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Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":405835,"song":"If You Could Read My Mind","artist":"Johnny Cash","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/405835-if-you-could-read-my-mind-chords-by-johnny-cash/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/405835?type=chord","rating":4.91134,"votes":128,"content":"If You Could Read My Mind\r\nAlbum: American V: A Hundred Highways\r\nArtist: Johnny Cash\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nIf you could read my mind, love[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhat a tale my thoughts could tell[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nJust like an old time movie[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n'bout a ghost from a wishing-well[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn a castle dark or a fortress strong[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nWith chains upon my feet[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou know that ghost is me[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAnd I will never be set free[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bm7[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAs long as I'm a ghost you can't see[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nIf I could read your mind, love[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhat a tale your thoughts could tell[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nJust like a paperback novel[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe kind that drugstores sell[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen you reach the part where the heartaches come[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nThe hero would be me[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd heroes often fail[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAnd you won't read that book again[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch]                     [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBecause the ending's just too hard to take[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Middle Section]\r\n[ch]A[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'd walk away like a movie star[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E[/ch]                     [ch]F#m[/ch]                   \r\nWho gets burned in a three way script[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd enter number two[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nA movie queen to play the scene[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOf bringing all the good things out in me[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut for now, love, let's be real[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nI never thought I could act this way[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bm7[/ch]                     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd I've got to say that I just don't get it[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nI don't know where we went wrong [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bm7[/ch]\r\nBut the feeling's gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I just can't get it back[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]A[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nIf you could read my mind, love,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhat a tale my thoughts could tell[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nJust like an old time movie[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n'bout a ghost from a wishing-well[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn a castle dark or a fortress strong[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nWith chains upon my feet[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe story always ends[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAnd if you read between the lines[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bm7[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou’ll know that I’m just trying to understand[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe feeling that you lack[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nI never thought I could feel this way[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bm7[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd I've got to say that I just don't get it[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nI don't know where we went wrong [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bm7[/ch]\r\nBut the feeling's gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd I just can't get it back[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]A[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  end on [ch]A[/ch]","plain_text":"If You Could Read My Mind\nAlbum: American V: A Hundred Highways\nArtist: Johnny Cash\n\n[Intro]\nA\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Middle Section]\nA  G  A  G\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA  G  A  G\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA  G  end on 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