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
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(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
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(3x) It's the Icarus wind
