Icarus chords by
Bastille
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Key: E minor

Intro 1

Verse 1

Look who's digging their own grave

That is what they all say

You'll drink yourself to death

Verse 2

Look who makes their own bed

Lies right down within it

And what will you have left?

Verse 3

Out on the front doorstep

Drinking from a paper cup

You won't remember this

Verse 4

Living beyond your years

Acting out all their fears

You feel it in your chest

Verse 5

Your hands protect the flames

From the wild winds around you

Verse 6
Em Em 
 
C C 
 
Icarus is flying too
G G 
 
D D 
 
close to the sun
Em Em 
 
C C 
 
And Icarus's life,
G G 
 
D D 
 
it has only just begun
Em Em 
 
It's just begun
C C 
 

Verse 7

Standing on the cliff face

Highest foe you'll ever grace

It scares me half to death

Verse 8

Look out to the future

But it tells you nothing

So take another breath

Verse 9

Your hands protect the flames

From the wild winds around you

Verse 10
Em Em 
 
C C 
 
Icarus is flying too
G G 
 
D D 
 
close to the sun
Em Em 
 
And Icarus's life,
C C 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
it has only just begun
Em Em 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
This is how it feels to take a fall
Em Em 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
Icarus is flying towards
D D 
 
an early grave

Verse 11
C C 
 
You put up your defenses
D D 
 
when you leave
B B 
 
Em Em 
 
You leave because you're certain
C C 
 
Of who you want to be
D D 
 

Verse 12
C C 
 
You're putting up your
D D 
 
armor when you leave
B B 
 
Em Em 
 
And you leave because you're certain
C C 
 
D D 
 
Of who you want to be, oh

Verse 13
Em Em 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
Icarus is flying too close to the sun
D D 
 
Em Em 
 
And Icarus's life,
C C 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
it has only just begun
Em Em 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
This is how it feels to take a fall
Em Em 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
Icarus is flying towards an
D D 
 
early grave

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