Gordon Lightfoot – If You Could Read My Mind (Guitar)
Capo 2
Key
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Chords
If You Could Read My Mind chords
Gordon Lightfoot 1970 (Sit Down Young Stranger)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_You_Could_Read_My_Mind
Capo II **
e|----------------| from capo B|----------------| G|-------0-2--0-2-| D|-----0----------| A|---0------------| E|-3--------------| 2x G If you could read my mind love F What a tale my thoughts could tell G Just like an old time movie F 'bout a ghost from a wishin' well G G7 C In a castle dark or a fortress strong D Em With chains upon my feet C G You know that ghost is me C G* And I will never be set free Am7 D G As long as I'm a ghost that you can't see G If I could read your mind love F What a tale your thoughts could tell G Just like a paperback novel F The kind that drugstores sell G G7 C When you reach the part where the heartaches come D Em The hero would be me C G But heroes often fail C G And you won't read that book again Am7 D G Because the ending's just too hard to take
G F G F
G G7 C I'd walk away like a movie star D Em Who gets burned in a three way script C G Enter number two C G A movie queen to play the scene Am7 D Em Of bringing all the good things out in me C G But for now love, let's be real C G I never thought I could act this way Am7 D And I've got to say that I just don't get it C G I don't know where we went wrong Am7 But the feelin's gone D G And I just can't get it back e|----------------|from capo B|----------------| G|-------0-2--0-2-| D|-----0----------| A|---0------------| E|-3--------------| 2x G If you could read my mind love F What a tale my thoughts could tell G Just like an old time movie F 'bout a ghost from a wishin' well G G7 C In a castle dark or a fortress strong D Em With chains upon my feet C G But stories always end C G And if you read between the lines Am7 D Em You'll know that I'm just tryin' to understand C G The feelin's that you lack C G I never thought I could feel this way Am7 D And I've got to say that I just don't get it C G I don't know where we went wrong Am7 But the feelin's gone D G F G And I just can't get it back
** Alternates:
Open
G = A
F = G
G7 = A7
C = D
D = E
Em = F#m
Am7 = Bm7
Capo V
G = E
F = D
G7 = E7
C = A
D = B
Em = C#m
Am7 = F#m
Open (These chords are not in the original key)
G = D
F = C
G7 = D7
C = G
D = A
Em = Bm
Am7 = Em7
* It has been suggested to replace G with G/B, as a better choice
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