Icarus chords by Alannah Fordham

• Capo on 3rd

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)


C
Am

Verse 1:
C
I don't want to be rude
                        Am
'cause I don't think it solves anything
C
But your actin' like a fool
                             Am
and your tuggin', and your tuggin' on their heartstrings
      C
You remind me of a boy who had my heart for a minute
Am
before he went and fucked it up, pushed me to the limits
Em        D
I recall, how he looked so small

Pre-Chorus:
                    C
 In the lamplight, curled up in a ball with his eyes tied shut
Am
He told me he was cold, I felt it in my gut
        Em                     D
He's a sad song, and you're a strange one

C
But now your actin' like you've won the lottery
Am
Behaving like a dick with no apologies
     Em
The tarp beneath your rips and tares
      D
You flex and pose unaware


Chorus:
C                              Em
But I can't stay to watch you fall
     D             C
Icarus I still recall
                                         Em
The look in his eyes as the waves rose up
                   D                    C
He reached for my hands as he sunk and sunk
                              Em
And all around the landscape grows
       D         C
Its a beauty I suppose
                          Em           D
But Icarus is drowning, Icarus is drowning
           C
Don't you know?


Verse 2:
                                        Am
Don't mean to be cold, but I've got a heart to protect
C                                      Am
I watch your story unfold and keep my warnings in check
      C
You remind me of a boy who all it all for a minute,
Am
Slipped off of his pedestal, toppled off, never made the finish
Em         D
I recall, how he stood so tall


Pre-chorus:
                   C
In the sunlight, puffing out his chest, with his eyes too bright
Am
Lips brushing my neck leaving scorched marked bites
        Em                     D
He's a sad song, and you're a strange one


Chorus:
C                              Em
But I can't stay to watch you fall
     D             C
Icarus I still recall
                                         Em
The look in his eyes as the waves rose up
                   D                    C
He reached for my hands as he sunk and sunk
                              Em
And all around the landscape grows
       D         C
Its a beauty I suppose
                          Em           D
But Icarus is drowning, Icarus is drowning
           C     Em D
Don't you know?
C
Don't you know?

C                              Em
But I can't stay to watch you fall
     D             C
Icarus I still recall
                                         Em
The look in his eyes as the waves rose up
                   D                    C
He reached for my hands as he sunk and sunk
                              Em
And all around the landscape grows
       D         C
Its a beauty I suppose
                          Em           D
But Icarus is drowning, Icarus is drowning
           C     Em D
Don't you know?
       Em   D
That Icarus is drowning
           C
Don't you know?