Written by Gordon Lightfoot
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 Am Or a fortress strong, with chains around my feet F C You know that ghost is me F C/E And I will never be set free Dm G C As long as there's a ghost that 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 Am Where the heartaches come, the hero would be me F C But heroes often fail F C/E And you won't read that book again Dm G C Because the ending's just too hard to take Solo C Bb C Bb C Bb C I'd walk away F G Am Like a movie star, who gets burned in a three-way script F C Enter number two F C/E A movie queen to play the scene Dm G Am Of bringing all the good things 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 C But the feeling's gone, and I just 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 Am Or a fortress strong, with chains upon my feet F C But stories always end F C/E If you read between the lines Dm G Am Tough i'll know that I'm just 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 C But the feeling's gone, and I just can't get it back Final C Bb C