IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND
JOHN R. CASH
COMPOSED BY: GORDON LIGHTFOOT
ALBUM: AMERICAN IV: A HUNDRED HIGHWAYS

INTRO:
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If you could read my mind, Love
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What a tale my thoughts could tell
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Just like an old time movie
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'Bout a ghost from a wishing well
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In a castle dark Or a fortress strong
     B7               C#m
With chains around my feet
    A                  E
You know that ghost is me
      A          A/G
And I will never be set free
   F#m               B7                   E
As long as there's a ghost that you can't see

BREAK:
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If I could read your mind, Love
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What a tale your thoughts would tell
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Just like a paperback novel
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The kind that drugstores sell
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When you reach the part Where the heartaches come
B7                C#m
The hero would be me
    A            E
But heroes often fail
A                   A/G
You won't read that book again
F#m                  B7               E
Because the ending's just too hard to take

INSTRUMENTAL:
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I'd walk away like a movie star
         B7                    C#m
Who gets burned in a three-way script
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Enter number two
  A              A/G
A movie queen to play the scene
   F#m              B7                 C#m
Of bringin' all the good things out in me
        A                   E
But for now, Love, let's be real
  A                     A/G
I never thought I could act this way
         F#m
And I've got to say
       B7
That I just don't get it
A                  A/G
I don't know where we went wrong
        F#m
But the feeling's gone
      B7                E
And I just can't get it back

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If you could read my mind, Love
A
What a tale my thoughts could tell
E
Just like an old time movie
A
'Bout a ghost from a wishing well
E                     A
In a castle dark Or a fortress strong
     B7             C#m
With chains upon my feet
    A              E
But stories always end
A           A/G
If you read between the lines
       F#m                B7             C#m
You'll know that I'm just tryin' to understand
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The feelings that you lack
  A  			A/G
I never thought I could feel this way
         F#m               B7
And I've got to say That I just don't get it
A                  A/G
I don't know where we went wrong
        F#m
But the feeling's gone
      B7                E
And I just can't get it back

OUTRO:
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