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Daan
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Play The chords Country-style, like many Johnny Cash songs:
Example for all the 4 chords of the song (all the chords are Palm Muted) :
if you try to be....
e||------------------------------------------------------|
B||------------------------------------------------------|
G||---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2 ---| Am
D||---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2------|
A||-0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0------------|
e||-----0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0--------|
e||----------------------|
B||----------------------|
G||---2---2---2---2 ---| F
D||---3---3---3---3------|
A||-3-------3------------|
e||-----1-------1--------|
e||----------------------|
B||----------------------|
G||---0---0---0---0 ---| C
D||---2---2---2---2------|
A||-3-------3------------|
e||-----3-------3--------|
e||----------------------|
B||----------------------|
G||---1---1---1---1 ---| E
D||---2---2---2---2------|
A||-2-------2------------|
e||-----0-------0--------|
Intro: Am
Couplet:
Am
if you try to be an icon
F
then the icon becomes you
C
if you try to be a model
E
it'll catwalk over you
Am
if you try to walk in straight shoes
F
then these shoes will bend you too
C
if you try to be a kid again
E
the kid will kidnap you
Chorus:
C
you know it's true
E Am
the guy you know well that's just you
F C
and there is nothing you can do
E Am
just like a door you can't get through
F
when there is no-one left to fool
E
don't go and drown in that old pool
Am
don't kid yourself
Couplet:
so don't try to be an icon
con the i inside of you
that picture you've been painting
doesn't look a thing like you
i'll agree that it's a nice try
but when your paint is dry
we are all just little icons
super you and super i
Refrein:
you know it's true...
Solo:
Am F C
e||----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B||----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G||--/14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14~-12h14-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
D||----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A||----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E||----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E Am F C
e ------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B ------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G -13-13-13-13-13~-13/14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14~-12h14-12-12-12-|
D ------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A ------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E ------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E C E Am
e -------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B --------------------------------11/13--13--12--13--12--13/16--15--13--13-|
G -12-12-12-12/13-13-13-13-13~-13------------------------------------------|
D -------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A -------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E -------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F C Am F
e -------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B -13--12--13-13--13-13-13~-13--12--13--12--13/16--15--13--13~--13--13--13-|
G -------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D -------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A -------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E -------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C E Am
e --------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B -13--13--13--13~--12h13-12--13--12--12--12~--/16--15--13--15--------------|
G -------------------------------------------------------------14/----------|
D --------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A --------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E --------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Couplet:
i need someone to show me
just what i threw away
i need a pretty angel
to present it on a tray
you've never liked the icon
said that guy looked pretty strange
but you've never tried to change me
and that's how came to change
Refrein:
C
you know it's true
E Am
the guy you know well that's just you
F C
and there is nothing you can do
E Am
just like a door you can't get through
F
when there is no-one left to fool
E
don't go and drown in that old pool
Am
don't kid yourself
F
when there is no-one left to fool
E
don't go and drown in that old pool
Am
don't kid yourself

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Readable tablature for Icon by Daan

Play The chords Country-style, like many Johnny Cash songs:

Example for all the 4 chords of the song (all the chords are Palm Muted) :

                               if you try to be....
e||------------------------------------------------------|
B||------------------------------------------------------|
G||---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2   ---| Am
D||---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2------|
A||-0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0------------|
e||-----0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0--------|


e||----------------------|
B||----------------------|
G||---2---2---2---2   ---| F
D||---3---3---3---3------|
A||-3-------3------------|
e||-----1-------1--------|


e||----------------------|
B||----------------------|
G||---0---0---0---0   ---| C
D||---2---2---2---2------|
A||-3-------3------------|
e||-----3-------3--------|


e||----------------------|
B||----------------------|
G||---1---1---1---1   ---| E
D||---2---2---2---2------|
A||-2-------2------------|
e||-----0-------0--------|


Intro: Am

Couplet:
       Am
if you try to be an icon
         F
then the icon becomes you
       C
if you try to be a model
      E
it'll catwalk over you
       Am
if you try to walk in straight shoes
           F
then these shoes will bend you too
       C
if you try to be a kid again
    E
the kid will kidnap you


Chorus:
              C
you know it's true
            E                     Am
the guy you know well that's just you
             F               C
and there is nothing you can do
            E                  Am
just like a door you can't get through
              F
when there is no-one left to fool
             E
don't go and drown in that old pool
              Am
don't kid yourself


Couplet:

so don't try to be an icon
con the i inside of you
that picture you've been painting
doesn't look a thing like you
i'll agree that it's a nice try
but when your paint is dry
we are all just little icons
super you and super i


Refrein:
you know it's true...


Solo:

     Am                       F                     C
e||----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B||----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G||--/14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14~-12h14-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
D||----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A||----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E||----------------------------------------------------------------------|
   E                   Am                      F            C
e ------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B ------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G -13-13-13-13-13~-13/14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14~-12h14-12-12-12-|
D ------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A ------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E ------------------------------------------------------------------------|


                E                 C                E                Am
e -------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B --------------------------------11/13--13--12--13--12--13/16--15--13--13-|
G -12-12-12-12/13-13-13-13-13~-13------------------------------------------|
D -------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A -------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E -------------------------------------------------------------------------|

            F                  C             Am            F
e -------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B -13--12--13-13--13-13-13~-13--12--13--12--13/16--15--13--13~--13--13--13-|
G -------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D -------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A -------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E -------------------------------------------------------------------------|


         C                  E                Am
e --------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B -13--13--13--13~--12h13-12--13--12--12--12~--/16--15--13--15--------------|
G -------------------------------------------------------------14/----------|
D --------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A --------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E --------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Couplet:
i need someone to show me
just what i threw away
i need a pretty angel
to present it on a tray
you've never liked the icon
said that guy looked pretty strange
but you've never tried to change me
and that's how came to change


Refrein:
              C
you know it's true
            E                     Am
the guy you know well that's just you
             F               C
and there is nothing you can do
            E                  Am
just like a door you can't get through
              F
when there is no-one left to fool
             E
don't go and drown in that old pool
              Am
don't kid yourself

              F
when there is no-one left to fool
             E
don't go and drown in that old pool
              Am
don't kid yourself

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