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