If You Could Read My Mind Gordon Lightfoot
IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND by Gordon Lightfoot (C) 1969, Early Morning Music
Transcribed by me, Matthew Fifer. Mistakes (C), Me :-)
Notes: This is my first tab post and it took forever. It's really hard to
think and fingerpick at the same time! :^) Anyway, this is how I
play it. I have included some words to help you know where you are.
Note that Gord rarely uses the high-E string. Also, to be in the same
key as the recording, capo on the 2nd fret. Finally, view it with a
monospaced font to keep spacing correct. Whew!
I included the intro and a verse. I trust y'all can extrapolate the
rest of the tune from this. If you see mistakes, let me know.
Have fun!
INTRO (Repeat Twice) Also play between verses
G |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |-----0-----0---2-----2-----2-4-0-| |---0-----0---0-----0-----0-------| |---------------------------------| |-3-----3---------3-----3---------|
[G]
VERSE (repeat this part twice)
G Dm6/F |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------0---------------0-------| |-----0-----0---2-----2-----0---0-----2-----2---2-----2-----2---2-| |---0-----0---------0-----0---------0---------0-----0---------0---| |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |-3-----3-----3---3-----3-----3---1-----1---------1-----1---------|
[G] If you could... [Dm6/F] What a tale..
Just like a...
VERSE Cont.
G C D |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----0-----0---0-----0-----0----------1-----1---1-----3-----3---3-| |---0-----0---------0-----0------0---0-----0---------2-----2-------| |-------0-----0--------------------------2-----2---0-----0-----0---| |-----------------------0-----2----3-------------------------------| |-3---------------3------------------------------------------------|
[G] In a castle... Or a[C] fortress... ch[D]ains upon..
VERSE Cont.
Em C G |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |-----0-----0---0-----1-----1---1-----0-----0---0-----------------| |---0-----0---------0-----0---------0-----0-----------------------| |-------2-----2---------2-----2---------0-----0-------------------| |-----------------3-----------------------------------------------| |-0-------------------------------3-------------------------------|
Fe[Em]et... [C]know that ghost is[G] me
VERSE Finish
C G/B Am7/sus4 D GO TO INTRO... |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |-----1-----1---------3-----3---3-----3-----3---3-----3-----3---3-| |---0-----0-----0---0-----0---------0-----0---------2-----2-------| |-------2-----2---------0-----0---------2-----2---0-----0---------| |-3---------------2---------------0-------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------2---|
[C]I will.. [G/B]be set free as [Am7/sus4] long as I'm a [D] Ghost that you can't see [G]
GO TO INTRO...
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