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