If You Could Read My Mind

 A
If you could read my mind, love
G
What a tale my thoughts could tell
A
Just like an old time movie
G
'bout a ghost from a wishing-well
A 	  	  	 D
In a castle dark or a fortress strong
E 	              
With chains upon my feet
    D 	  	  	 A
You know that ghost is me
  D 	  	  
And I will never be set free
   B7 	  	   E              A
As long as I'm a ghost you can't see

A
If I could read your mind, love
G
What a tale your thoughts could tell
A
Just like a paperback novel
G
The kind that drugstores sell
A 	  	  	  	    D
When you reach the part where the heartaches come
    E 	  	  
The hero would be me
  D 	  	   A
And heroes often fail
A 	  	  	  
And you won't read that book again
B7 	  	  	 E 	  	 A
Because the ending's just too hard to take

SOLO:

A  G  A  G

A 	  	  	 D
I'd walk away like a movie star
 	   	  	  	 D
Who gets burned in a three way scr i pt
    E 	  	  A
And enter number two
  D 	  	    
A movie queen to play the scene
B7 	  	    E 	  	  	 A
Of bringing all the good things out in me

    D 	  	  	 A
But for now, love, let's be real
  D 	  	  	    
I never thought I could act this way
 	 B7 	  	  	 E
And I've got to say that I just don't get it
  D 	  	     
I don't know where we went wrong 
 	 B7
But the feeling's gone
 	 E 	  	   A
And I just can't get it back

SOLO:
A  G  A  G
 
A
If you could read my mind, love,
G
What a tale my thoughts could tell
A
Just like an old time movie
G
'bout a ghost from a wishing-well
A 	  	  	 D
In a castle dark or a fortress strong
E 	  	     
With chains upon my feet
    D            A
The story always ends

  D 	  	  
And if you read between the lines
 	 B7 	  	    E 	  	 A
You’ll know that I’m just trying to understand
   D 	  	      A
The feeling that you lack
  D 	  	  	     
I never thought I could feel this way
         B7 	  	     E
And I've got to say that I just don't get it
 D 	  	      
I don't know where we went wrong 
 	 B7
But the feeling's gone
 	 E
And I just can't get it back

A  G  end on A