Gordon Lightfoot – If You Could Read My Mind (Guitar Tab)

 [INTRO] and fill [Riff #1]
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G|-----0-----0---2-----2-----2-4-0-|-----0-----0---2-----2-----2-4-0-|
D|---0-----0---0-----0-----0-------|---0-----0---0-----0-----0-------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|-3-----3---------3-----3---------|-3-----3---------3-----3---------|

[Verse]
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B|------------------------3-----------0---------------0--------|
G|-----0-----0--2---0-2/4---4\2---2-----2---2-----2--------0-0-|
D|---0-----0--------------------0---------0-----0------0-2-----|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-3-----3--------3-----3-----1-----1---------1-----1----------|

 [Fill #2]          [Fill #3]
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B|-----0-----------||-----------------------------------------------------0---|
G|---0---0--2/4----||-----0-------2--0-----0------7-7-7\5-5-5-5\4-4-4-4\2---0-|
D|-----------------||---0---0---4------0h2--------------------------------0---|
A|-----------------||-----------------------------8-8-8\7-7-7-7\5-5-5-5\3---2-|
E|-3---------------||-3------3-----3----------1-------------------------------|

[Verse] G Dm6/F If you could read my mind love, what a tale my thoughts could tell G Dm6/F Just like an old time movie 'bout a ghost from a wishin' well G G7 C D Em In a castle dark or a fortress strong with chains upon my feet C G [Fill #2] You know that ghost is me C G/B Am7 D G And I will never be set free as long as I'm a ghost that you can't see [Riff #1] G G Dm6/F If I could read your mind love, what a tale your thoughts could tell G Dm6/F Just like a paperback novel the kind that drugstores sell G G7 C D Em When you reach the part where the heartaches come the hero would be me C G [Fill #2] But heroes often fail C G/B Am7 D G And you won't read that book again because the ending's just too hard to take [Fill #3] G Dm6/F G Dm6/F [Fill #3] G G7 C D Em I'd walk away like a movie star who gets burned in a three way script C G [Fill #2] Enter number two C G/B Am7 D Em A movie queen to play the scene of bringing all the good things out in me C G [Fill #2] But for now love, let's be real C G/B Am7 D I never thought I could act this way and I've got to say that I just don't get it C G/B Am7 D G I don't know where we went wrong but the feelin's gone and I just can't get it back G (Riff #1) G Dm6/F If you could read my mind love, what a tale my thoughts could tell G Dm6/F Just like an old time movie 'bout a ghost from a wishin' well G G7 C D Em In a castle dark or a fortress strong with chains upon my feet C G [Fill #2] But stories always end C G/B Am7 D Em And if you read between the lines you'll know that I'm just tryin' to understand C G [Fill #2] The feelin's that you lack C G/B Am7 D I never thought I could feel this way and I've got to say that I just don't get it C G/B Am7 D G I don't know where we went wrong but the feelin's gone And I just can't get it back

 [Ending]
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G|-----0-------2--0-----0------------------------------------------0---|
D|---0---0---4------0h2--------3-3-3\2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0---0-----------0---|
A|---------------------------------------------------3---3-3-2-2-0-2---|
E|-3------3-----3----------1-------------------------------------------|