Johnny Cash – If You Could Read My Mind (Guitar)

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Album: American V: A Hundred Highways Artist: Johnny Cash [Intro] A [Verse 1]
A
If you could read my mind, love

G
What a tale my thoughts could tell

A
Just like an old time movie

G
'bout a ghost from a wishing-well

A                       D
In a castle dark or a fortress strong

E                   F#m
With chains upon my feet

    D                   A
You know that ghost is me

  D             F#m
And I will never be set free

   Bm7            E              A
As long as I'm a ghost you can't see
[Verse 2]
A
If I could read your mind, love

G
What a tale your thoughts could tell

A
Just like a paperback novel

G
The kind that drugstores sell

A                                  D
When you reach the part where the heartaches come

    E              F#m
The hero would be me

  D               A
And heroes often fail

D                       F#m
And you won't read that book again

Bm7                     E               A
Because the ending's just too hard to take
[Middle Section] A G A G
A                       D
I'd walk away like a movie star

          E                     F#m                   
Who gets burned in a three way script

    D            A
And enter number two

  D               F#m
A movie queen to play the scene

Bm7                E                    A
Of bringing all the good things out in me

    D                   A
But for now, love, let's be real

  D                       F#m
I never thought I could act this way

        Bm7                     E
And I've got to say that I just don't get it

  D                F#m
I don't know where we went wrong 

        Bm7
But the feeling's gone

        E                 A
And I just can't get it back
A G A G [Verse 3]
A
If you could read my mind, love,

G
What a tale my thoughts could tell

A
Just like an old time movie

G
'bout a ghost from a wishing-well

A                       D
In a castle dark or a fortress strong

E                  F#m
With chains upon my feet

    D            A
The story always ends

  D                F#m
And if you read between the lines

        Bm7                E            A
You’ll know that I’m just trying to understand

   D                 A
The feeling that you lack

  D                        F#m
I never thought I could feel this way

         Bm7                E
And I've got to say that I just don't get it

 D                  F#m
I don't know where we went wrong 

        Bm7
But the feeling's gone

        E
And I just can't get it back
A G end on A