A Mirror is Harder to Hold by Jon Foreman
(From his Summer EP)

Tabbed by: thegeniusboy05@hotmail.com / james.slegers@gmail.com

The other tab on here is in the key of E, and it's alright, but the tone isn't as 
nuanced as what Jon plays.  Here it is, as he plays it, in the key of C, Capo4

Capo 4, Standard Tuning

   Am  Am/G  F  C  E7  Em7/B Gadd4/B A7 G  G# D/F#  Cadd2->C   F  G->C walk
e|-0---0-----1--0--0---0-----0-------0--3--4--2---|--0--0----|-1-----------0-|
B|-1---1-----1--1--0---0-----1-------2--0--4--3---|--1--1----|-1-----------1-|
G|-2---2-----2--0--1---0-----0-------0--0--5--2---|--0--0----|-2-(2)-------0-|
D|-2---2-----3--2--0---0-----0-------2--0--6--0---|--0--2----|-3-(3)-------2-|
A|-0---0-----3--3--2---2-----2-------0--2--6--0---|--3--3----|-3--x--0--2--3-|
E|-----3-----1-----0--------------------3--4--2---|----------|-1--3----------|


Intro
Am Am/G F
C E7 F
C Gadd4/B A7
F G  C(add2 C)

          C (x32010@1)          Gadd4/B
You could stay a while longer

         Am (x02210@1)             Am/G (302210@1)     FWe (133211@1)could stay up and talk about last summer

         C (x32010@1)            Gadd4/B
We could go down to the water

          Am (x02210@1)   Am/G (302210@1)FWatch (133211@1)the sunset going under

     Am (x02210@1)           Am/G (302210@1)             FIt's (133211@1)not that I'm a stranger to lonely moments

     C (x32010@1)    E7 (020130@1)     F (133211@1)    G#I've (xx1114@1)had my share of those

             CPlease (x32010@1)don't go

             Em7/B    A7Please (x02020@1)don't leave me alone

F (133211@1)                 G (320003@1)       C(add2 -> C)
A mirror is so much harder to hold




        C (x32010@1)               Gadd4/B
I could try and point the finger

        Am (x02210@1)           Am/G (302210@1)F (133211@1)     (G->C walk)
But the glass points in my direction

            C (x32010@1)            Gadd4/B
Sure you've got your sharp edges

       Am (x02210@1)              Am/G (302210@1)FBut (133211@1)my wounds are for my own reflection

(/E)       Am (x02210@1)           Am/G (302210@1)             FYou've (133211@1)got nothing I could ever hold against you

         C (x32010@1)            E7 (020130@1)    F (133211@1)    G#I've (xx1114@1)got fatal flaws to call my own

             CPlease (x32010@1)don't go

             Em7/B    A7Please (x02020@1)don't leave me alone

F (133211@1)                 G (320003@1)       C(add2 -> C)
A mirror is so much harder to hold



  Dm (xx0231@1)                           GI (320003@1)met a man who's looking for perfection

          Dm (xx0231@1)                           GSaid (320003@1)he'd never met a girl who's good enough

    E (022100@1)              E7 (020130@1)            FHis (133211@1)eyes are getting old like they'd love to love again

       Am (x02210@1)     Am/G (302210@1)D/F#Such (200232@1)a lonely man

       G (320003@1)      (G7)
Such a lonely man



      C (x32010@1)         Gadd4/B
I see him in my reflection

       Am (x02210@1)          Am/G (302210@1)   F (133211@1) (G->C walk)
Taking steps towards me these days

     C (x32010@1)                Gadd4/B
So I hold you that much closer

    Am (x02210@1)          Am/G (302210@1)      FAnd (133211@1)pray we don't throw this away

         Am (x02210@1)       Am/G (302210@1)           FIt's (133211@1)not that I'm a man who couldn't love you

  C (x32010@1)             E7 (020130@1)     F (133211@1)  G#I (xx1114@1)know what these arms are for

             CPlease (x32010@1)don't go

             Em7/B    A7Please (x02020@1)don't leave me alone

  F (133211@1)               G (320003@1)       C (x32010@1)   Gadd4/B
A mirror is so much harder to hold

  Am (x02210@1)              Am/G (302210@1)    F (133211@1)   (G->C walk)
A mirror is so much harder to hold

             CPlease (x32010@1)don't go

       Em7/B          A7Please (x02020@1)don't leave me cold

  F (133211@1)               G (320003@1)       C(add2 -> C)
A mirror is so much harder to hold
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