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IF YOU COULD And you won’t read that book again
Am D
READ MY MIND Because the ending’s just too hard to
G. Lightfoot (G)
From the album Sit Down Young Stranger take.
GORDON LIGHTFOOT/Reprise (1970)
Filler
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*Capo on 2nd fret.
G--Gadd9--F-----; (2x)
Intro
G--Gadd9--; (2x) G G7 C
I’d walk away like a movie star
G Gadd9 D Em
If you could read my mind, love Who gets burned in a three-way script
F(6) C G
What a tale my thoughts could tell Enter number two
G Gadd9 C G/B
Just like an old time movie A movie queen to play the scene
F(6) Am D
‘Bout a ghost from a wishin’ well Of bringing all the good things out in
G G7 C Em
In a castle dark or a fortress strong me
D Em C G
With chains upon my feet But for now, love, let’s be real
C G C G/B
You know that ghost is me I never thought I could (act/feel) this
C G/B way
And I will never be set free Am D
Am D And I’ve got to say that I just don’t get it
As long as I’m a ghost, you can C G/B
G--Gadd9-- I don’t know where we went wrong
see. Am D
But the feelin’s gone and I just can’t get
G Gadd9 (Intro)
If I could read your mind, love it back.
F(6) (Repeat 1st verse, using G for Gadd9 & F for
What a tale your thoughts could tell F(6), except last 3 lines)
G C G
Just like a paperback novel The story always ends
F(6) C G/B
The kind the drugstore sells And if you read between the lines
G G7 Am D
When you reach the part where the You’ll know that I’m just trying to
C Em
heartaches come understand
D Em C G
The hero would be me The feelings that you lack.
C G (Repeat last 4 lines of 3rd verse except last
But heroes often fail word)
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…back.