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If You Could Read My Mind

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Johnny Cash (born J.R. Cash; February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and author. He is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold more than 90 million records worldwide. Although primarily remembered as a country music icon, his genre-spanning songs and sound embraced rock and roll, rockabilly, blues, folk, and gospel.

Cash was known for his deep, calm bass-baritone voice

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If You Could Read My Mind
Album: American V: A Hundred Highways
Artist: Johnny Cash

Intro E

(Verse 1)

E
If you could read my mind, love
Dadd9
What a tale my thoughts could tell
E
Just like an old time movie
Dadd9
'bout a ghost from a wishing-well
E A
In a castle dark or a fortress strong
B C#m
With chains upon my feet
A E
You know that ghost is me
A C#m
And I will never be set free
Fm A E
As long as I'm a ghost you can't see

(Verse 2)
E
If I could read your mind, love
Dadd9
What a tale your thoughts could tell
E
Just like a paperback novel
Dadd9
The kind that drugstores sell
E A
When you reach the part where the heartaches come
B C#m
The hero would be me
A E
And heroes often fail
A C#m
And you won't read that book again
Fm B E
Because the ending's just too hard to take

(Middle section)

E Dadd9 E Dadd9

E A
I'd walk away like a movie star
B C#m
Who gets burned in a three way script
A E
And enter number two
A C#m
A movie queen to play the scene
Fm B A
Of bringing all the good things out in me
E
But for now, love, let's be real
A C#m
I never thought I could act this way
Fm B
And I've got to say that I just don't get it
A C#m
I don't know where we went wrong
Fm
But the feeling's gone
B E
And I just can't get it back

E Dadd9 E Dadd9

(Verse 3...)

E
If you could read my mind, love,
Dadd9
What a tale my thoughts could tell
E
Just like an old time movie
Dadd9
'bout a ghost from a wishing-well
E A
In a castle dark or a fortress strong
B C#m
With chains upon my feet
A E
The story always ends
A C#m
And if you read between the lines
Fm B C#m
You’ll know that I’m just trying to understand
A E
The feeling that you lack
A C#m
I never thought I could feel this way
Fm B
And I've got to say that I just don't get it
A C#m
I don't know where we went wrong
Fm
But the feeling's gone
B
And I just can't get it back

E Dadd9 end on E