If You Could Read My Mind
Johnny CashVersion1
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D-DU-UDU
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 fort-ress strong with chains around my feet
You know that ghost is me
And I will never be set free as long as there's a ghost that you can't see
If I could read your mind, love, what a tale your thoughts would tell
Just like a paperback novel, the kind that drugstore's sell
When you reach the part where the heart aches come, the hero would be me
But heroes often fail,
And you won't read that book again be cause 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 bringin' all the good things out in me
But for now, love, let's be real
I never thought I could act 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 feeling'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
If you read between the lines, you'll know that I'm just tryin' to
understand
The feelings 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 feeling's gone and I just can't
get it back
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Readable chord sheet for If You Could Read My Mind by Johnny Cash
[E] [Dmaj9] [Dmaj9] [E]
[E] [Dmaj9] [Dmaj9]
[E] If you could read my mind, love, [Dmaj9] what a tale my thoughts could tell
[E] Just like an old time movie [Dmaj9] 'bout a ghost from a wishin' well
[E]
In a castle dark, or a fort-ress strong with chains aro[E7]und my feet[A] [B] [C#m]
[A]You know that ghost is [E]me
And [A]I will never [Emaj7]be set[Ab] free as l[F#m7]ong as there's a gh[B]ost that you can't see [E]
[E] If I could read your mind, love,[Dmaj9] what a tale your thoughts would tell
[E] Just like a paperback novel,[Dmaj9] the kind that drugstore's sell
[E] When you reach the part[E7] where the heart[A] aches come, the her[B]o would be me [C#m]
[A]But heroes often fai[E]l,
And [A]you won't read that b[Emaj7]ook ag[Ab]ain be[F#m7] cause the ending's ju[B]st too hard to
take [E]
[E] I'd walk away[E7] like a mo[A]vie star who gets bu[B]rned in a three-way script [C#m]
[A]Enter number two [E]
A [A]movie queen to [Emaj7]play t[Ab]he scene of br[F#m7]ingin' all the go[B/D#]od things out in me[C#m]
But for n[A]ow, love, let's be re[E]al
[A]I never thought I could a[Emaj7]ct thi[Ab]s way and I've g[F#m7]ot to say that I ju[B]st don't
get it
[A] I don't know where [Emaj7]we wen[Ab]t wrong, but the f[F#m7]eeling's gone and I ju[B/D#]st can't
get it back [E]
[E] If you could read my mind, love,[Dmaj9] what a tale my thoughts could tell
[E] Just like an old time movie [Dmaj9] 'bout a ghost from a wishin' well
[E] In a castle dark[E7], or a fort[A]ress strong with ch[B]ains upon my feet [C#m]
But s[A]tories always e[E]nd
[A]If you read bet[Emaj7]ween t[Ab]he lines, you'll k[F#m7]now that I'm just try[B/D#]in' to
understand [C#m]
The f[A]eelings that you la[E]ck
I [A]never thought I could f[Emaj7]eel th[Ab]is way and I've g[F#m7]ot to say that I ju[B]st don't
get it
[A] I don't know where [Emaj7]we wen[Ab]t wrong, but the fe[F#m7]eling's gone and I ju[B/D#]st can't
get it back [E]
[E] [Dmaj9] [Dmaj9] [E]
[E] [Dmaj9] [Dmaj9] [E]