If You Could Read My Mind Lyrics

by Gordon Lightfoot
Arranged for a single guitar by Baddguitar v1.1
Capo = 2 to play with song
The recorded version of this song contains two main guitars and a
string section. This tab is for a single guitar and a singer.
Chords:
INTRO and fill Riff #1
Verse:
Fill #2: Fill #3
If you could read my mind love, what a tale my thoughts could tell
Just like an old time movie 'bout a ghost from a wishin' well
In a castle dark or a fortress strong with chains upon my feet
ill #2
You know that ghost is me
And I will never be set free as long as I'm a ghost that you can't see
Riff #1
If I could read your mind love, what a tale your thoughts could tell
Just like a paperback novel the kind that drugstores sell
When you reach the part where the heartaches come the hero would be me
ill #2
But heroes often fail
And you won't read that book again because the ending's just too hard to take
ill #3 ill #3
I'd walk away like a movie star who gets burned in a three way script
ill #2
Enter number two
A movie queen to play the scene of bringing all the good things out in me
ill #2
But for now love, let's be real
I never thought I could act this way and I've got to say that I just don't get it
I don't know where we went wrong but the feelin's gone and I just can't get it back
G (Riff #1)
If you could read my mind love, what a tale my thoughts could tell
Just like an old time movie 'bout a ghost from a wishin' well
In a castle dark or a fortress strong with chains upon my feet
ill #2
But stories always end
And if you read between the lines you'll know that I'm just tryin' to understand
ill #2
The feelin's that you lack
I never thought I could feel this way and I've got to say that I just don't get it
I don't know where we went wrong but the feelin's gone And I just can't get it back
Ending:
G Dm6/F (rit.) G