If You Could Read My Mind

song : if you could read my mind artist : gordon lightfoot tab : todd migchelbrink tmigchel@riverdale . k12 . or . us capo 2 chords : Gadd9 : 320203 Dm/F : 100230 Am7sus : 002030 G/B : 020030 G Gadd9 if you could read my mind love Dm/F what a tale my thoughts could tell G Gadd9 just like an old time movie Dm/F ’bout a ghost from a wishin’ well G Gadd9 C in a castle dark or a fortress strong D Em with chains upon my feet C G you know that ghost is me C G/B and i will never be set free Am7sus D G Gadd9 as long as i’m a ghost that you can’t see G Gadd9 if i could read your mind love Dm/F what a tale your thoughts could tell G Gadd9 just like a paperback novel Dm/F the kind that drugstores sell G Gadd9 C when you reach the part where the heartaches come D Em the hero would be me C G but heroes often fail C G/B and you won’t read that book again Am7sus D ( G Gadd9 Dm/F x 2 ) because the ending’s just too hard to take G Gadd9 C i’d walk away like a movie star D Em who gets burned in a three - way script C G enter number two C G/B a movie queen to play the scene Am7sus D Em of bringing all the good things out in me C G but for now love , let’s be real C G/B i never thought i could feel this way Am7sus D and i’ve got to say that i just don’t get it C G/B i don’t know where we went wrong Am7sus D ( G Gadd9 x2 ) but the feeling’s gone and i just cant get it back G Gadd9 if you could read my mind love Dm/F what a tale my thoughts could tell G Gadd9 just like an old time movie Dm/F ’bout a ghost from a wishin’ well G Gadd9 C in a castle dark or a fortress strong D Em with chains upon my feet C G but stories always end C G/B and if you read between the lines Am7sus D Em you’ll know that i’m just tryin’ to understand C G the feelings that you lack C G/B i never thought i could feel this way Am7sus D and i’ve got to say that i just don’t get it C G/B i don’t know where we went wrong Am7sus but the feeling’s gone D G Gadd9 Dm/F G and i just can’t get it back