Icon tab by Daan

Guitar tabs with lyrics

Play The chords Country-style, like many Johnny Cash songs:

Example for all the 4 chords of the song (all the chords are Palm Muted) :

                               if you try to be....
e||------------------------------------------------------|
BB||------------------------------------------------------|
G+G||---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2   ---| A minorAm
D MajorD||---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2------|
A augmentedA||-0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0------------|
e||-----0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0--------|

e||----------------------|
BB||----------------------|
G+G||---2---2---2---2   ---| FF
D MajorD||---3---3---3---3------|
A augmentedA||-3-------3------------|
e||-----1-------1--------|


e||----------------------|
BB||----------------------|
G+G||---0---0---0---0   ---| C majorC
D MajorD||---2---2---2---2------|
A augmentedA||-3-------3------------|
e||-----3-------3--------|


e||----------------------|
BB||----------------------|
G+G||---1---1---1---1   ---| E MajorE
D MajorD||---2---2---2---2------|
A augmentedA||-2-------2------------|
e||-----0-------0--------|

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Intro: A minorAm

Couplet:
       A minorAm
if you try to be an icon
         FF
then the icon becomes you
       C majorC
if you try to be a model
      E MajorE
it'll catwalk over you
       A minorAm
if you try to walk in straight shoes
           FF
then these shoes will bend you too
       C majorC
if you try to be a kid again
    E MajorE
the kid will kidnap you


Chorus:
              C majorC
you know it's true
            A minorAm
the guy you know well that's just you
             C majorC
and there is nothing you can do
            A minorAm
just like a door you can't get through
              FF
when there is no-one left to fool
             E MajorE
don't go and drown in that old pool
              A minorAm
don't kid yourself


Couplet:

so don't try to be an icon
con the i inside of you
that picture you've been painting
doesn't look a thing like you
i'll agree that it's a nice try
but when your paint is dry
we are all just little icons
super you and super i


Refrein:
you know it's true...


Solo:

     C majorC
e||----------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB||----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G||--/14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14~-12h14-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
D MajorD||----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA||----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE||----------------------------------------------------------------------|

   C majorC
e ------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB ------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G -13-13-13-13-13~-13/14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14~-12h14-12-12-12-|
D MajorD ------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA ------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE ------------------------------------------------------------------------|


                A minorAm
e -------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB --------------------------------11/13--13--12--13--12--13/16--15--13--13-|
G+G -12-12-12-12/13-13-13-13-13~-13------------------------------------------|
D MajorD -------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA -------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE -------------------------------------------------------------------------|

            FF
e -------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB -13--12--13-13--13-13-13~-13--12--13--12--13/16--15--13--13~--13--13--13-|
G+G -------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD -------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA -------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE -------------------------------------------------------------------------|


         A minorAm
e --------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB -13--13--13--13~--12h13-12--13--12--12--12~--/16--15--13--15--------------|
G+G -------------------------------------------------------------14/----------|
D MajorD --------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA --------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE --------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Couplet:
i need someone to show me
just what i threw away
i need a pretty angel
to present it on a tray
you've never liked the icon
said that guy looked pretty strange
but you've never tried to change me
and that's how came to change


Refrein:
              C majorC
you know it's true
            A minorAm
the guy you know well that's just you
             C majorC
and there is nothing you can do
            A minorAm
just like a door you can't get through
              FF
when there is no-one left to fool
             E MajorE
don't go and drown in that old pool
              A minorAm
don't kid yourself

              FF
when there is no-one left to fool
             E MajorE
don't go and drown in that old pool
              A minorAm