Don McLean – If You Could Read My Mind (Guitar)

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What a tale my thoughts could tell.

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Just like an old time movie,

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Bout a ghost from a wishing well.

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In a castle dark,

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Or a fortress strong, with chains upon my feet.

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You know that ghost is me,

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And I will never be set free,

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As long as I'm a ghost that you can't see.

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If I could read your mind, love,

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What a tale your thoughts could tell.

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Just like a paperback novel,

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The kind the drugstores sell.

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Then you reached the part

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Where the heartaches come, the hero would be me.

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But heroes often fail.

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And you won't read that book again,

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Because the ending's just too hard to take.

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I'd walk away

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Like a movie star, who gets burned in a three-way script.

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Enter number two:

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A movie queen to play the scene

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Of bringing all the good things out in me

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But for now, love, let's be real.

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I never thought, I could act this way.

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And I've got to say that I just don't get it.

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I don't know where we went wrong,

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But the feeling's gone, and I just can't get it back.

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If you could read my mind love

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What a tale my thoughts could tell

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Just like an old time movie

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Bout a ghost from a wishing well

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In a castle dark or a fortress strong

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With chains upon my feet

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But stories always end

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And if you read between the lines

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You'll know that I'm just trying to understand

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The feelings that you lack

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I never thought I could feel this way

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And I've got to say that I just don't get it

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I don't know where we went wrong

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But the feelings gone and I just can't get it back