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# Ab) 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# Ab) 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# Ab) 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 Eb) 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 Ab 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 Eb) 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 Eb) E5 Please don't go B/D# C#m7 Please don’t leave me cold A B5 E5 (E F# Ab) 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--|