Gordon Lightfoot – If You Could Read My Mind (Ukulele)

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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 wishin' well

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In a castle dark or a fortress strong

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With chains upon my feet

    D                  A
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 that drugstores sell

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When you reach the part where the heartaches come

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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 like a movie star

         E                     F#m
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         

Bm7                        E
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

        Bm7
But the feelin's gone

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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 wishin' well

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In a castle dark or a fortress strong

     E              F#m
With chains upon my feet

    D              A
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 tryin' to understand

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The feelin's 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

        Bm7
But the feelin's gone

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And I just can't get it back