My Mirror Speaks

Cm D# G# D# 2x /////////////////////////////////////////////////// Cm G# D# With every sun that sets I am feeling more G# D# A# Like a stranger on a foreign shore Cm G# A# G# D# With an eroding beach disappearing from under me Cm G# D# And when my mirror speaks it never minces words G# D# A# That these eyes don't shine half as bright Cm G# D# G# D# As they used to do and they haven't for quite a while ////////////////////////////////////////////////// G# D# 'Cause I'm a man who hides from all that binds G# D# In a mess of fading lines G# D# And there's a tangled thread inside my head Gm G# With nothing on either end ////////////////////////////////////////////////// Cm G# D# I always fall in love with an open door G# D# A# Or the horizon on an endless sea Cm G# D# G# D# As I look around the ones who are standing right in front of me Cm G# D# And then my mirror speaks with irreverence G# D# A# Like a soldier I can't command Cm G# D# G# D# It sees the frightened child in the body of a full-grown man //////////////////////////////////////////////// G# D# And he's a man who hides from all that binds G# D# In a mess of fading lines G# D# And there's a tangled thread inside his head Gm G# With nothing on either end Cm Gm G# There's nothing on either end D# /////////////////////////////////////////////// Cm G# D# G# D# A# Cm G# D# G# D# /////////////////////////////////////////////// There is two ways you can play the bridge. I like option 1: /////////////////////////////////////////////// Option 1: A# A#/G# A#/G A#/C A new position for a different view A# A#/G# A#/G A#/C But nothing changes but the slightest hues A# A#/G# A#/G A#/C A# When I am standing face to face /////////////////////////////////////////////// Option 2: A# G# G Cm A new position for a different view A# G# G Cm But nothing changes but the slightest hues A# G# G Cm A# When I am standing face to face /////////////////////////////////////////////// G# D# With a man who hides from all that binds G# D# And a mess of fading lines G# D# And there's a tangled thread inside his head Gm G# With nothing on either end /////////////////////////////////////////////// G# D# I'm a man who hides from all that binds G# D# And a mess of fading lines G# D# And there's a tangled thread inside my head Gm G# With nothing on either end (2X) /////////////////////////////////////////////// Cm Gm G# There's nothing on the ends Cm G# D# No there's nothing on the ends End on E