Bastille – Icarus (Guitar)

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Chords

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