If You Could Read My Mind

[Intro] C

C
If you could read my mind, love
Bb
What a tale my thoughts could tell
C
Just like an old time movie
Bb
'Bout a ghost from a wishing well
C
In a castle dark
       F                    G     
Or a fortress strong, with chains 
        Am
around my feet
      F                 C
You know that ghost is me
    F           C/E
And I will never be set free
     Dm                G          
As long as there's a ghost that 
        C
you can't see

C
If i could read your mind, love
Bb
What a tale your thoughts would tell
C
Just like a paperback novel
Bb
The kind the drugstores sell
C
When you reached the part
            F                   G 
Where the heartaches come, the 
         Am
hero would be me
Continues after the ad
      F           C
But heroes often fail
     F                   C/E
And you won't read that book again
   Dm                  G          
Because the ending's just too hard
     C
 to take

[Solo] C  Bb  C  Bb  C  Bb

 C
I'd walk away
         F                     G  
Like a movie star, who gets burned
               Am
 in a three-way script
 F            C
Enter number two
   F              C/E
A movie queen to play the scene
      Dm             G            
Of bringing all the good things 
     Am
out in me

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

C
If you could read my mind, love
Bb
What a tale my thoughts could tell
C
Just like an old time movie
Bb
'Bout a ghost from a wishing well
C
In a castle dark
        F                    G    
Or a fortress strong, with chains 
       Am
upon my feet
       F           C
But stories always end
    F        C/E
If you read between the lines
        Dm                G       
Tough i'll know that I'm just 
    Am
trying to understand
      F              C
The feelings that you lack
   F              C/E
I never thought I could feel this 
way
        Dm                G
And I've got to say that I just 
don't get it
   F              C/E
I don't know where we went wrong
           Dm                  G  
 But the feeling's gone, and I 
               C
just can't get it back

[Ending] C  Bb  C