Jon Foreman
A Mirror Is Harder To Hold
Summer EP -- 2008
Tuning - Standard (E A D G B E)
*Chords are listed at end of song
Hit the root note of each chord before playing it through out the song (just listen;
hear it). Also, symbols in parentheses represent single notes -- not chords. Or a “walk
so to speak.
Ex. E5 (E F# G#)
e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|--9-------------|
D|--9-------------|
A|--7---7--9--11--|
E|----------------|
Intro
E5 B5 A
E5 B/D# A
E5 B/D# C#m7
A B5 E5 (E F# G#)
Verse 1
E5 B/D#
You could stay a while longer
C#m7 B5 A
We could stay up and talk about last summer
E5 B/D#
We could go down to the water
C#m7 B5 A
Watch the sunset going under
Pre-Chorus 1
C#m7 B5 A
It’s not that I’m a stranger to lonely moments
E5 B/D# A C5
I’ve had my share of those
Chorus
E5
Please don’t go
B/D# C#m7
Please don’t leave me alone
A B5 E5 (E F# G#)
A mirror’s so much harder to hold
Verse 2
E5 B/D#
I could try and point the finger
C#m7 B5 A
But the glass points in my direction
(A B D#) E5 B/D#
Sure, you got your sharp edges
C#m7 B5 A
But my wounds are from my own reflection
Pre-Chorus 2
C#m7 B5 A
You’ve got nothing I could ever hold against you
E5 B/D# A C5
I got fatal flaws to call my own
Chorus
Bridge
F#5 B/D#
I met a man who’s looking for perfection
F#5 B/D#
Said he never met a girl who’s good enough
G#
His eyes are getting old
A
Like they’d love to love again
C# B5 F#(no5)
Such a lonely m---an
B5 B(no3)
Such a lonely man, eww eww eww
Verse 3
E5 B/D#
I see him in my reflection
C#m7 B5 A (A B D#)
Taking steps towards me these days
E5 B/D#
So I hold you that much closer
C#m7 B5 A
And pray we don’t throw this away
Pre-Chorus 3
C#m7 B5 A
It’s not that I’m a man who couldn’t love you
E5 B/D# A C5
I know what these arms are for
Chorus
E5
Please don’t go
B/D# C#m7
Please don’t leave me alone
A B5 E5 B/D#
A mirror’s so much harder to hold
C#m7 B5 A
A mirror’s so much harder to hold
(A B D#) E5
Please don't go
B/D# C#m7
Please don’t leave me cold
A B5 E5 (E F# G#)
A mirror is harder to hold
*Chords Used
E5 B5 A B/D# C#m7 C5
C#5 F#(no5) B(no3)
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------6-------------------------------|
G|--9-------6---8-----4---------5------------------9--|
D|--9---9---7---9-----7----10---6---11----8--------x--|
A|--7---9---7---6-----4----10---6---11----9--------9--|
E|------7---5---------------8---4----9----6--------7--|
