If you could read my mind

Gordon Lightfoot

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If you could read my mind - Gordon Lightfoot  1970 

CAPO OP 2 

Intro: 
G – Gadd9 - G - Gadd9 

G                          
If you could read my mind, love
Dm6/F            
What a tale my thoughts could tell
G
Just like an old time movie
Dm6/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  - Gadd9 – G 
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 

G                    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/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 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 feeling's gone and I just can't get it back 

G                     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 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   Gadd9 – G 
But the feeling's gone and I just can't get it back


Geplaatst door Ted van Kampen

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Leer de akkoorden van If you could read my mind van Gorden Lightfoot op Gitaartabs. Dit popmuziekstuk is een perfecte keuze voor beginners die willen ontdekken hoe je met simpele akkoorden een indrukwekkend nummer kunt spelen.

Met een beginner-niveau (niveau 1) en capo 2 is dit nummer zeer toegankelijk. Je werkt met de akkoorden G, C, D, G/B, Am7 en Em, die je stap voor stap kunt oefenen. De akkoordenschema's geven je alle handvaten om meteen aan de slag te gaan en dit klassieker zelf te spelen.

How to practise this song

1
Put your capo on fret 2
Clamp the capo on before you start — otherwise the shapes won't sound like the original.
2
Practise the barre chord F
F is a barre chord. Lay your index finger flat across all strings and press firmly; practise it on its own until every string rings clearly before you use it in the song.
Open
3
Practise the change: F ↔ A
Play each chord for 4 beats, then 2, then 1 — with the metronome at 60-70 bpm. Only push the tempo once the change is clean and on time.
Open
4
Great first song
Focus on clean chords — let every string ring. Speed comes by itself once the shapes are right.