Key: G
Introduction: G
G
If you could read my mind love
F
What a tale my thoughts could tell
G
Just like an old time movie
F
' bout a ghost from a wishin' well
G G7 C
In a castle dark or a fortress strong
D Em
With chains upon my feet
C G
You know that ghost is me
C G/B
And I will never be set free
Am7 D G
As long as I' m a ghost that you can' t see
G
G
If I could read your mind love
F
What a tale your thoughts could tell
G
Just like a paperback novel
F
The kind that drugstores sell
G G7 C
When you reach the part where the heartaches come
D Em
The hero would be me
C G
But heroes often fail
C G/B
And you won' t read that book again
Am7 D G
Because the ending' s just too hard to take
G F G F
G G7 C
I' d walk away like a movie star
D Em
Who gets burned in a three way script
C G
Enter number two
C G/B
A movie queen to play the scene
Am7 D Em
Of bringing all the good things out in me
C G/B
But for now love, let' s be real
C G/B
* I never thought I could act this way *
Am7 D
And I' ve got to say that I just don' t get it
C G/B
I don' t know where we went wrong
Am7
But the feelin' s gone
D G
And I just can' t get it back
G
G
If you could read my mind love
F
What a tale my thoughts could tell
G
Just like an old time movie
F
' bout a ghost from a wishin' well
G G7 C
In a castle dark or a fortress strong
D Em
With chains upon my feet
C G
But stories always end
C G/B
And if you read between the lines
Am7 D Em
You' ll know that I' m just tryin' to understand
C G/B
The feelin' s that you lack
C G/B
I never thought I could feel this way
Am7 D
And I' ve got to say that I just don' t get it
C G/B
I don' t know where we went wrong
Am7
But the feelin' s gone
D G
And I just can' t get it back
F G