This is an easy song to play, just listen to it to get the rhythm or play it however you
want around these chords! Pretty sure they're all correct :)
I think the chorus sounds better with a D/F# rather than just a D but either makes sense
and D is a litter easier to play.
Intro:
Em C D
Ohhh oh oh oh ohhh ohhh
Em C D
ohhh oh oh oh ohhh ohhh
Verse 1:
C
Look who's digging their own grave, that is what they all say
Em D
You'll drink yourself to death
C
Look who makes their own bed, lies right down within it
Em D
What will you have left?
C
Out on the front door step, drinking from a paper cup
Em D
You won't remember this
C
Living beyond your years, acting out all their fears
Em D
You feel it in your chest
C Em G D
Your hands protect the flames, from the wild winds around you
Chorus:
Em C G D
Icarus is flying to close to the sun
Em C G D
Icarus' life, it has only just begun
It's just begun
Em C D
ooh oh oh oh ohh ohh
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Verse 2:
C
Standing on the cliff face, highest fall you'll ever grace
Em D
It scares me half to death
C
Look out to the future, but it tells you nothing
Em D
So take another breath
C Em G D
Your hands protect the flames from the wild winds around you
Chorus:
Em C G D
Icarus is flying to close to the sun
Em C G D
Icarus' life, it has only just begun
Em C G D
This is how it feels to take a fall
Em C G D
Icarus is flying towards an early grave
Bridge:
C D
Put up your defences when you leave
Em G
You leave because you're certain
C D
Of who you want to be
C D
You're putting up your armour when you leave
Em G
And you leave because you're certain
C D
Of who you want to be, ohhh
Chorus:
Em C G D
Icarus is flying to close to the sun
Em C G D
Icarus' life, it has only just begun
Em C G D
This is how it feels to take a fall
Em C G D
Icarus is flying towards an early grave
Em C D
oohh oh oh ohh ohhh x2
