Tabs
If You Could Read My Mind
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:
C majorC X32010
Am7Am7 X02030
INTRO and fill Riff #1
G+G
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Verse:
FF
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Fill #2: Fill #3
FF
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FF
If you could read my mind love, what a tale my thoughts could tell
FF
Just like an old time movie 'bout a ghost from a wishin' well
E minorEm
In a castle dark or a fortress strong with chains upon my feet
G+G [Fill #2]
You know that ghost is me
G+G
And I will never be set free as long as I'm a ghost that you can't see
[Riff #1] G+G
FF
If I could read your mind love, what a tale your thoughts could tell
FF
Just like a paperback novel the kind that drugstores sell
E minorEm
When you reach the part where the heartaches come the hero would be me
G+G [Fill #2]
But heroes often fail
G+G
And you won't read that book again because the ending's just too hard to take
[Fill #3] FF [Fill #3]
E minorEm
I'd walk away like a movie star who gets burned in a three way script
G+G [Fill #2]
Enter number two
E minorEm
A augmentedA movie queen to play the scene of bringing all the good things out in me
G+G [Fill #2]
But for now love, let's be real
D MajorD
I never thought I could act this way and I've got to say that I just don't get it
G+G
I don't know where we went wrong but the feelin's gone and I just can't get it back
G+G (Riff #1)
FF
If you could read my mind love, what a tale my thoughts could tell
FF
Just like an old time movie 'bout a ghost from a wishin' well
E minorEm
In a castle dark or a fortress strong with chains upon my feet
G+G [Fill #2]
But stories always end
E minorEm
And if you read between the lines you'll know that I'm just tryin' to understand
G+G [Fill #2]
The feelin's that you lack
D MajorD
I never thought I could feel this way and I've got to say that I just don't get it
G+G
I don't know where we went wrong but the feelin's gone And I just can't get it back
Ending:
G+G
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