If You Could Read My Mind chords by Johnny Cash

If You Could Read My Mind
Album: American V: A Hundred Highways
Artist: Johnny Cash

Intro E

(Verse 1)

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If you could read my mind, love
Dadd9
What a tale my thoughts could tell
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Just like an old time movie
Dadd9
'bout a ghost from a wishing-well
E                             A
In a castle dark or a fortress strong
B                              C#m
With chains upon my feet
A                               E
You know that ghost is me
A                     C#m
And I will never be set free
Fm                    A                        E
As long as I'm a ghost you can't see

(Verse 2)
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If I could read your mind, love
Dadd9
What a tale your thoughts could tell
E
Just like a paperback novel
Dadd9
The kind that drugstores sell
E                                                  A
When you reach the part where the heartaches come
B                           C#m
The hero would be me
A                          E
And heroes often fail
A                                   C#m
And you won't read that book again
Fm                           B                        E
Because the ending's just too hard to take

 (Middle section)

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I'd walk away like a movie star
                B                                 C#m
Who gets burned in a three way script
A                           E
And enter number two
A                         C#m
A movie queen to play the scene
Fm                       B                        A
Of bringing all the good things out in me
                                          E
But for now, love, let's be real
A                                  C#m
I never thought I could act this way
Fm                                  B
And I've got to say that I just don't get it
A                            C#m
I don't know where we went wrong
Fm
But the feeling's gone
B                               E
And I just can't get it back

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(Verse 3...)

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If you could read my mind, love,
Dadd9
What a tale my thoughts could tell
E
Just like an old time movie
Dadd9
'bout a ghost from a wishing-well
E                              A
In a castle dark or a fortress strong
B                               C#m
With chains upon my feet
A                         E
The story always ends
A                       C#m
And if you read between the lines
Fm                                  B                       C#m
You'll know that I'm just trying to understand
A                             E
The feeling that you lack
A                                  C#m
I never thought I could feel this way
              Fm                    B
And I've got to say that I just don't get it
A                            C#m
I don't know where we went wrong
            Fm
But the feeling's gone
          B
And I just can't get it back

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