If You Could Read My Mind

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/B
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/B
And you won't read that book again

   Am7               D                G
Because the ending's just too hard to take

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/B
I don't know where we went wrong      

        Am7
But the feelin's gone

      D                 G
And I just can't get it back

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/B
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/B
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/B
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

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

If I could read your mind love
What a tale your thoughts could tell
Just like a paperback novel
The kind that drugstores sell
When you reach the part where the heartaches come
The hero would be me
But heroes often fail
And you won't read that book again
Because the ending's just too hard to take
 
I'd walk away like a movie star
Who gets burned in a three way script
Enter number two
A movie queen to play the scene
Of bringing all the good things out in me
But for now love, let's be real
I never thought I could act this way         
And I've got to say that I just don't get it
I don't know where we went wrong      
But the feelin's gone
And I just can't get it back

If you could read my mind love
What a tale my thoughts could tell
Just like an old time movie
'bout a ghost from a wishin' well
In a castle dark or a fortress strong
With chains upon my feet
But stories always end
And if you read between the lines
You'll know that I'm just tryin' to understand
The feelin's that you lack
I never thought I could feel this way
And I've got to say that I just don't get it
I don't know where we went wrong
But the feelin's gone
And I just can't get it back