If You Could Read My Mind Love

if you could read my mind : gordon lightfoot . #5 in 1970 . Intro : A A9 A A9 #1 . A Em6/A if you could read my mind love , what a tale my thoughts could tell . A Em6/A just like an old time movie , about a ghost from a wishing well . A A9 D E F#m in a castle dark , or a fortress strong , with chains upon my feet . D A you know that ghost is me . D A/B B7sus E A and i will never be set free as long as i’m a ghost that you can’t see . #2 . A Em6/A if i could read your mind love , what a tale your thoughts could tell . A Em6/A just like a paperback novel , the kind that the drugstore sells . A A9 D E F#m when you reach the part where the heartaches come , the hero would be me . D A but heroes often fail . D A/B B7sus E A and you won’t read that book again , because the ending’s just too hard to take . ( Interlude : ) A Em6/A ( x2 ) Chorus : A A9 D E F#m i’d walk away like a movie star who gets burned in a three way script . D A D A/B B7sus enter number two . . a movie queen to play the scene of bringing all the E F#m good things out in me . D A but for now , love , let’s be real . D A/B B7sus E i never thought i could act this way , and i’ve got to say that i just don’t get it . D A/B B7sus E i don’t know where we went wrong but the feeling’s gone and i just A can’t get it back . #3 . A Em6/A if you could read my mind love , what a tale my thoughts could tell . A Em6/A just like an old time movie , about a ghost from a wishing well . A A9 D E F#m in a castle dark , or a fortress strong , with chains upon my feet . D A but stories always end . D A/B B7sus E and if you read between the lines , you’ll know that i’m just trying F#m D A to understand , the feelings that you lack . D A/B B7sus i never thought i could feel this way , and i got to say that E i just don’t get it . D A/B B7sus i don’t know where we went wrong but the feeling’s gone E A A9 Em6/A A and i just can’t get it back . a seventies smash from kraziekhat .