If You Could Read My Mind - Gordon Lightfoot Tabbed by:fnljstce Email:pjschlein@gmail.com Capo second fret is usual, but you could change it to go with your voice. This tab shows how to do the whole song fingerpicking with a single guitar. I left out most variations/fills 'cause they're more for when there's at least two guitars. Suggestions are welcome. Notes (1) I like to use the D as a bass note too-it just sounds good. (2) Here, do random picking. I gave a specific pattern as an example, but you can do anything with it (3) On the chorus, I think it normally is just the G twice for the first time G shows up. It just sounded drawn out to me, so I switched one G out for G/B. I put G/B first because the build sounds dramatic going G C D E. (4) I really had no clue what to do for the fill/outro. I played with a bunch of different stuff, and just kind of settled with what sounded okay. I'll gladly take suggestions for this part! Chords: G 320003 Dm6/F 1x020x C X32010 D X00232 Em 022000 G/B X2003x Am7 X02030 Intro/Interlude G (1) G |----------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------0-----0----------------------------0-----0-------| |-----0-----0---2-------2-----2---0------0-----0---2-------2-----2---0-| |---0-----0---0-----0-----0-----0------0-----0---0-----0-----0-----0---| |----------------------------------------------------------------------| |-3-----3----------------------------3-----3---------------------------| Verse: G Dm6/F (2) |----------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------0-----0----------------------0-----0---0--------| |------0-----0---2-------2-----2---0------2-----2-------2-------2------| |----0-----0---0-----0-----0-----0------0-----0-------0-----0-----0----| |----------------------------------------------------------------------| |--3-----3----------------------------1-----1-----1--------------------| Chorus: G/B(3) G C D Em(let Ring, obviously) |-----------------3----------0------2-----2-----0---------------------| |------3------0-----0----1-----1------3-----3---0---------------------| |--------0------0-----0----0-----0------2-----------------------------| |----0-----0------------------------0---------------------------------| |--2----------2----------3----------------------2---------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------| C G G C G/B Am7 D G |-----0----------3----------3----------0--------------------------2-----2----3-| |-1-----1----0-----0---0------0----1-----1-------3----------3-------3-----3--0-| |---0-----0----0-----0----0-----0----0-----0-------0------0---0-------2--------| |----------------------------------------------0-----0--2-------2-0----------2-| |-3----------2---------2-----------3---------2---------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Fill(4): G |----------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------0-----0------------------------------------| |-----0-----0---2-------2-----2----------------------------------| |---0-----0---0-----0-----0------10-10-10/9-9-9-9/7-7-7-7---7-0--| |---------------------------------------------------------8------| |-3-----3--------------------------------------------------------| Outro: G |----------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------0-----0------------------------------------| |-----0-----0---2-------2-----2----------------------------------| |---0-----0---0-----0-----0--------------------------------------| |--------------------------------6-6-6/5-5-5-5/3-3-3-3-2-2-0-0h2-| |-3-----3--------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------- [intro once or twice]

^GIf you could read my mind love, ^Dm6/Fwhat a tale my thoughts could tell ^GJust like an old time movie '^Dm6/Fbout a ghost from a wishin' well ^G/BIn a castle d^Gark or a f^Cortress strong with c^Dhains upon my f^Emeet You ^Cknow that ghost is ^Gme ^G And ^CI will never ^G/Bbe set free as ^Am7long as I'm a ^Dghost that you can't s^Gee

[intro]

^GIf I could read your mind love, ^Dm6/Fwhat a tale your thoughts could tell ^GJust like a paperback novel ^Dm6/Fthe kind that drugstores sell ^G/BWhen you reach the pa^Grt where the h^Ceartaches come the h^Dero would be ^Emme But ^Cheroes often ^Gfail ^G And ^Cyou won't read that ^G/Bbook again ^Am7because the ending's ^Djust too hard to ^Gtake

[Fillx2]

^G/BI'd walk aw^Gay like a m^Covie star who gets b^Durned in a three way s^Emcript ^CEnter number ^Gtwo ^G A ^Cmovie queen to ^G/Bplay the scene of ^Am7bringing all the ^Dgood things out in ^Emme ^CBut for now love, let's be ^Greal ^G I ^Cnever thought I could ^G/Bact this way and I've ^Am7got to say that I ^Djust don't get it I ^Cdon't know where ^G/Bwe went wrong but the ^Am7feelin's gone and I ^Djust can't get it^G back

[Intro]

^GIf you could read my mind love, ^Dm6/Fwhat a tale my thoughts could tell ^GJust like an old time movie '^Dm6/Fbout a ghost from a wishin' well ^G/BIn a castle da^Grk or a f^Cortress strong with c^Dhains upon my f^Emeet But ^Cstories always ^Gend ^G And ^Cif you read ^G/Bbetween the lines you'll ^Am7know that I'm just ^Dtryin' to under^Emstand The ^Cfeelin's that you ^Glack ^G 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 but the ^Am7feelin's gone And I ^Djust can't get it ^Gback

Gordon Lightfoot - If you could read my mind