Icarus tab by The Staves

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?Icarus? by the Staves

**NO CAPO**
**NOT STANDARD TUNING**
Tuning (6th -> 1st): D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD F#F# A augmentedA D MajorD
[Intro] -> strum all strings

E MajorE|--5/7------5/7----5----4----2----5---4-------4-----2-----------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|--5/7------5/7----5----3----1----5---3-------3-----1----1------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------|

[Verse 1] -> pick

E MajorE|----------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|----0--------0-------0---------0---------0--------0-----0-----0-|
A augmentedA|---------0-------2-------2/4-------4/2-------0-------------0----|
E MajorE|-0--------------------------------------------------4-----------|
x2

Ideas hang before me
E MajorE|----------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|----0--------0-------0---------0---------0--------0-----0-----0-|
A augmentedA|---------0-------2-------2/4-------4/2-------0-------------0----|
E MajorE|-0--------------------------------------------------4-----------|

All but a breath away
E MajorE|----------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-------------------------------------------------------0------0-|
D MajorD|-----0-------0-------0--------0--------0-------0---4-------4----|
A augmentedA|---------0-------2-------2/4------4/2------0--------------------|
E MajorE|--0-------------------------------------------------------------|

They flicker into being
E MajorE|----------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-----0-------0-------0---------0---------0--------0-----0-----0-|
A augmentedA|---------0-------2-------2/4-------4/2-------0-------------0----|
E MajorE|-0--------------------------------------------------4-----------|

And then begin to fade
E MajorE|----------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-----0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0--|
A augmentedA|---------0------2--------0-------4-------4-------0-------0------|
E MajorE|--0-------------------------------------------------------------|

Repeat Verse**

And when I'm tired of sitting
I drag my bones to bed.
And when I'm tired of sleeping
I think of them instead.

[Pre-chorus]

They're only words
E MajorE|------------------------------4---------------------------------|
BB|---------------0------------------------------0--------------0--|
G+G|-----5----------------5---------------5---------------5---------|
D MajorD|----------0---------------0---------------0---------------0-----|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--5---------------5--------------5----------------5-------------|

Don't have to shout to be heard.
E MajorE|------------------------------4---------------5-------4---------|
BB|---------------0------------------------------------------------|
G+G|------5---------------5---------------5----------------------5--|
D MajorD|----------0---------------0---------------0---------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--5---------------5--------------5----------------5-------5-----¬|

E MajorE|----------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|----0--------0-------0---------0---------0--------0-----0-----0-|
A augmentedA|---------0-------2-------2/4-------4/2-------0-------------0----|
E MajorE|-0--------------------------------------------------4-----------|

[Chorus]

I haven't seen the light for...
E MajorE|--5/7-----5/7----5----4----2---5---4------4-----2--------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|--5/7-----5/7----5----3----1---5---3------3-----1----1---------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Days...

E MajorE|----------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|----0--------0-------0---------0---------0--------0-----0-----0-|
A augmentedA|---------0-------2-------2/4-------4/2-------0-------------0----|
E MajorE|-0--------------------------------------------------4-----------|
x2

[Verse 2]
Like Icarus before me,
These wings are not my own
And I am soaring skyward
Just to tumble home.

[Pre-Chorus]

Moment has gone
E MajorE|------------------------------4---------------------------------|
BB|---------------0------------------------------0--------------0--|
G+G|-----5----------------5---------------5---------------5---------|
D MajorD|----------0---------------0---------------0---------------0-----|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--5---------------5--------------5----------------5-------------|

I?m not the best at moving on.
E MajorE|------------------------------4---------------5-------4---------|
BB|---------------0------------------------------------------------|
G+G|------5---------------5---------------5----------------------5--|
D MajorD|----------0---------------0---------------0---------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--5---------------5--------------5----------------5-------5-----¬|

E MajorE|----------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|----0--------0-------0---------0---------0--------0-----0-----0-|
A augmentedA|---------0-------2-------2/4-------4/2-------0-------------0----|
E MajorE|-0--------------------------------------------------4-----------|
Repeat Pre-Chorus

Nothing to say
No one would listen anyway

E MajorE|----------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|----0--------0-------0---------0---------0--------0-----0-----0-|
A augmentedA|---------0-------2-------2/4-------4/2-------0-------------0----|
E MajorE|-0--------------------------------------------------4-----------|
X2

I have not seen the light for...
E MajorE|--5/7-----5/7----5----4----2---5---4------4-----2--------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|--5/7-----5/7----5----3----1---5---3------3-----1----1---------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------|


[Bridge]-> Strum all strings

Days...
E MajorE|----------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|----0--------0-------0---------0---------0--------0-----0-----0-|
A augmentedA|---------0-------2-------2/4-------4/2-------0-------------0----|
E MajorE|-0--------------------------------------------------4-----------|
Play same chords as verse once.

(Builds)
E MajorE|----------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-----------------2-------2/4-------4/2--------------------------|
G+G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|----0--------0-------0---------0---------0--------0-1---0-----0-|
A augmentedA|---------0-------2-------2/4-------4/2-------0-------------0----|
E MajorE|-0--------------------------------------------------4-----------|


[Chorus] -> hold the chords

I have not seen the... light... for days
E MajorE|--5/7-----------------4---------0---------------|
BB|------------------------------------------------|
G+G|--5/7-----------------3---------0---------------|
D MajorD|------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------|

E MajorE|----------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|----0------------2-------2/4-------4/2--------------------------|
G+G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|----0--------0-------0---------0---------0----------1---0-----0-|
A augmentedA|---------0-------2-------2/4-------4/2-------0-------------0----|
E MajorE|-0--------------------------------------------------4-----------|
Play once.

I have not seen the... light...    for days ->(repeat)
E MajorE|--5/7------------------4---------------4----2------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|--5/7------------------3---------------3----1------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------|

E MajorE|----------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|----0--------0-------0---------0---------0--------0-----0-----0-|
A augmentedA|---------0-------2-------2/4-------4/2-------0-------------0----|
E MajorE|-0--------------------------------------------------4-----------|
X2


End.