If You Could Read My Mind Chords & Lyrics by Johnny Cash
If You Could Read My Mind
guitar chords lyrics
intro E
(Verse 1)
E
If you could read my mind, love
D
What a tale my thoughts could tell
E
Just like an old time movie
D
'bout a ghost from a wishing-well
E A
In a castle dark or a fortress strong
B C#m
With chains around my feet
A E
You know that ghost is me
A C#m
And I will never be set free
F#m7 B E
As long as there's a ghost that you can't see
(Verse 2)
E
If I could read your mind, love
D
What a tale your thoughts would tell
E
Just like a paperback novel
D
The kind that drugstores sell
E A
When you reach the part where the heartaches come
B C#m
The hero would be me
A E
But heroes often fail
E C#m
And you won't read that book again
F#m7 B E
Because the ending's just too hard to take
(Middle section)
E D E D
E A
I'd walk away like a movie star
C#m A
Who gets burned in a three way script
B E
Enter number two
A C#m
A movie queen to play the scene
F#m7 B E
Of bringing all the good things out in me
A E
But for now, love, let's be real
A C#m
I never thought I could act this way
F#m7 B
And I've got to say that I just don't get it
A C#m
I don't know where we went wrong
F#m7
But the feeling's gone
B E
And I just can't get it back
E E
(Verse 3...)
E
If you could read my mind, love,
D
What a tale my thoughts could tell
E
Just like an old time movie
D
'bout a ghost from a wishing-well
E A
In a castle dark or a fortress strong
B C#m
With chains from my feet
A E
The stories always end
A C#m
And if you read between the lines
F#m7 B E
You’ll know that I’m just trying to understand
A A
The feelings that you lack
A C#m
I never thought I could feel this way
F#m7 B
And I've got to say that I just don't get it
A C#m
I don't know where we went wrong
F#m7
But the feeling's gone
B
And I just can't get it back
E D end on E!
