^AIf you could read my mind love ^GWhat a tale my thoughts could tell ^AJust like an old time movie ^G'bout a ghost from a wishin' well ^AIn a castle ^A7dark or a ^Dfortress strong With ^Echains upon my f^Gbmeet You ^Dknow that ghost is ^Ame And ^DI will never ^Abe set free As ^Bm7long as I m a ^Eghost that you can t ^Asee

^AIf I could read your mind love ^GWhat a tale your thoughts could tell ^AJust like a paperback novel ^GThe kind that drugstores sell ^AWhen you reach the ^A7part where the ^Dheartaches come The ^Ehero would be m^Gbme But ^Dheroes often ^Afail And ^Dyou won't read that ^Abook again Bec^Bm7ause the ending's ^Ejust too hard to ta^Ake

^AI d walk a^A7way like a ^Dmovie star Who gets ^Eburned in a three way ^Gbmscript ^DEnter number ^Atwo A ^Dmovie queen to ^Aplay the scene Of ^Bm7bringing all the ^Egood things out in ^Ame ^DBut for now love, let's be ^Areal I ^Dnever thought I could ^Aact this way ^Bm7And I've got to say that I ^Ejust don't get it ^DI don't know where ^Awe went wrong But the ^Bm7feelin's gone And I ^Ejust can't get it ^Aback

^AIf you could read my mind love ^GWhat a tale my thoughts could tell ^AJust like an old time movie ^G'bout a ghost from a wishin' well ^AIn a castle ^A7dark or a ^Dfortress strong With ^Echains upon my ^Gbmfeet But ^Dstories always ^Aend And ^Dif you read be^Atween the lines You'll ^Bm7know that I'm just ^Etryin' to under^Astand The ^Dfeelin's that you ^Alack I ^Dnever thought I could ^Afeel this way And I've ^Bm7got to say that I ^Ejust don't get it ^DI don't know where ^Awe went wrong But the ^Bm7feelin's gone And I ^Ejust can't get it ^Aback

Gordon Lightfoot - If you could read my mind