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