If You Could Read My Mind
Gordon Lightfoot (1970)
Swiss Army Strum
4/4 | d - D u - u d u |
Intro
| [G] | [Gsus2] | [G] | [Gsus2] |
| [G] If you could | read my mind love |
| [F] what a tale my | thoughts could tell |
| [G] Just like an | old time movie |
| [F] about a ghost from a | wishing well |
Pre-Chorus
| [G] In a castle | dark, or a | [C] fortress strong,
with | [D] chains upon my | [Em] feet
you | [C] know that ghost is | [G] me
Chorus
And | [C] I will never | [G] be set free
As | [Am] long as I'm a | [D] ghost that you can't |
| [G] see | [Gsus2] |
| [G] If I could | read your mind love |
| [F] what a tale your | thoughts could tell |
| [G] Just like a | paperback novel |
| [F] the kind that | drugstores sell |
| [G] When you reach the | part
where the | [C] heartaches come
the | [D] hero would be | [Em] me
but | [C] heroes often | [G] fail
Chorus
And | [C] you won't read that | [G] book again
be- | [Am] cause the ending's | [D] just too hard to |
Instrumental Interlude
| [G] take | [Gsus2] | [F] | [F] |
| [G] | [Gsus2] | [F] | [F] |
| [G] I'd walk a- | way like a | [C] movie star,
who gets | [D] burned in a three way | [Em] script
| [C] Enter number | [G] two
Chorus
A | [C] movie queen to | [G] play the scene
Of | [Am] bringing all the | [D] good things out in | [G] me,
but for | [C] now love, let's be | [G] real
I | [C] never thought I could | [G] act this way,
and I've | [Am] got to say that I | [D] just don't get it
| [C] I don't know where | [G] we went wrong,
But the | [Am] feeling's gone and I | [D] just can't get it
| [G] back | [Gsus2] | [G] | [Gsus2] |
| [G] If you could | read my mind love |
| [F] what a tale my | thoughts could tell |
| [G] Just like an | old time movie |
| [F] about a ghost from a | wishing well |
Pre-Chorus
| [G] In a castle | dark or a | [C] fortress strong
with | [D] chains upon my | [Em] feet
But | [C] stories always | [G] end.
Chorus
And | [C] if you read be- | [G] tween the lines
You'll | [Am] know that I'm just | [D] trying to under- | [Em] stand
the | [C] feelings that we | [G] lack
I | [C] never thought I could | [G] feel this way,
and I've | [Am] got to say that I | [D] just don't get it |
| [C] I don't know where | [G] we went wrong | [Am] but the feeling's gone
and I | [D] just can't get it |
| [G] back | [Gsus2] | [G] | [Gsus2] | [G↓]
#Capo on 2nd fret to play with orginal.
#Last Updated 01-29-19 JJ
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Gordon Lightfoot (1970)
Swiss Army Strum
4/4 | d - D u - u d u |
Intro
| [G] | [Gsus2] | [G] | [Gsus2] |
| [G] If you could | read my mind love |
| [F] what a tale my | thoughts could tell |
| [G] Just like an | old time movie |
| [F] about a ghost from a | wishing well |
Pre-Chorus
| [G] In a castle | dark, or a | [C] fortress strong,
with | [D] chains upon my | [Em] feet
you | [C] know that ghost is | [G] me
Chorus
And | [C] I will never | [G] be set free
As | [Am] long as I'm a | [D] ghost that you can't |
| [G] see | [Gsus2] |
| [G] If I could | read your mind love |
| [F] what a tale your | thoughts could tell |
| [G] Just like a | paperback novel |
| [F] the kind that | drugstores sell |
| [G] When you reach the | part
where the | [C] heartaches come
the | [D] hero would be | [Em] me
but | [C] heroes often | [G] fail
Chorus
And | [C] you won't read that | [G] book again
be- | [Am] cause the ending's | [D] just too hard to |
Instrumental Interlude
| [G] take | [Gsus2] | [F] | [F] |
| [G] | [Gsus2] | [F] | [F] |
| [G] I'd walk a- | way like a | [C] movie star,
who gets | [D] burned in a three way | [Em] script
| [C] Enter number | [G] two
Chorus
A | [C] movie queen to | [G] play the scene
Of | [Am] bringing all the | [D] good things out in | [G] me,
but for | [C] now love, let's be | [G] real
I | [C] never thought I could | [G] act this way,
and I've | [Am] got to say that I | [D] just don't get it
| [C] I don't know where | [G] we went wrong,
But the | [Am] feeling's gone and I | [D] just can't get it
| [G] back | [Gsus2] | [G] | [Gsus2] |
| [G] If you could | read my mind love |
| [F] what a tale my | thoughts could tell |
| [G] Just like an | old time movie |
| [F] about a ghost from a | wishing well |
Pre-Chorus
| [G] In a castle | dark or a | [C] fortress strong
with | [D] chains upon my | [Em] feet
But | [C] stories always | [G] end.
Chorus
And | [C] if you read be- | [G] tween the lines
You'll | [Am] know that I'm just | [D] trying to under- | [Em] stand
the | [C] feelings that we | [G] lack
I | [C] never thought I could | [G] feel this way,
and I've | [Am] got to say that I | [D] just don't get it |
| [C] I don't know where | [G] we went wrong | [Am] but the feeling's gone
and I | [D] just can't get it |
| [G] back | [Gsus2] | [G] | [Gsus2] | [G↓]
#Capo on 2nd fret to play with orginal.
#Last Updated 01-29-19 JJ
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