If You Could Read My Mind Chords by Gordon Lightfoot

[Start]

[Verse]
A                               
■ If you could read my mind love
               A                  
What a tale my thoughts could tell
             A             
Just like an old time movie
                     A           
'bout a ghost from a wishin' well
                      D              
In a castle dark or a fortress strong
     E              F#m 
With chains upon my feet
    D                  A 
You know that ghost is me
D                C#m    A   
And I will never be set free
   Bm7  Bm       E     E7        A  
As long as I'm a ghost you can't see
                          G   
If I could read your mind love
       E                            
What a tale your thoughts could tell
A                            
■ Just like a paperback novel
             A              
The kind the drugstores sell
                   A   
When you reach the part
          D              
Where the heartaches come
E                 F#m
The hero would be me 
D            A   
Heroes often fail
D                       A    C#m  
And you won't read that book again
Bm7                  E                A   
Because the ending's just too hard to take


[Inst]
G Gmaj7 G A G A
■ ■     ■ ■ ■ ■


[Verse]
                     D         
I'd walk away like a movie star
         E                     F#m   
Who gets burned in a three way script
D            A  
Enter number two
D                C#m           
A movie queen to play the scene
Bm7         Bm      E                  F#m
Of bringing all the good things out in me 
        D                 A   
But for now love let's be real


[Chorus]
D                 A                 
I never thought I could act this way
         Bm7    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
        Bsus4                E                 A   
But the feeling's gone and I just can't get it back


[Verse]
                          G   
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 wishing well
A                       D              
■ In a castle dark or a fortress strong
     E              F#m 
With chains upon my feet
    D            A   
The story always ends


[Chorus]
D           C#m7        C#m  
If you read between the lines
Bsus4       Bm7           E         F#m       
You'll know that I'm just trying to understand
D                    A   
The feeling that you lack
D                       A         C#m
I never thought I could feel this way
         Bm7               E                
And I've got to say that I just don't get it
D                    C#m          
■ I don't know where we went wrong
        C#m7      Bm   B7    E                 A    G A
But the feeling's gone and I just can't get it back ■ ■


[Outro]