If You Could Read My Mind chords by 
Ritchie 
N/A
Key: A major•
Verse 1
A
G
If you could read my mind, love,
what a tale my thoughts could tell.
A
Just like an old -time movie
G
Em
about a ghost from a wishing well.
G
A
D
In a castle dark, or a fortress strong,
E
D
E
F#m
with chains upon my feet
D
A
Well you know that ghost is me,
D
A
and I will never be set free
D
E
A
As long as I'm the ghost that you can't see
G
If I could read your mind, love,
A
what a tale your thought s could tell
Em
G
A
G
Just like a paperback novel,
the kind that drugstores sell
A
When you reach the part
D
where the heartaches come,
E
F#m
the hero would be me
D
A
But heroes often fail
D
A
And you won't read that book again
D
E
Because the ending's just too
A
G
A
G
hard to take
A
D
I'd walk away like a movie star
E
who gets burned in a three
F#m
-way script
D
A
D
A
Enter number two, a movie queen to play the
D
E
scene of bringing all the good things out in me
F#m
D
A
But for now, love, let's be real
D
A
I never thought I could act this way
D
E
But I've got to say that I just don't get it
D
A
I don't know where we went wrong
D
But the feeling's gone
E
A
and I just can't get it back
G
If you could read my mind, love,
what a tale my thought
C#dim
A
Em
G
s would tell
A
Just like an old time movie
G
about a ghost from a wishing well
A
D
In a castle dark or a fort ress strong
E
F#m
with chains upon my feet
D
A
Ah, but stories have an end
D
A
And if you read between the lines,
D
you'll know that I'm just
E
try ing to understand
F#m
D
A
All the feelings that we lack
D
A
I never thought I could feel this way
D
E
But I've got to say that I just don't get it
D
A
I don't know where we went wrong
D
But the feeling's gone,
E
A
and I just can't get it back
Outro 1
A
G
A
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsA G Em D E...
A
G
Em
D
E
F#m
C#dim
Capo: 2
Transpose: 0
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