[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                G7      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/B
And I will never be set free
   Am7           D                    G
As long as I'm a ghost that you can't see
 
 
[Instrumental]
 
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[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                       G7             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/B
And you won't read that book again
   Am7               D                G
Because the ending's just too hard to take
 
 
[Instrumental]
 
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[Verse 3]
 
G           G7         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/B
A movie queen to play the scene
   Am7              D                  Em
Of bringing all the good things out in me
        C                  G/B
But for now love, let's be real
    C                     G/B
* I never thought I could act this way *
         Am7               D
And I've got to say that I just don't get it
C                     G/B
   I don't know where we went wrong
        Am7
But the feelin's gone
      D                 G
And I just can't get it back
 
 
[Instrumental]
 
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[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                 G7      C
    In a castle dark or a fortress strong
     D              Em
With chains upon my feet
    C              G
But stories always end
    C             G/B
And if you read between the lines
       Am7                D              Em
You'll know that I'm just tryin' to understand
    C                 G/B
The feelin's that you lack
  C                     G/B
I never thought I could feel this way
         Am7               D
And I've got to say that I just don't get it
C                     G/B
   I don't know where we went wrong
        Am7
But the feelin's gone
      D                 G
And I just can't get it back
 
 
[Outro]
 
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