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 (022xxx@1)                B/D#You (x2544x@1)could stay a while longer
         C#m7 (x4242x@1)           B5 (x244xx@1)       AWe (x02220@1)could stay up and talk about last summer
         E5 (022xxx@1)           B/D#We (x2544x@1)could go down to the water
          C#m7 (x4242x@1) B5 (x244xx@1)  AWatch (x02220@1)the sunset going under

Pre-Chorus 1
     C#m7 (x4242x@1)         B5 (x244xx@1)               AIt's (x02220@1)not that I'm a stranger to lonely moments
     E5 (022xxx@1)   B/D# (x2544x@1)   A (x02220@1)   C5I've (x355xx@1)had my share of those

Chorus
             E5Please (022xxx@1)don't go
             B/D# (x2544x@1)   C#m7Please (x4242x@1)don't leave me alone
  A (x02220@1)              B5 (x244xx@1)      E5 (022xxx@1)(E F#G#) (244322@1)A mirror's so much harder to hold

Verse 2
        E5 (022xxx@1)              B/D#I (x2544x@1)could try and point the finger
        C#m7 (x4242x@1)          B5 (x244xx@1)  ABut (x02220@1)the glass points in my direction
(A BD#) (x2444x@1) E5 (022xxx@1)           B/D#Sure, (x2544x@1)you got your sharp edges
       C#m7 (x4242x@1)             B5 (x244xx@1)    ABut (x02220@1)my wounds are from my own reflection

Pre-Chorus 2
           C#m7 (x4242x@1)          B5 (x244xx@1)        AYou've (x02220@1)got nothing I could ever hold against you
      E5 (022xxx@1)           B/D# (x2544x@1)  A (x02220@1) C5I (x355xx@1)got fatal flaws to call my own

Chorus

Bridge
        F#5 (244xxx@1)                 B/D#I (x2544x@1)met a man who's looking for perfection
        F#5 (244xxx@1)                       B/D#Said (x2544x@1)he never met a girl who's good enough
    G#His (xx1114@1)eyes are getting old
            ALike (x02220@1)they'd love to love again
       C# (x43121@1)   B5 (x244xx@1)F#(no5)
Such a lonely m---an
       B5 (x244xx@1)                B(no3)
Such a lonely man, eww eww eww

Verse 3
      E5 (022xxx@1)          B/D#I (x2544x@1)see him in my reflection
       C#m7 (x4242x@1)        B5 (x244xx@1)     A (x02220@1) (A BD#) (x2444x@1)Taking steps towards me these days
     E5 (022xxx@1)               B/D#So (x2544x@1)I hold you that much closer
    C#m7 (x4242x@1)        B5 (x244xx@1)       AAnd (x02220@1)pray we don't throw this away

Pre-Chorus 3
     C#m7 (x4242x@1)         B5 (x244xx@1)             AIt's (x02220@1)not that I'm a man who couldn't love you
  E5 (022xxx@1)            B/D# (x2544x@1)   A (x02220@1) C5I (x355xx@1)know what these arms are for

Chorus
             E5Please (022xxx@1)don't go
             B/D# (x2544x@1)   C#m7Please (x4242x@1)don't leave me alone
  A (x02220@1)              B5 (x244xx@1)      E5 (022xxx@1) B/D#A (x2544x@1)mirror's so much harder to hold
  C#m7 (x4242x@1)           B5 (x244xx@1)      AA (x02220@1)mirror's so much harder to hold
(A BD#) (x2444x@1)    E5Please (022xxx@1)don't go
             B/D# (x2544x@1)   C#m7Please (x4242x@1)don't leave me cold
  A (x02220@1)       B5 (x244xx@1)      E5 (022xxx@1)(E F#G#) (244322@1)A mirror is harder to hold

*Chords Used
    E5 (022xxx@1)B5 (x244xx@1)A (x02220@1)B/D# (x2544x@1)C#m7 (x4242x@1)C5 (x355xx@1)
 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--|