Intro
A#m
[Couplet]
A#m
if you try to be an icon
F#
then the icon becomes you
C#
if you try to be a model
F
it'll catwalk over you
A#m
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
F
the kid will kidnap you
[Refrein]
C#
you know it's true
F A#m
the guy you know well that's just you
F# C#
and there is nothing you can do
F A#m
just like a door you can't get through
F#
when there is no-one left to fool
F
don't go and drown in that old pool
A#m
don't kid yourself
[Couplet]
A#m
so don't try to be an icon
F#
con the I inside of you
C#
that picture you've been painting
F
doesn't look a thing like you
A#m
I'll agree that it's a nice try
F#
but when your paint is dry
C#
we are all just little icons
F
super you and super I
[Refrein]
C#
you know it's true
F A#m
the guy you know well that's just you
F# C#
and there is nothing you can do
F A#m
just like a door you can't get through
F#
when there is no-one left to fool
F
don't go and drown in that old pool
A#m
don't kid yourself
[Solo]
A#m F# C# F (x2)
C# F A#m F# (x2)
F# F F A#m
[Couplet]
A#m
I need someone to show me
F#
just what I threw away
C#
I need a pretty angel
F
to present it on a tray
A#m
you've never liked the icon
F#
said that guy looked pretty strange
C#
but you've never tried to change me
F
and that's how came to change
[Refrein]
C#
you know it's true
F A#m
the guy you know well that's just you
F# C#
and there is nothing you can do
F A#m
just like a door you can't get through
F#
when there is no-one left to fool
F
don't go and drown in that old pool
A#m
don't kid yourself
F#
when there is no-one left to fool
F
don't go and drown in that old pool
A#m
don't kid yourself