If You Could Read My Mind - Gordon Lightfoot | Guitar Chords | VChords

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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A
 If you could read my mind love
G
 What a tale my thoughts could tell
A
 Just like an old time movie
G
 'Bout a ghost from a wishin' well
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 In a castle dark or a fortress strong
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With chains upon my feet 
        D                A
You know that ghost is me
    D              A
And I will never be set free
   Bm               E               A
As long as I'm a ghost you can't see

[Verse 2]
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A
 If I could read your mind love
G
 What a tale your thoughts could tell
A
 Just like a paperback novel
G
 The kind the drugstores sell
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 When you reach the part where the heartaches come
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The hero would be me
    D               A
But heroes often fail
    D                   A
And you won't read that book again
     Bm                E                A
Because the ending's just too hard to take

[Bridge]
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G | A | G 

[Verse 3]
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A                       D
 I'd walk away like a movie star
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Who gets burned in a three way script
D               A
Enter number two
  D                 A
A movie queen to play the scene
   Bm                  E                 F#m
Of bringing all the good things out in me
        D
But for now love, let's be real
A  D                     A
 I never thought I could act this way
         Bm                E
And I've got to say that I just don't get it
D                     A
 I don't know where we went wrong
        Bm                  E                   A
But the feelin's gone and I just can't get it back

[Verse 4]
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A
 If you could read my mind love
G
 What a tale my thoughts could tell
A
 Just like an old time movie
G
 'Bout a ghost from a wishin' well
A                          D
 In a castle dark or a fortress strong
         E             F#m
With chains upon my feet 
    D               A
But stories always end
    D                 A
And if you read between the lines
       Bm                    E              F#m
You'll know that I'm just tryin' to understand
    D
The feelin's that you lack
A  D                     A
 I never thought I could feel this way
         Bm                E
And I've got to say that I just don't get it
D                     A
 I don't know where we went wrong
        Bm
But the feelin's gone
      E                   A  G A
And I just can't get it back.