If You Could Read My Mind Chords
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| Difficulty: | intermediate |
|---|---|
| Tuning: | E A D G B E |
| Key: | A |
| Capo: | 2nd fret |
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If You Could Read My Mind chords
Gordon Lightfoot 1970 (Sit Down Young Stranger)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_You_Could_Read_My_Mind
Capo II *
e|----------------|from capo
B|----------------|
G|-------0-2--0-2-|
D|-----0----------|
A|---0------------|
E|-3--------------| 2x
G
If you could read my mind love
F
What a tale my thoughts could tell
G
Just like an old time movie
F
'bout a ghost from a wishin' well
G G7 C
In a castle dark or a fortress strong
D Em
With chains upon my feet
C G
You know that ghost is me
C G*
And I will never be set free
Am7 D G
As long as I'm a ghost that you can't see
G
If I could read your mind love
F
What a tale your thoughts could tell
G
Just like a paperback novel
F
The kind that drugstores sell
G G7 C
When you reach the part where the heartaches come
D Em
The hero would be me
C G
But heroes often fail
C G*
And you won't read that book again
Am7 D G
Because the ending's just too hard to take
G F G F
G G7 C
I'd walk away like a movie star
D Em
Who gets burned in a three way script
C G
Enter number two
C G*
A movie queen to play the scene
Am7 D Em
Of bringing all the good things out in me
C G
But for now love, let's be real
C G*
I never thought I could act this way
Am7 D
And I've got to say that I just don't get it
C G*
I don't know where we went wrong
Am7
But the feelin's gone
D G
And I just can't get it back
e|----------------|from capo
B|----------------|
G|-------0-2--0-2-|
D|-----0----------|
A|---0------------|
E|-3--------------| 2x
G
If you could read my mind love
F
What a tale my thoughts could tell
G
Just like an old time movie
F
'bout a ghost from a wishin' well
G G7 C
In a castle dark or a fortress strong
D Em
With chains upon my feet
C G
But stories always end
C G*
And if you read between the lines
Am7 D Em
You'll know that I'm just tryin' to understand
C G
The feelin's that you lack
C G*
I never thought I could feel this way
Am7 D
And I've got to say that I just don't get it
C G*
I don't know where we went wrong
Am7
But the feelin's gone
D G F G
And I just can't get it back
* Alternates:
Open
G = A
F = G
G7 = A7
C = D
D = E
Em = F#m
Am7 = Bm7
Capo V
G = E
F = D
G7 = E7
C = A
D = B
Em = C#m
Am7 = F#m
* It has been suggested to replace G with G/B, as a better choice
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33 comments
I used to play this decades ago, and this is exactly the way I remember it from the book I had back then. Thanks for a chance to brush up on all my old Gordan Lightfoot songs (all 3 that I used to play :). This is just an awesome song to fingerpick. Between this and Iris by Googoo Dolls I've made 3 different girls cry this week! Now that's what rock is all about!
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X-LENT CHORDS, I NAILED IT FIRST GO ROUND. THANKS
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Hi Pencom,
Thanks for tabbing this great Gordon Lightfoot song. Here is a couple of suggested changes to consider:
1. Play a G add9 chord after the G chord in the middle of the lines of the verses.= that start with a G chord.
2. I play a G/B chord rather than a G chord in the lines in the BRIDGE for the C chord.
3. I play an Em chord rather than a G chord at the end of a couple of lines in the BRIDGE. These lines start with an Am7 chord then go to a D chord and then I play an Em chord rather than the G chord.
Thanks for listening.
Tom
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