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)In a castle dark (C)or a fortress strong
With (D)chains upon my (EM)feet
You (C)know that ghost is (G)me
And (C)I will never (G/B)be set free
As (AM7)long as I'm a (D)ghost that you can't (G)see (G)

(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)When you reach the part where the (C)heartaches comes
The (D)hero would be (Em)me
But (C)heroes often (G)fail
And (C)you won't read that (G/B)book again
Be(Am7)cause the ending's (D)just too hard to (G)take (GFGF)

(G)I'd walk away like a (C)movie star
Who gets (D)burned in a three way (EM)script
(C)Enter number (G)two
A (C)movie queen to (G/B)play the scene
Of (AM7)bringing all the (D)good things out in (G)me
(C)But for now love, let's be (G/B)real
I (C)never thought I could (G/B)act this way
And I've (Am7)got to say that I (D)just don't get it
(C)I don't know where (G/B)we went wrong
But the (Am7)feelin's gone
And I (D)just can't get it (G)back (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 wishin' well
(G)In a castle dark or a (C)fortress strong
With (D)chains upon my (EM)feet
But (C)stories always (G)end
And (C)if you read (G/B)between the lines
You'll (Am7)know that I'm just (D)tryin' to under(G)stand
The (C)feelin's that you (G/B)lack
I (C)never thought I could (G/B)feel this way
And I've (Am7)got to say that I (D)just don't get it
(C)I don't know where (G/B)we went wrong
(Am7)But the feelin's gone
And I (D)just can't get it (G)back (FG)