If You Could Read My Mind by Gordon Lightfoot If you could read my mind Gordon Lightfoot Tabber: Mitchell Gore Email: s4030162@student.uq.edu.au This is how I think this classic song is played. It is in the correct key of the recording. Please comment and suggest corrections. intro A (Verse 1) 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 wishing-well A 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 F#m And I will never be set free Bm7 E A As long as I'm a ghost you can't see (Verse 2) 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 that drugstores sell A D When you reach the part where the heartaches come E F#m The hero would be me D A And heroes often fail A F#m And you won't read that book again Bm7 E A Because the ending's just too hard to take (Middle section) A G A G A D I'd walk away like a movie star F#m D Who gets burned in a three way script E A And enter number two D F#m A movie queen to play the scene Bm7 E A Of bringing all the good things out in me D A But for now, love, let's be real D F#m I never thought I could act this way Bm7 E And I've got to say that I just don't get it D F#m I don't know where we went wrong Bm7 But the feeling's gone E A And I just can't get it back A G A G (Verse 3...) 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 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 D F#m And if you read between the lines Bm7 E A You’ll know that I’m just trying to understand D A The feeling that you lack D F#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 F#m I don't know where we went wrong Bm7 But the feeling's gone E And I just can't get it back A G end on A www.TAB6.com