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