Gordon Lightfoot – If You Could Read My Mind tab ver. 4

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                If You Could Read My Mind - Gordon Lightfoot
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Tabbed by:fnljstce
Email:pjschlein@gmail.com


Capo second fret is usual, but you could change it to go with your voice.


This tab shows how to do the whole song fingerpicking with a single guitar.
I left out most variations/fills 'cause they're more for when there's at least two guitars. 
Suggestions are welcome. 


Notes
(1) I like to use the D as a bass note too-it just sounds good.
(2) Here, do random picking. I gave a specific pattern as an example,
but you can do anything with it
(3) On the chorus, I think it normally is just the G twice for the first time G shows up. 
It just sounded drawn out to me, so I switched one G out for G/B. 
I put G/B first because the build sounds dramatic going G C D E. 
(4) I really had no clue what to do for the fill/outro.
 I played with a bunch of different stuff, and just kind of settled with what sounded okay. 
I'll gladly take suggestions for this part!  


Chords:    
G     320003     Dm6/F 1x020x     C     X32010  
D     X00232     Em    022000     G/B   X2003x     Am7   X02030

 
Intro/Interlude G (1) G |----------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------0-----0----------------------------0-----0-------||-----0-----0---2-------2-----2---0------0-----0---2-------2-----2---0-||---0-----0---0-----0-----0-----0------0-----0---0-----0-----0-----0---||----------------------------------------------------------------------||-3-----3----------------------------3-----3---------------------------|
Verse: G Dm6/F (2) |----------------------------------------------------------------------||----------------------0-----0----------------------0-----0---0--------||------0-----0---2-------2-----2---0------2-----2-------2-------2------||----0-----0---0-----0-----0-----0------0-----0-------0-----0-----0----||----------------------------------------------------------------------||--3-----3----------------------------1-----1-----1--------------------|
Chorus: G/B(3) G C D Em(let Ring, obviously)|-----------------3----------0------2-----2-----0---------------------||------3------0-----0----1-----1------3-----3---0---------------------||--------0------0-----0----0-----0------2-----------------------------||----0-----0------------------------0---------------------------------||--2----------2----------3----------------------2---------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------|
C G G C G/B Am7 D G|-----0----------3----------3----------0--------------------------2-----2----3-||-1-----1----0-----0---0------0----1-----1-------3----------3-------3-----3--0-||---0-----0----0-----0----0-----0----0-----0-------0------0---0-------2--------||----------------------------------------------0-----0--2-------2-0----------2-||-3----------2---------2-----------3---------2---------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Fill(4): G |----------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------0-----0------------------------------------||-----0-----0---2-------2-----2----------------------------------||---0-----0---0-----0-----0------10-10-10/9-9-9-9/7-7-7-7---7-0--||---------------------------------------------------------8------||-3-----3--------------------------------------------------------|
Outro: G |----------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------0-----0------------------------------------||-----0-----0---2-------2-----2----------------------------------||---0-----0---0-----0-----0--------------------------------------||--------------------------------6-6-6/5-5-5-5/3-3-3-3-2-2-0-0h2-||-3-----3--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------- [intro once or twice] G Dm6/F If you could read my mind love, what a tale my thoughts could tell G Dm6/F Just like an old time movie 'bout a ghost from a wishin' well G/B G C D Em In a castle dark or a fortress strong with chains upon my feet C G G You know that ghost is me C G/B Am7 D G And I will never be set free as long as I'm a ghost that you can't see [intro] G Dm6/F If I could read your mind love, what a tale your thoughts could tell G Dm6/F Just like a paperback novel the kind that drugstores sell G/B G C D Em When you reach the part where the heartaches come the hero would be me C G G But heroes often fail C G/B Am7 D G And you won't read that book again because the ending's just too hard to take [Fillx2] G/B G C D Em I'd walk away like a movie star who gets burned in a three way script C G G Enter number two C G/B Am7 D Em A movie queen to play the scene of bringing all the good things out in me C G G But for now love, let's be real C G/B Am7 D I never thought I could act this way and I've got to say that I just don't get it C G/B Am7 D G I don't know where we went wrong but the feelin's gone and I just can't get it back [Intro] G Dm6/F If you could read my mind love, what a tale my thoughts could tell G Dm6/F Just like an old time movie 'bout a ghost from a wishin' well G/B G C D Em In a castle dark or a fortress strong with chains upon my feet C G G But stories always end C G/B Am7 D Em And if you read between the lines you'll know that I'm just tryin' to understand C G G The feelin's that you lack C G/B Am7 D I never thought I could feel this way and I've got to say that I just don't get it C G/B Am7 D G I don't know where we went wrong but the feelin's gone And I just can't get it back [Outro] ************************************ | / slide up | \ slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | + harmonic | x Mute note | b Bend | pb Pre-bend | br Bend release | pbr Pre-bend release | brb Bend release bend ************************************
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