Icarus chords by Mindy Gledhill

• Capo on 9th

(Use the picking pattern below for the intro and for the rest of the song by
following the order of chords written over the lyrics)

  C                  Em                 Am                 Am7/G
e|-----------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B|--------1--------|--------1---------|--------1---------|--------1---------|
G|------0---0------|------0---0-------|------2---2-------|------0---0-------|
D|----2------2-----|----2-------2-----|----2-------2-----|----2-------2-----|
A|--3--------------|--2---------------|--0---------------|------------------|
E|-----------------|------------------|------------------|--3---------------|

  F (x2)             G
e|-----------------|-----------------|
B|--------1--------|--------0--------|
G|------2---2------|------0---0------|
D|----3-------3----|----0-------0----|
A|-----------------|-----------------|
E|--1--------------|--2--------------|

Intro:
C Em Am Am7/G F F G



Verse:
                C        Em         Am           Am7/G
What are those wings? What is that rust?

                F                                         G
What are those tattered things that make you look like Icarus?

          C       Em            Am           Am7/G
Somebody stole your fairy dust

             F                                       G
And now the weight inside your chest betrays your wanderlust




Chorus:
        F               G
So you fall into the waves

      Am                    Am7/G           F
Of a thousand questions asked but none explained

         F                   G
And now all, all you can do

       Am                    Am7/G                 F
Is to trust that I'll be waiting here to carry you

        G
I will carry you




Verse:
            C      Em          Am      Am7/G
Spectators come from far away

                F                            G
Like they have tickets to the circus on a Saturday

               C       Em      Am        Am7/G
Caught like a child in a parade

                 F
You spread your arms but when you're wounded

           G
You can't fly away



Chorus:
        F               G
So you fall into the waves

      Am                    Am7/G           F
Of a thousand questions asked but none explained

         F                   G
And now all, all you can do

       Am                    Am7/G                 F
Is to trust that I'll be waiting here to carry you

              G
I will carry you




Bridge:
 Am                    F                      C
Smoke and feathers floating through the sky

          Am
Like the tears that you cry

 Am7/G                  F                    C
Drops of melting wax rain down like fire

            Am
And you're so very tired




Chorus:
        F               G
So you fall into the waves

      Am                    Am7/G           F
Of a thousand questions asked but none explained

         F                  G
And now all, all you can do

        Am                   Am7/G                 F            Am
Is to trust that I'll be waiting here to carry you, carry you,

 F                   G
I will carry you, carry you




Outro:
                C        Em              Am       C
What are those wings? What is that rust?