If You Could Read My Mind
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C Bb
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
C------0------0---0-------0-------0---0-------2-------2---2---------2--------2-----------
G------0------0---0-------0-------0---0-------0-------0---0---------0--------0-----------
D----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A---3------3-----------3------3------------1------1-------------1--------1---------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
C* F G Am G C
E-------------------------------3-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
C----------------------------------0-------------0---------------------0--------0-------0---0------0-----0--0-
G------0---0-2-3---------------------------4---------------2-------2---2--------0-------0---0------0-----0--0-
D----------------------2--3----------------5---------------2-------2------------------------------------------
A---3--------------------------------------------------0-------0--------------------------------3-----3-------
E---------------------------1----------3------3-----------------------------3-------3-------------------------
F Em Dm G
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
C------0------0---0--------------------0---------------------0---------0------0---0------
G------0------0---0---------4------4-------------0-------0-------------0------0---0------
D---------------------------5------5-------------7-------7---7---------------------------
A--------------------------------------------5-------5-----------------------------------
E---1------1------------0-------0-----------------------------------3------3-------------
C Bb
If you could read my mind, love, what a tale my thoughts could tell
C Bb
Just like an old-time movie 'bout a ghost from a wishing well
C* F G Am
In a castle dark or a fortress strong with chains upon my feet
G C
You know that ghost is me
F Em Dm (G) C
And I will never be set free as long as I'm a ghost you can see
C
If I could read your mind, love, what a tale your thoughts could tell
Just like a paperback novel, the kind the drugstores sell
C* F
When you reach the part where the heartaches come
G Am
The hero will be me
G C
But heros often fail
F Em Dm G C
And you wont read that book again because the endings just too hard to take
C* F G Am
I walk away like a movie star who gets burned in through a script
G C F Em Dm G Am
Enter number two: a movie queen to play the scene of bringing all the good things out in me
G C
but for now, love, let's be real
F Em Dm G
I never thought i could act this way and I got to say that I just don't get it
F Em Dm G C
I don't know where we wen't wrong but the feelings gone and I just can't get it back
C Bb
If you could read my mind, love, what a tale my thoughts could tell
C Bb
Just like an old-time movie 'bout a ghost from a wishing well
C* F G Am
In a castle dark or a fortress strong with chains upon my feet
G C
The story always ends
F Em Dm G Am
And If you read between the lines you'll know that I'm just trying to understand
G C
The feeling that you left
F Em Dm G
I never thought that I could feel this way and I've got to say that I just dont get it
F Em Dm G C
I don't know where we wen't wrong but the feelings gone and I just can't get it back
How to play If You Could Read My Mind
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is C. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.