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

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Chords

There are a couple of little things you can do to make this song sound great on the ukulele. One is to reach your thumb around to the A on the high G string to play a Gadd9 (alternate). Or use a pinky reach the 5th fret on the E string (recommended). The other is to remove the F on the E string to make it an Fmaj7. Or add the E on the C string.
[CHORDS]
        (alt)   (recomm.)
   G    Gadd9     Gadd9    F  Fmaj7  G7  C   D  Em  Bm7  Am7  D7
A|-2------2----------2-----0----0----1---3---0---2---2----0---3---|
E|-3------3----------5-----1----1----2---0---2---3---2----0---2---|
C|-2------2----------2-----0----4----1---0---2---4---2----0---2---|
g|-0------2----------0-----2----2----0---0---2---0---2----0---2---|
[INTRO] G Gadd9 G Gadd9 [VERSE]
G              Gadd9   G
  If you could read my mind love

F              Fmaj7          F
What a tale my thoughts could tell

G              Gadd9    G
  Just like an old time movie

F                    Fmaj7   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            Bm7
And I will never be set free

   Am7           D7                   G       Gadd9
As long as I'm a ghost that you can't see
[VERSE]
G                 Gadd9  G
  If I could read your   mind love

F                Fmaj7          F
What a tale your thoughts could tell

G             Gadd9     G
  Just like a paperback novel

F             Fmaj7      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                   Bm7
And you won't read that book again

   Am7               D7               G
Because the ending's just too hard to take
[INSTRUMENTAL] Gadd9 G F Fmaj7 G Gadd9 G F Fmaj7 F [CHORUS]
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              Bm7
A movie queen to play the scene

   Am7              D7                 Em
Of bringing all the good things out in me

        C                  G
But for now love, let's be real

  C                     Bm7
I never thought I could act this way

         Am7               D7
And I've got to say that I just don't get it

  C                Bm7
I don't know where we went wrong

        Am7
But the feelin's gone

      D7                G    Gadd9    G    Gadd9
And I just can't get it back
[VERSE]
G               Gadd9   G
   If you could read my mind love

F                 Fmaj7          F
   What a tale my thoughts could tell

G               Gadd9    G
   Just like an old time movie

F                      Fmaj7   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              Bm7
And if you read between the lines

       Am7                D7             Em
You'll know that I'm just tryin' to understand

    C                 G
The feelin's that you lack

  C                     Bm7
I never thought I could feel this way

         Am7               D7
And I've got to say that I just don't get it

C                  Bm7
I don't know where we went wrong

        Am7
But the feelin's gone

      D7                G
And I just can't get it back
[OUTRO] Gadd9 G F Fmaj7 F G