The Mirror Chords

KeyAm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays398

The Mirror by John Frusciante is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, F, Dm, G, C and C/B. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Am
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16
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Intro: Am 

 Am 
Hit in the face when you open a door 
 F 
Unconsiderate to yourself, you are 
 Dm             G      C 
always out of tune to you 

Am 
Stepping back from where you are 
F 
Nevers angle is one for all 
 Dm          G       C 
Fired by an unknown eye 

 F             G       C      C/B     Am 
That wasn't always a place for you to cry 
 F         G             C        C/B       Am 
Everyone knows becoming’s what you do when you die 
  Dm                  G                     Am 
The face in the mirror is not me, yeahhey hey 

 Am 
How many times have you been to the back 
 F 
No one to see and nothing to laugh at 
 Dm         G       C 
Going everywhere at once 

 F             G              C      C/B     Am 
Time doesn’t crawl back to where it doesn’t show 
 F           G             C      C/B     Am 
No one means me when they say people don’t grow 
 Dm                  G                C     C/B  Am 
The face in the mirror is not me, yeah-hey hey 
 Dm                  G               Am 
The face in the mirror is not me, yeah heey 

Outro: Am 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante