If you could read my mind by Gordon Lightfoot. (remake by Stars on 54)

Transcribed by Adrian Connellan.
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Notes:
I got this from my father... then I checked this out in an old Gordon Lightfoot
book, (that belonged to my father) and it's right... so here it is.

If you only know the Stars on 54 version, you'll notice they left some bits
out. Gordon Lightfoot wrote the song, though, so I've included everything as
written in the original.

-Shaun Connellan. (shaunconnellan@hotmail.ccom)

Verse 1.

A                                  Em
If you could read my mind, love... what a tale my thoughts could tell.
A			      Em
Just like an old time movie, 'bout a ghost froma wishing well.

Bridge/Chorus:

A		       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              D             E                    A
And I will never be set free as long as I'm a ghost that you can't see.


Additional Lyrics:

Verse 2.

If I could read your mind, love, what a tale your thoughts could tell.
Just like a paper-back novel, the kind the drug stores sell.

Then you reach the part where the heartaches come, the hero would be me.
But heros often fail.
And you won't read that book again, because the ending's just too hard to take.

Verse 3. (No lyric first 2 lines.)

A                                Em

A		   		 Em

A                     D                   E                     F#m 
I'd walk away, like a movie-star who gets burned in a three-way script.
D             A
Enter, number two.
  D              A		   D                E                  F#m
A movie queen to play the scene of bringing all the good things out of me.
        D                   A
But for now, love, let's be real.

Bridge/Chorus:

D		   A                      D                    E                 A
I don't know where we went wrong, but the feelin's gone, and I just can't get it back.

Verse 4. / Ending:

A                                  Em
If you could read my mind, love... what a tale my thoughts could tell.
A			      Em
Just like an old time movie, 'bout a ghost froma wishing well.

Bridge/Chorus:

A		       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                      D                  E              F#m
And if you read between the lines, you'd know that I'm just tryin' to understand
    D                 A
The feelings that you lack.

Ending:

  D                     A                       D                 E
I never thought I could feel this way, and I've got to say that I just don't get it.
D                  A                      D                    E
I don't know where we went wrong, but the feelin's gone, and I just can't get it back.

A                           Em

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