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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
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IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND by Gordon Lightfoot (C) 1969, Early Morning Music

Transcribed by me, Matthew Fifer.  Mistakes (C), Me :-)
 

Notes: This is my first tab post and it took forever. It's really hard to 
       think and fingerpick at the same time! :^) Anyway, this is how I 
       play it. I have included some words to help you know where you are.
       Note that Gord rarely uses the high-E string. Also, to be in the same
       key as the recording, capo on the 2nd fret. Finally, view it with a 
       monospaced font to keep spacing correct. Whew!  

       I included the intro and a verse. I trust y'all can extrapolate the 
       rest of the tune from this.  If you see mistakes, let me know.

       Have fun!


INTRO (Repeat Twice) Also play between verses

  G             
|---------------------------------| 
|---------------------------------| 
|-----0-----0---2-----2-----2-4-0-| 
|---0-----0---0-----0-----0-------| 
|---------------------------------| 
|-3-----3---------3-----3---------| 


VERSE (repeat this part twice)

  G                               Dm6/F                            
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------0---------------0-------|
|-----0-----0---2-----2-----0---0-----2-----2---2-----2-----2---2-|
|---0-----0---------0-----0---------0---------0-----0---------0---|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3-----3-----3---3-----3-----3---1-----1---------1-----1---------|

      If you could...                 What a tale..
      Just like a...


VERSE Cont. 

  G                                C               D
|-----------------------------------------------------------------
|-----0-----0---0-----0-----0----------1-----1---1-----3-----3---3
|---0-----0---------0-----0------0---0-----0---------2-----2------
|-------0-----0--------------------------2-----2---0-----0-----0--
|-----------------------0-----2----3------------------------------
|-3---------------3-----------------------------------------------
  In a castle...             Or a fortress...      chains upon..


VERSE Cont.

  Em              C               G
|-----------------------------------------------------------------
|-----0-----0---0-----1-----1---1-----0-----0---0-----------------
|---0-----0---------0-----0---------0-----0-----------------------
|-------2-----2---------2-----2---------0-----0-------------------
|-----------------3-----------------------------------------------
|-0-------------------------------3-------------------------------

  Feet...         know that.      me


VERSE Finish

  C               G/B             Am7/sus4        D           GO TO INTRO...
|-----------------------------------------------------------------
|-----1-----1---------3-----3---3-----3-----3---3-----3-----3---3-
|---0-----0-----0---0-----0---------0-----0---------2-----2-------
|-------2-----2---------0-----0---------2-----2---0-----0---------
|-3---------------2---------------0-------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------2---
  I will..        be set free     long as I'm     Ghost   ........  See

COMMENTS:

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SHYTOWN	June 6, 2003, 5:19
IT'S GOOD BUT THE WHOLE SONG WOULD BE NICE

Mike	October 15, 2003, 20:14
Any way you could add all the lyrics?

Dawson	November 19, 2003, 17:49
Has anyone tried to get the lyrics and tabs for this song

geoff	January 18, 2004, 20:49
if u could read my mind love, what a tale my thoughts culd tell, just like an old time movie about a ghost froma wishin well!! and a castle dawn or a fortress straw with chains upon my feet, u know that ghost is me.... and i will never be set free as long as im a ghost u cant see!!! theres the stuff he left out

kook	February 17, 2004, 3:00
geoff's words not exact checkout www.all-good-tabs.com great song

Raymo

October 6, 2005, 17:23

If you could read my mind love
What a tale my thoughts could tell
Just like an old time movie
'Bout a ghost from a wishin' well
In a castle dark or a fortress strong
With chains upon my feet
You know that ghost is me
And I will never be set free
As long as I'm a ghost that you can't see
If I could read your mind love
What a tale your thoughts could tell
Just like a paperback novel
The kind that drugstores sell
When you reach the part where the heartaches come
The hero would be me
But heroes often fail
And you won't read that book again
Because the ending's just too hard to take

I'd walk away like a movie star
Who gets burned in a three way script
Enter number two
A movie queen to play the scene
Of bringing all the good things out in me
But for now love, let's be real
I never thought I could feel this way
And I've got to say that I just don't get it
I don't know where we went wrong
But the feelin's gone
And I just can't get it back

If you could read my mind love
What a tale my thoughts could tell
Just like an old time movie
'Bout a ghost from a wishin' well
In a castle dark or a fortress strong
With chains upon my feet
But stories always end
And if you read between the lines
You'll know that I'm just tryin' to understand
The feelin's that you lack
I never thought I could feel this way
And I've got to say that I just don't get it
I don't know where we went wrong
But the feelin's gone
And I just can't get it back

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