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Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind Ukulele

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If You Could Read My Mind Ukulele

(ver. 1)
Gordon Lightfoot
[INTRO]
G   Gadd9   G   Gadd9

[VERSE]
G              Gadd9   G
  If you could read my mind love
F              Fmaj7          F
What a tale my thoughts could tell
G              Gadd9    G
  Just like an old time movie
F                    Fmaj7   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            Bm7
And I will never be set free
   Am7           D7                   G       Gadd9
As long as I'm a ghost that you can't see


[VERSE]
G                 Gadd9  G
  If I could read your   mind love
F                Fmaj7          F
What a tale your thoughts could tell
G             Gadd9     G
  Just like a paperback novel
F             Fmaj7      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                   Bm7
And you won't read that book again
   Am7               D7               G
Because the ending's just too hard to take

[INSTRUMENTAL]
Gadd9   G   F   Fmaj7   G   Gadd9   G   F   Fmaj7   F

[CHORUS]

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              Bm7
A movie queen to play the scene
   Am7              D7                 Em
Of bringing all the good things out in me
        C                  G
But for now love, let's be real
  C                     Bm7
I never thought I could act this way
         Am7               D7
And I've got to say that I just don't get it
  C                Bm7
I don't know where we went wrong
        Am7
But the feelin's gone
      D7                G    Gadd9    G    Gadd9
And I just can't get it back

[VERSE]

G               Gadd9   G
   If you could read my mind love
F                 Fmaj7          F
   What a tale my thoughts could tell
G               Gadd9    G
   Just like an old time movie
F                      Fmaj7   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              Bm7
And if you read between the lines
       Am7                D7             Em
You'll know that I'm just tryin' to understand
    C                 G
The feelin's that you lack
  C                     Bm7
I never thought I could feel this way
         Am7               D7
And I've got to say that I just don't get it
C                  Dm7
I don't know where we went wrong
        Am7
But the feelin's gone
      D7                G
And I just can't get it back

[OUTRO]
Gadd9   G   F   Fmaj7   F   G            
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