Johnny Cash - If You Could Read My Mind guitar chord

IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND

JOHN R. CASH

COMPOSED BY: GORDON LIGHTFOOT

ALBUM: AMERICAN IV: A HUNDRED HIGHWAYS

INTRO:

E A E A

E

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 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:

E

E

If I could read your mind, Love

A

What a tale your thoughts would tell

E

Just like a paperback novel

A

The kind that drugstores sell

E A

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:

E A E A

E A

I'd walk away like a movie star

B7 C#m

Who gets burned in a three-way script

A E

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

BREAK:

E

E

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

A E

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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