Jon Foreman - A Mirror Is Harder To Hold

a mirror is harder to hold by jon foreman
( from his summer ep )

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 Gadd4/B
you could stay a while longer

Am Am/G F
we could stay up and talk about last summer

C Gadd4/B
we could go down to the water

Am Am/G F
watch the sunset going under

Am Am/G F
it’s not that i’m a stranger to lonely moments

C E7 F G#
i’ve had my share of those

C
please don’t go

Em7/B A7
please don’t leave me alone

F G C ( add2 – > C )
a mirror is so much harder to hold

C Gadd4/B
i could try and point the finger

Am Am/G F ( G – >c walk )
but the glass points in my direction

C Gadd4/B
sure you’ve got your sharp edges

Am Am/G F
but my wounds are for my own reflection

( /E ) Am Am/G F
you’ve got nothing i could ever hold against you

C E7 F G#
i’ve got fatal flaws to call my own

C
please don’t go

Em7/B A7
please don’t leave me alone

F G C ( add2 – > C )
a mirror is so much harder to hold

Dm G
i met a man who’s looking for perfection

Dm G
said he’d never met a girl who’s good enough

E E7 F
his eyes are getting old like they’d love to love again

Am Am/G D/F#
such a lonely man

G ( G7 )
such a lonely man

C Gadd4/B
i see him in my reflection

Am Am/G F ( G – >c walk )
taking steps towards me these days

C Gadd4/B
so i hold you that much closer

Am Am/G F
and pray we don’t throw this away

Am Am/G F
it’s not that i’m a man who couldn’t love you

C E7 F G#
i know what these arms are for

C
please don’t go

Em7/B A7
please don’t leave me alone

F G C Gadd4/B
a mirror is so much harder to hold

Am Am/G F ( G – >c walk )
a mirror is so much harder to hold

C
please don’t go

Em7/B A7
please don’t leave me cold

F G C ( add2 – > C )
a mirror is so much harder to hold