I've ^Bm7got to say that I ^Ejust don't get it ^Dmaj7I don't know where we w^Aent wrong Bm7 E A (Aadd9) But the feeling’s gone And I just can't get it back