Johnny Cash – If You Could Read My Mind chords

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(Verse 1)

EIf you could read my mind, love

DWhat a tale my thoughts could tell

EJust like an old time movie

D'bout a ghost from a wishing-well

E        AIn a castle dark or a fortress strong

B        C#mWith chains around my feet

A        EYou know that ghost is me

A        C#mAnd I will never be set free

F#m7     B EAs long as there's a ghost that you can't see




(Verse 2)

EIf I could read your mind, love

DWhat a tale your thoughts would tell

EJust like a paperback novel

DThe kind that drugstores sell

E        AWhen you reach the part where the heartaches come

B        C#mThe hero would be me

A        EBut heroes often fail

E        C#mAnd you won't read that book again

F#m7     B      EBecause the ending's just too hard to take



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E D E D


E        AI'd walk away like a movie star

C#m      AWho gets burned in a three way script

B        EEnter number two

A        C#mA movie queen to play the scene

F#m7     B      EOf bringing all the good things out in me

A        EBut for now, love, let's be real

A        C#mI never thought I could act this way

F#m7     BAnd I've got to say that I just don't get it

A        C#mI don't know where we went wrong 

F#m7But the feeling's gone

B        EAnd I just can't get it back



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(Verse 3...)

EIf you could read my mind, love,

DWhat a tale my thoughts could tell

EJust like an old time movie

D'bout a ghost from a wishing-well

E        AIn a castle dark or a fortress strong

B        C#mWith chains from my feet

A EThe stories always end



A        C#mAnd if you read between the lines

F#m7     B      EYou’ll know that I’m just trying to understand

A        AThe feelings that you lack

A        C#mI never thought I could feel this way

F#m7     BAnd I've got to say that I just don't get it

A        C#mI don't know where we went wrong 

F#m7But the feeling's gone

BAnd I just can't get it back


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