Johnny Cash - If you could read my mind

^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^E7und my feet^{A B C#m A}You know that ghost is ^Eme A Emaj7/G# F#m7 B E And I will never be set free as long as there's a ghost that you can't see ^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^Bo would be me ^{C#m A}But heroes often fai^El, A Emaj7/G# F#m7 B And you won't read that book again be cause the ending's just too hard to take ^{E E} I'd walk away^E7 like a mo^Avie star who gets bu^Brned in a three-way script ^{C#m A}Enter number two ^E A Emaj7/G# F#m7 B/D# C#m A movie queen to play the scene of bringin' all the good things out in me But for n^Aow, love, let's be re^Eal A Emaj7/G# F#m7 B I never thought I could act this way and I've got to say that I just don'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^Aress strong with ch^Bains upon my feet ^C#m But s^Atories always e^End A Emaj7/G# F#m7 B/D# If you read between the lines, you'll know that I'm just tryin' to understand ^C#m The f^Aeelings that you la^Eck A Emaj7/G# F#m7 B I never thought I could feel this way and I've got to say that I just don't

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