My Mirror Speaks
Death Cab For Cutie
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- B
- B/A
- B/C#4
- B/G#
- C#m4
- E
- G#
- G#m4
Continues after the ad
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Intro: C#m E A E x2 /////////////////////////////////////////////////// Verse 1:C#m A E With every sun that sets I am feeling moreA E B Like a stranger on a foreign shoreC#m A B A E With an eroding beach disappearing from under meC#m A E And when my mirror speaks it never minces wordsA E B That these eyes don't shine half as brightC#m A E A E As they used to do and they haven't for quite a while ////////////////////////////////////////////////// Chorus:A E 'Cause I'm a man who hides from all that bindsA E In a mess of fading linesA E And there's a tangled thread inside my headG#m A With nothing on either end ////////////////////////////////////////////////// Verse 2:C#m A E I always fall in love with an open doorA E B Or the horizon on an endless seaC#m A E A E As I look around the ones who are standing right in front of meContinues after the adC#m A E And then my mirror speaks with irreverenceA E B Like a soldier I can't commandC#m A E A E It sees the frightened child in the body of a full-grown man //////////////////////////////////////////////// Chorus 2:A E And he's a man who hides from all that bindsA E In a mess of fading linesA E And there's a tangled thread inside his headG#m A With nothing on either endC#m G#m A There's nothing on either endE ///////////////////////////////////////////////Solo: C#m A E A E B C#m A E A E /////////////////////////////////////////////// There is two ways you can play the bridge. I like option 1: /////////////////////////////////////////////// Option 1:B B/A B/G# B/C# A new position for a different viewB B/A B/G# B/C# But nothing changes but the slightest huesB B/A B/G# B/C# B When I am standing face to face /////////////////////////////////////////////// Option 2:B A G# C#m A new position for a different viewB A G# C#m But nothing changes but the slightest huesB A G# C#m B When I am standing face to face /////////////////////////////////////////////// Chorus 3:A E With a man who hides from all that bindsA E And a mess of fading linesA E And there's a tangled thread inside his headG#m A With nothing on either end ///////////////////////////////////////////////A E I'm a man who hides from all that bindsA E And a mess of fading linesA E And there's a tangled thread inside my headG#m A With nothing on either end (2X) ///////////////////////////////////////////////C#m G#m A There's nothing on the endsC#m A E No there's nothing on the ends