If You Could Read My Mind Chords

If You Could Read My Mind
Album: American V: A Hundred Highways
Artist: Johnny Cash
 
Intro E
 
(Verse 1)
 
E
If you could read my mind, love
Dadd9
What a tale my thoughts could tell
E
Just like an old time movie
Dadd9
'bout a ghost from a wishing-well
E                             A
In a castle dark or a fortress strong 
B                              C#m
With chains upon my feet 
A                               E
You know that ghost is me
A                     C#m
And I will never be set free 
F#m                   B                        E
As long as I'm a ghost you can't see 
 
(Verse 2)
E
If I could read your mind, love
Dadd9
What a tale your thoughts could tell
E
Just like a paperback novel
Dadd9
The kind that drugstores sell
E                                                  A
When you reach the part where the heartaches come
B                           C#m
The hero would be me 
A                          E
And heroes often fail
A                                   C#m
And you won't read that book again 
F#m                          B                        E
Because the ending's just too hard to take
 
 (Middle section)
 
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E                             A
I'd walk away like a movie star
                B                                 C#m
Who gets burned in a three way script
A                           E
And enter number two 
A                         C#m
A movie queen to play the scene 
F#m                      B                        A
Of bringing all the good things out in me 
                                          E
But for now, love, let's be real 
A                                  C#m
I never thought I could act this way 
Fm                                  B
And I've got to say that I just don't get it 
A                            C#m
I don't know where we went wrong 
F#m
But the feeling's gone 
B                               E
And I just can't get it back 
 
E Dadd9 E Dadd9
 
(Verse 3...)
 
E
If you could read my mind, love, 
Dadd9
What a tale my thoughts could tell
E
Just like an old time movie
Dadd9
'bout a ghost from a wishing-well 
E                              A
In a castle dark or a fortress strong
B                               C#m
With chains upon my feet 
A                         E
The story always ends 
A                       C#m
And if you read between the lines 
F#m                                 B                       C#m
You’ll know that I’m just trying to understand 
A                             E
The feeling that you lack
A                                  C#m
I never thought I could feel this way 
              F#m                    B
And I've got to say that I just don't get it 
A                            C#m
I don't know where we went wrong 
            F#m
But the feeling's gone 
          B
And I just can't get it back
 
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