Icarus chords by Jon Boden

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Verse 1
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 (D major)  (B minor)  (G major)  (D major)  (G major) I  nev (D major) er wanted  (A major) to fly high
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 (D major) I   (G major) was too fond  (D major) of walking
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An (A major) d  when you said
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you'd touch the  (B minor) sky
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I  (A major)  (G major) thought it was just your  (B minor) way of  (D major) talking
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An (A major) d you said  (G major) you'd build  (D major) some wings
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And  (G major) find out how it could be done
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 (A major) I  was doubtful of everything,  (B minor)  (D major) 
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 (G major) never thought  (A major) you'd reach the sun  (D major) 
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 (G major) But you were so clev
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 (A major) er with your hand (D major) s,
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 (G major) I'd watch  (A major) you for hours
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 (D major) With  (A major) the glue and the rubber  (B minor) bands  (A major) 
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 (G major) The feathers, lace and flower (D major) s
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 (A major) The finished wing (G major) s, they
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glowed so  (D major) bright
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 (G major) Like some burning of  (A major) glory
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I began to envy you, your  (B minor) flight
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Like  (A major)  (G major) some  (A major) old hero's story  (D major) 
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 (G major) You tried  (A major) to get me to go with you
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 (D major) You  (G major) tried always to  (D major) dare me
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 (A major) But I looked up at the skies so blue
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 (B minor) An   (D major)  (G major) d  I thought the
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height would  (D major) scare me
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 (A major) But I carried  (G major) your wings for you
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 (D major) Up  (G major) the path to the cliff  (A major) face
Kissed you goodbye and
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watched your  (B minor) eyes
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Already  (A major)  (G major) bright  (A major) with sun (D major) light
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 (G major) Oh, it was  (A major) so grand at the  (B minor) start
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 (A major) To  (G major) watch you soar in  (D major) my eyes
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But there's  (A major) a pain deep in my  (B minor) heart  (A major) 
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 (G major) The wind seems tipped with  (D major) fire  (A major) 
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 (B minor) Like a  (A major) seagull  (G major) or a lark  (D major) 
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 (G major) Rising up forever (D major)  (A major) 
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Like  (D major)  (A major) some ember or some  (B minor) spark
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 (A major) Rising  (G major)  (A major) from earth to heaven  (D major)  (G major) 
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Then I be (A major) lieved you'd touch the sun
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 (D major) I   (G major) believed all you had  (D major) told me
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 (A major) And do a thing no man has ever  (B minor) done
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 (A major) An  (G major) d touch the stars to  (D major) please me  (A major) 
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 (G major) And then  (A major) I saw the white  (G major) winds  (D major) fail
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An (G major) d  I saw the feathers  (A major) falter
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Watched you drop like a ball of gold  (B minor)  (A major) 
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 (G major) Into  (A major) the white green water (D major) 
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Now some are born to  (A major) fly  (D major) high
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An (G major) d some are born to follow
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 (D major) Some are born to touch the  (B minor) sky,  (A major) 
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 (G major) while some walk in the  (D major) hollow
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But  (B minor) as I  (A major) watched your  (G major) body fall,  (D major) 
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 (G major) I knew that really you had won
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 (A major) For your grave is not  (D major) the earth
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But  (B minor)  (G major) the re (A major) flection of the sun