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G/B Am7sus4 D --------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------| --------3--------3--------|--------3--------3--------|--------3--------3--------| --------0--------0-----0--|--------0--------0-----0--|-----2--------2--------2--| -----0--------------0-----|-----2--------------2-----|--0--------0--------------| --2--------2--2-----------|--0--------0--0-----------|--------------------------| --------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------4-----| G --------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------| --------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------| --------0-----------0--2--|--------0-----------0-----|--------------------------| -----0-----------0--------|-----0-----------0-----0--|-----0--3--3--3--2--2--2--| --------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------| --5--------5--5-----------|--5--------5--5-----------|--3--------3--3-----------| --------------------------|------------------------|| --------------------------|------------------------|| --------------------------|------------------------|| --2--0--0--0--0-----------|------------------------|| -----------------3--3--3--|--3--2--2--0--0h-2------|| --3--------3--3-----------|--3-----------5---------|| [verse 1] If you could read my mind love What-a tale my thoughts could tell Just like an old time mo-vie 'bout a ghost from a wish-ing-well In a ca-stle dark or a for-tress strong With chains u-pon my feet You know that ghost is me And I will ne-ver be set free As long as I'm a ghost you can't see [verse 2] If I could read your mind, love What a tale your thoughts could tell Just like a paper-back no-vel The kind that drug-stores sell When you reach the part where the heart-aches come The he-ro would be me And her-oes of-ten fail And you won't read that book a-gain Be-cause the en-ding's just too hard to take [bridge 1] I'd walk a-way like a mo-vie star Who gets burned in a three way script And en-ter num-ber two A mo-vie queen to play the scene Of bring-ing all the good things out in me But for now, love, let's be real I ne-ver 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 feel-in's gone And I just can't get it back [verse 3] If you could read my mind love What-a tale my thoughts could tell Just like an old time mo-vie 'bout a ghost from a wish-ing-well In a ca-stle dark or a for-tress strong With chains u-pon my feet The sto-ry al-ways ends And if you read between the lines You'll know that I'm just tryin' to un-der-stand The feel-in's that you lack I ne-ver knew 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 feel-in's gone And I just can't get it back