My Mirror Speaks by Death Cab For Cutie Artist: Death Cab for Cutie Album: The Open Door EP Title: My Mirror Speaks Intro: C#m E A E x2 /////////////////////////////////////////////////// Verse 1: C#m A E With every sun that sets I am feeling more A E B Like a stranger on a foreign shore C#m A B A E With an eroding beach disappearing from under me C#m A E And when my mirror speaks it never minces words A E B That these eyes don't shine half as bright C#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 binds A E In a mess of fading lines A E And there's a tangled thread inside my head G#m A With nothing on either end ////////////////////////////////////////////////// Verse 2: C#m A E I always fall in love with an open door A E B Or the horizon on an endless sea C#m A E A E As I look around the ones who are standing right in front of me C#m A E And then my mirror speaks with irreverence A E B Like a soldier I can't command C#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 binds A E In a mess of fading lines A E And there's a tangled thread inside his head G#m A With nothing on either end C#m G#m A There's nothing on either end E /////////////////////////////////////////////// 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 view B B/A B/G# B/C# But nothing changes but the slightest hues B 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 view B A G# C#m But nothing changes but the slightest hues B A G# C#m B When I am standing face to face /////////////////////////////////////////////// Chorus 3: A E With a man who hides from all that binds A E And a mess of fading lines A E And there's a tangled thread inside his head G#m A With nothing on either end /////////////////////////////////////////////// A E I'm a man who hides from all that binds A E And a mess of fading lines A E And there's a tangled thread inside my head G#m A With nothing on either end (2X) /////////////////////////////////////////////// C#m G#m A There's nothing on the ends C#m A E No there's nothing on the ends End on E. www.TAB6.com