Icarus Wind
Thea Gilmore
from Recorded Delivery (2009)

Intro: Gmaj7  D/F#  Em  Em (2x)

Cadd9
It's the Icarus wind,
     D (xx0232@1)         Em (022000@1)   Emit's (022000@1)blowing in my eyes
                Cadd9It's (x32030@1)the Icarus wind,
     D (xx0232@1)              Em (022000@1)  Emit's (022000@1)telling me those lies

G (320003@1)  D/F#And (200232@1)its heart is like ice
                Em (022000@1)    Emits (022000@1)fingers are long
                  G (320003@1)            
And it knows just who'll be torn
D/F# (200232@1)            Em (022000@1)   Emapart (022000@1)by that windsong

Gmaj7  D/F#  Em  Em
It's the Icarus wind
                Cadd9It's (x32030@1)the Icarus wind,
D (xx0232@1)                Em (022000@1) Emblowing (022000@1)through my hair
                Cadd9It's (x32030@1)the Icarus wind
D (xx0232@1)           Em (022000@1)   Emloosening (022000@1)the threads
                     GAnd, (320003@1)my God, it will stop you
      D (xx0232@1)                 Em (022000@1)   Emright (022000@1)there, dead in your tracks
                      G (320003@1)If you're just held together
     D (xx0232@1)             Em (022000@1)  Emwith (022000@1)hope and candle-wax

Gmaj7  D/F#  Em  Em
(2x)   It's the Icarus wind

Gmaj7    D/F#
And the higher it pulls me up, 
              Em (022000@1)   Emthe (022000@1)hotter it gets
                    Gmaj7 (xx5432@1)          DIt's (xx0232@1)the end of the dream around mid fire
         Em (022000@1)   Emand (022000@1)cigarettes

Cadd9
It's the Icarus wind
D (xx0232@1)                Em (022000@1)  Emblowing (022000@1)through my ears
                Cadd9It's (x32030@1)the Icarus wind
D (xx0232@1)                Em (022000@1)   Emdusting (022000@1)away those tears

GSinging, (320003@1)baby the truth is
     D/F# (200232@1)             Em (022000@1)  Emthat (022000@1)this won't hurt at all
                      GSoon (320003@1)there'll just be feathers
        D/F# (200232@1)       Em (022000@1)  Emand (022000@1)the quiet of the fall

Gmaj7  D/F#  Em  Em
(3x)   It's the Icarus wind