If You Could Read My Mind                  Tempo: 120 / Tonart: A
(Gordon Lightfoot)

Spooky soft studio Holland
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[Intro:]

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[Vers 1:]

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  If you could read my mind, love,    

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what a tale my thoughts could tell.   Just like an old-time movie    

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about a ghost form a wishing well.   In a castle dark          

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or a fortress strong with chains upon my feet.     

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You know that ghost is me   and I will never be set free 

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as long as I'm a ghost    that you can see. ---- ----   

[Vers 2:]

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---- If I could read your mind, love,    

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what a tale your thoughts could tell.   Just like a paperback novel    

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the kind the drugstore sells.   When you reach the part          

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where the heartaches come, the hero would be me     

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and heroes often fail.   And you won't read that book again, 

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because the ending's just too hard to take. 

[Solo:]

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[Vers 3:]

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  I walk away          like a movie star 

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who gets burned in a three-way script. ---- Enter number two.   

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A movie queen to play the scene of bringing all the good things 

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out in me,     but for now, love, let's be real.   I never thought 

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I could act this way 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, but the feeling's gone 

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and I just can't get it back. ---- ----   ---- ----   ---- 

[Vers 4:]

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If you could read my mind, love,    

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what a tale my thoughts could tell.   Just like an old-time movie    

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about a ghost form a wishing well.   In a castle dark          

        D                        E             F#m 
or a fortress strong with chains upon my feet,     

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the story always ends.   And if you read between the lines, 

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you'll know that I'm just trying to understand     

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the feelings that you left.   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, but the feeling's gone 

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and I just can't get it back. ---- 

[Ending:]

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