Icarus Chords

by Bastille
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Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
Author laurrawr [a] 122.
4 contributors total, last edit on Nov 23, 2022
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Chords

Em
C
D
G
B7

Strumming

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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 little easier to play.
 
 
[Intro]
 
Em         C       D
Ohhh oh oh oh ohhh ohhh
Em         C       D
ohhh oh oh oh ohhh ohhh
 
 
[Verse]
 
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 too 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
 
 
[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 too 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
    B7                   Em
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
        B7                   Em
And you leave because you're certain
   C               D
Of who you want to be, ohhh
 
 
[Chorus]
 
Em          C         G            D
Icarus is flying too 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
Em          C    D
oohh oh oh ohh ohhh
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