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?Icarus?

**NO CAPO**
**NOT STANDARD TUNING**
Tuning (6th -> 1st): D A D F# A D 

The Staves (live): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56CmG1TSfbA
Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2D-OH2RgXo
 
[Intro] -> strum all strings 

e|--5/7------5/7----5----4----2----5---4-------4-----2-----------| 
B|---------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|--5/7------5/7----5----3----1----5---3-------3-----1----1------| 
D|---------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|

[Verse 1] -> pick

e|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|----0--------0-------0---------0---------0--------0-----0-----0-| 
A|---------0-------2-------2/4-------4/2-------0-------------0----| 
E|-0--------------------------------------------------4-----------| 
x2

Ideas hang before me
e|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|----0--------0-------0---------0---------0--------0-----0-----0-| 
A|---------0-------2-------2/4-------4/2-------0-------------0----| 
E|-0--------------------------------------------------4-----------|

All but a breath away
e|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|-------------------------------------------------------0------0-| 
D|-----0-------0-------0--------0--------0-------0---4-------4----| 
A|---------0-------2-------2/4------4/2------0--------------------| 
E|--0-------------------------------------------------------------|

They flicker into being
e|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|-----0-------0-------0---------0---------0--------0-----0-----0-|
A|---------0-------2-------2/4-------4/2-------0-------------0----| 
E|-0--------------------------------------------------4-----------|

And then begin to fade
e|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|-----0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0--| 
A|---------0------2--------0-------4-------4-------0-------0------| 
E|--0-------------------------------------------------------------|

Repeat Verse**

And when I?m tired of sitting
I drag my bones to bed.
And when I?m tired of sleeping
I think of them instead.

[Pre-chorus]

They?re only words
e|------------------------------4---------------------------------| 
B|---------------0------------------------------0--------------0--| 
G|-----5----------------5---------------5---------------5---------| 
D|----------0---------------0---------------0---------------0-----| 
A|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|--5---------------5--------------5----------------5-------------|

Don't have to shout to be heard.
e|------------------------------4---------------5-------4---------| 
B|---------------0------------------------------------------------| 
G|------5---------------5---------------5----------------------5--| 
D|----------0---------------0---------------0---------------------| 
A|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|--5---------------5--------------5----------------5-------5-----|

e|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|----0--------0-------0---------0---------0--------0-----0-----0-| 
A|---------0-------2-------2/4-------4/2-------0-------------0----| 
E|-0--------------------------------------------------4-----------|

[Chorus]
I haven?t seen the light for?
e|--5/7-----5/7----5----4----2---5---4------4-----2--------------| 
B|---------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|--5/7-----5/7----5----3----1---5---3------3-----1----1---------| 
D|---------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Days?

e|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|----0--------0-------0---------0---------0--------0-----0-----0-| 
A|---------0-------2-------2/4-------4/2-------0-------------0----| 
E|-0--------------------------------------------------4-----------|
x2

[Verse 2]
Like Icarus before me,
These wings are not my own
And I am soaring skyward
Just to tumble home.

[Pre-Chorus] 

Moment has gone
e|------------------------------4---------------------------------| 
B|---------------0------------------------------0--------------0--| 
G|-----5----------------5---------------5---------------5---------| 
D|----------0---------------0---------------0---------------0-----| 
A|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|--5---------------5--------------5----------------5-------------|

I?m not the best at moving on.
e|------------------------------4---------------5-------4---------| 
B|---------------0------------------------------------------------| 
G|------5---------------5---------------5----------------------5--| 
D|----------0---------------0---------------0---------------------| 
A|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|--5---------------5--------------5----------------5-------5-----|

e|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|----0--------0-------0---------0---------0--------0-----0-----0-| 
A|---------0-------2-------2/4-------4/2-------0-------------0----| 
E|-0--------------------------------------------------4-----------|
Repeat Pre-Chorus

Nothing to say
No one would listen anyway


e|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|----0--------0-------0---------0---------0--------0-----0-----0-| 
A|---------0-------2-------2/4-------4/2-------0-------------0----| 
E|-0--------------------------------------------------4-----------|
X2

I have not seen the light for?
e|--5/7-----5/7----5----4----2---5---4------4-----2--------------| 
B|---------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|--5/7-----5/7----5----3----1---5---3------3-----1----1---------| 
D|---------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|








[Bridge]-> Strum all strings

Days?
E|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|----0--------0-------0---------0---------0--------0-----0-----0-| 
A|---------0-------2-------2/4-------4/2-------0-------------0----| 
E|-0--------------------------------------------------4-----------|
Play same chords as verse

(Builds)
E|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-----------------2-------2/4-------4/2--------------------------| 
G|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|----0--------0-------0---------0---------0--------0-1---0-----0-| 
A|---------0-------2-------2/4-------4/2-------0-------------0----| 
E|-0--------------------------------------------------4-----------|

[Chorus] -> hold the chords
I have not seen the? light for? days
E|--5/7-----------------4---------0---------------| 
B|------------------------------------------------| 
G|--5/7-----------------3---------0---------------| 
D|------------------------------------------------| 
A|------------------------------------------------| 
E|------------------------------------------------|

E|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|----0------------2-------2/4-------4/2--------------------------| 
G|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|----0--------0-------0---------0---------0----------1---0-----0-| 
A|---------0-------2-------2/4-------4/2-------0-------------0----| 
E|-0--------------------------------------------------4-----------|
Play once.
I have not seen the?    light?          for days ->(repeat) 
E|--5/7------------------4---------------4----2------------------| 
B|---------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|--5/7------------------3---------------3----1------------------| 
D|---------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|

E|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|----0--------0-------0---------0---------0--------0-----0-----0-| 
A|---------0-------2-------2/4-------4/2-------0-------------0----| 
E|-0--------------------------------------------------4-----------| 
X2

End.

- Julie
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