E|E|-----------||Chords:G 320003F X33211C X32010 D X00230 or X00232 (play with it for variety)Em 022000G/B X20003Am7 X02010E|E|-----------||A couple of notes: 1) in order to be in the correct key, capo on the 2nd fret. 2) Use the first string (high E) seldomly. Gordon plays this song entirely picking and rarely picks the first string. [Intro] (Repeat Twice) Also play between versesG e|E|E|-----------||E|E|-----------||E|E|-----------||| B|E|E|-----------||E|E|-----------||E|E|-----------||| G|-----0-----0---2-----2-----2-4-0-|x2 D|---0-----0---0-----0-----0-------| A|E|E|-----------||E|E|-----------||E|E|-----------||| E|-3-----3---------3-----3---------|[Verse 1]G If you could read my mind loveF What a tale my thoughts could tellG Just like an old time movieF 'bout a ghost from a wishin' wellG G7 C In a castle dark or a fortress strongD Em With chains upon my feetC G You know that ghost is meC G/B And I will never be set freeAm7 D G As long as I'm a ghost that you can't see [Instrumental]G [Verse 2]G If I could read your mind loveF What a tale your thoughts could tellG Just like a paperback novelF The kind that drugstores sellG G7 C When you reach the part where the heartaches comeD Em The hero would be meC G But heroes often failC G/B And you won't read that book againAm7 D G Because the ending's just too hard to take [Instrumental]G F G F [Verse 3]G G7 C I'd walk away like a movie starD Em Who gets burned in a three way scriptC G Enter number twoC G/B A movie queen to play the sceneAm7 D Em Of bringing all the good things out in meC G/B But for now love, let's be realC G/B * I never thought I could act this way *Am7 D And I've got to say that I just don't get itC G/B I don't know where we went wrongAm7 But the feelin's goneD G And I just can't get it back [Instrumental]G [Verse 4]G If you could read my mind loveF What a tale my thoughts could tellG Just like an old time movieF 'bout a ghost from a wishin' wellG G7 C In a castle dark or a fortress strongD Em With chains upon my feetC G But stories always endC G/B And if you read between the linesAm7 D Em You'll know that I'm just tryin' to understandC G/B The feelin's that you lackC G/B I never thought I could feel this wayAm7 D And I've got to say that I just don't get itC G/B I don't know where we went wrongAm7 But the feelin's goneD G And I just can't get it back
If You Could Read My Mind
Gordon Lightfoot
- Am7
- C
- D
- Em
- F
- G
- G/B
- G7
Tom: