JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "If You Could Read My Mind" adalah lagu Gordon Lightfoot yang dirilis pada 1970.
Lagu ini dimuat dalam album berjudul Sit Down Young Stranger yang kemudian diubah menjadi If You Could Read My Mind.
Pengubahan tersebut dilatarbelakangi melejitnya singel "If You Could Read My Mind" yang menduduki peringkat kelima dalam tangga lagu Billboard Hot 100.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Sundown - Gordon Lightfoot
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu "If You Could Read My Mind" dari Gordon Lightfoot.
[Intro]
G
[Verse 1]
G
If you could read my mind love
F
What a tale my thoughts could tell
G
Just like an old time movie
F
'bout a ghost from a wishin' well
G C
In a castle dark or a fortress strong
D Em
With chains upon my feet
C G
You know that ghost is me
C G
And I will never be set free
Am D G
As long as I'm a ghost that you can't see
[Instrumental]
G
[Verse 2]
G
If I could read your mind love
F
What a tale your thoughts could tell
G
Just like a paperback novel
F
The kind that drugstores sell
G C
When you reach the part where the heartaches come
D Em
The hero would be me
C G
But heroes often fail
C G
And you won't read that book again
Am D G
Because the ending's just too hard to take
[Instrumental]
G F G F
[Verse 3]
G C
I'd walk away like a movie star
D Em
Who gets burned in a three way script
C G
Enter number two
C G
A movie queen to play the scene
Am D Em
Of bringing all the good things out in me
C G
But for now love, let's be real
C G
* I never thought I could act this way *
Am D
And I've got to say that I just don't get it
C G
I don't know where we went wrong
Am
But the feelin's gone
D G
And I just can't get it back
[Instrumental]
G
[Verse 4]
G
If you could read my mind love
F
What a tale my thoughts could tell
G
Just like an old time movie
F
'bout a ghost from a wishin' well
G C
In a castle dark or a fortress strong
D Em
With chains upon my feet
C G
But stories always end
C G
And if you read between the lines
Am D Em
You'll know that I'm just tryin' to understand
C G
The feelin's that you lack
C G
I never thought I could feel this way
Am D
And I've got to say that I just don't get it
C G
I don't know where we went wrong
Am
But the feelin's gone
D G
And I just can't get it back
[Outro]
F G
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