If You Could REad My Mind

Intro: G 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 wishing well. G G/B In a castle dark, C D Em Or a fortress strong, 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 the drugstores sell. G G7 Then you reached the part C D Em Where the heartaches come, 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 F G F G G7 I'd walk away C D Em Like a movie star, who gets burned in a three-way script. C G Enter number two: C G/B 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/B 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 D G But the feeling's gone, 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 wishing well. G G/B In a castle dark, C D Em Or a fortress strong, 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 trying to understand C G The feelings 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 D G But the feelings gone and I just can't get it back G F G