If You Could Read My Mind Gordon Lightfoot

by Gordon Lightfoot

Date Added
8/11/2025
**Chords:**
G  C  G  C
Em  A  D  G
C  G  C  G
Em  A  D  G

If you could read my mind, love  
G             C        G     C  
What a tale my thoughts could tell  
Em                   A          D       G  
Just like an old-time movie  
C                 G        C     G  
'Bout a ghost from a wishing well  
Em                  A         D         G  
In a castle dark or a fortress strong  
C               G        C        G  
With chains upon my feet  
Em               A          D        G  
You know that ghost is me  

If I could read your mind, love  
G             C        G     C  
What a tale your thoughts could tell  
Em                   A          D       G  
Just like a paperback novel  
C                 G        C     G  
The kind the drugstores sell  
Em                  A         D         G  
When you reach the part where the heartaches come  
C               G        C        G  
The hero would be me  
Em               A          D        G  
But heroes often fail