If You Could Read My Mind Gordon Lightfoot [G] If you could read my mind love, [F] what a tale my thoughts could tell [G] Just like an old time movie, [F] about a ghost from a wishing well [G] In a castle dark or a [C] fortress strong With [D] chains upon my [Em] feet - you [C] know that ghost is [G] me And [C] I will never [G] be set free As [Am7] long as I’m a [D] ghost that you can’t [G] see [G] If I could read your mind love, [F] what a tale your thoughts could tell [G] Just like a paperback novel, the [F] kind that drugstores sell [G] When you reach the part [C] where the heartaches come The [D] hero would be [Em] me but [C] heroes often[G] fail And [C] you won’t read that [G] book again [Am7] because the ending’s [D] just too hard to [G] take [G] I’d walk away like a [C] movie star, who gets [D] burned in a three way [Em] script [C] Enter number [G] two, a [C] movie queen to [G] play the scene Of [Am7] bringing all the [D] good things out in [G] me, [C] but for now love, let’s be [G] real I [C] never thought I could [G] act this way, and I’ve [Am7] got to say that I [D] just don’t get it [C] I don’t know where [G] we went wrong, But the [Am7] feeling’s gone and I [D] just can’t get it [G] back [G] If you could read my mind love, [F] what a tale my thoughts could tell [G] Just like an old time movie, [F] about a ghost from a wishing well [G] In a castle dark or a [C] fortress strong with [D] chains upon my [Em] feet But [C] stories always [G] end. And [C] if you read be[G]tween the lines You’ll [Am7] know that I’m just [D] trying to under[G]stand the [C] feelings that you [G] lack [C] never thought I could [G] feel this way, and I’ve [Am7] got to say that I [D] just don’t get it [C] I don’t know where [G] we went wrong [Am7] but the feeling’s gone And I [D] just can’t get it [G] back