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          E7
In a castle dark,  
       A                    B             C#m
Or a fortress strong, with chains around my feet.  
      A                 E
You know that ghost is me,  
    A           E
And I will never be set free,  
     A                B                  E
As long as there?s a ghost that you can't see.  
  
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 the drugstores sell.  
E                    E7
When you reached the part  
            A                   B          C#m
Where the heartaches come, the hero would be me.  
      A           E
But heroes often fail.  
     A                   E
And you won't read that book again,  
   A                  B               E
Because the ending's just too hard to take.  
  
E  D   E   D    E   D

 E       E7
I'd walk away  
         A                     B                 C#m
Like a movie star, who gets burned in a three-way script.  
 A            E
Enter number two:  
   A              E
A movie queen to play the scene  
      A             B                 E
Of bringing all the good things out in me   
  
         A                 E
But for now, love, let's be real.  
   A                    E
I never thought, I could act this way.  
          A                 B
And I've got to say that I just don't get it.  
   A               E
I don't know where we went wrong,  
            A                 B                 E
 But the feeling's gone, and I just can't get it back.  
 
  
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          E7
In a castle dark,  
        A                    B           C#m
Or a fortress strong, with chains upon my feet.  
       A           E
But stories always end 
    A        E
If you read between the lines 
        A                B           E
Tou?ll know that I?m just trying to understand 
      A              E
The feelings that you lack 
   A               E
I never thought I could feel this way 
        A                B
and I?ve got to say that I just don?t get it 
   A               E
I don't know where we went wrong,  
           A                  B                 E
 But the feeling's gone, and I just can't get it back.  
 
E   D   E   D   E   fade