If You Could Read My Mind Gordon Lightfoot Gordon Lightfoot Standard tuning; Capo 2nd [4/4]/Cut-time ======================================================================== Transcription ======================================================================== [Intro] ;G , : {1,2} [Verse 1] 1) ;G , ,Dm6/F , , {3,4,11,12} , 9) G , ,C ,D , 13) Em ,C ,G ,C , 17) G/B ,A7sus4 ,D ; [Transition 1] ;G , : {13} [Verse 2] {14,15} [Interlude] {5} [Verse 3] {6,7,8} [Transition 2] {9} [Verse 4] {7,8} [Outro] {10} ======================================================================== Notes ======================================================================== 1. See L1; front and back 2. Play twice 3. Pattern 'A' 4. Play pattern 'A' twice 5. Play first eight bars of [Verse 1] 6. Start [Verse 1] sequence at bar 9 & play to bar 19 7. Repeat [Verse 1] sequence from bar 13 to 19 8. Repeat [Verse 1] sequence from bar 16 to 19 9. Play [Intro] 10. Play pattern 'A' 11. Play L1; back 12. Play L2; back over Dm6/F 13. Play L1; front or back 14. Play L1; front. Drop 'A' note 15. Play L2; front 16. Play L3 ======================================================================== Chords ======================================================================== EADGBe 654321 ------ G 3x000x Gadd9 3x020x Dm6/F 1x020x G/F 1x000x C x3201x D x0023x Em 02200x G/B x2003x A7sus4 x0203x ======================================================================== Licks ======================================================================== L1 Front ;1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , :1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , : e-|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B-|--------0-----------0-----------|--------0-----------0-----------| G-|----0-----------0-----------2---|----2-----------2-----------0---| D-|------------0-----------0-------|------------0-----------0-------| A-|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E-|3-------------------------------|3-------------------------------| Back ;1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , :1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , : e-|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B-|----0-----------0---------------|----0-----------0---------------| G-|--------0-----------0-------2---|--------2-----------2-------0---| D-|------------0-----------0-------|------------0-----------0-------| A-|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E-|3-------------------------------|3-------------------------------| L2 Front ;1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , :1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , : e-|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B-|--------0-----------0-----------|--------0-----------0-----------| G-|----2-----------2-----------2---|----2-----------2-----------2---| D-|------------0-----------0-------|------------0-----------0-------| A-|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E-|1-------------------------------|1-------------------------------| Back ;1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , :1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , : e-|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B-|----0-----------0-----------0---|--------0-----------0-----------| G-|--------2-----------2-----------|----2-----------2-----------2---| D-|------------0-----------0-------|------------0-----------0-------| A-|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E-|1-------------------------------|1-------------------------------| L3 ;1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , :1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , : e-|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B-|--------0-----------0-----------|--------0-----------0-------2---| G-|----0-----------0-----------0---|----2-----------2---------------| D-|------------0-----------0-------|------------0-----------0-------| A-|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E-|3-------------------------------|3-------------------------------| ;1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , :1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , : e-|--------------------------------|--------2---------------2-------| B-|--------1-----------1-----------|--------3---------------3-------| G-|----0-----------0---------------|----2-------2-------2-----------| D-|------------0h2-----------------|0-------------------------------| A-|3-----------------------3-------|----------------0---------------| E-|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| L4 ;1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , :1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , : e-|--------0-----------0-----------|--------------------------------| B-|--------0-----------0-----------|--------1-----------1-----------| G-|----0-----------0---------------|----0-----------0---------------| D-|------------0-------------------|------------0h2-----------------| A-|------------------------2-------|3-----------------------3-------| E-|0-------------------------------|--------------------------------| ;1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , :1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , : e-|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B-|--------0-----------0-----------|--------1-----------1-----------| G-|----0-----------0---------------|----0-----------0---------------| D-|------------0-----------0-------|------------0h2---------2-------| A-|--------------------------------|3---------------------------3---| E-|3---------------------------3---|--------------------------------| ;1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , :1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , : e-|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B-|--------3-----------3-----------|--------3-----------3-----------| G-|----0-----------0---------------|----0-----------0---------------| D-|------------------------0-------|------------2-------------------| A-|2-----------2---------------2---|0-----------------------0---0---| E-|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| ;1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , :1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , : e-|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B-|--------3-----------3-----------|--------------------------------| G-|----2-----------2---------------|--------------------------------| D-|0-------------------------------|--------------------------------| A-|------------0-------------------|--------------------------------| E-|------------------------2-------|--------------------------------| ======================================================================== Lyrics ======================================================================== 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 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 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 ======================================================================== ======================================================================== ======================================================================== ======================================================================== ;1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , :1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , : e-|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B-|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G-|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| D-|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| A-|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E-|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| ======================================================================== ======================================================================== Transcription: .=lead-in begin ;=section begin :=section end ,=measure separator (bar line) {=comment/note begin }=comment/note end [=section name begin ]=section name end ?=Fermata Chords: A-G=chord name 2,3,4,5,6,7,9,11,13=note number add=add aug=augmented dim=diminished b=flat #=sharp m=minor maj=major M=major @$%^&*=token for a chord name a-z=more tokens for chord name '=2nd voicing ''=3rd voicing Licks: Ln=lick definition (n=1-9) h=hammer on p=pull off r=bend and release s=slide v=bend Usage: o '.' lead-in to a section o ';' or ':' can substitue for ',' o only chord name, token, lick, or '{}' can lie between ',' or ';' or ':' o anything between '{}' is either a note reference or is user defined o ' '=one beat in [4/4] time; (four spaces) o 'literal' transcription o 'footnote' transcription o 'combination' transcription o 'implied' transcription ========================================================================