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Icarus

?Icarus? by the Staves

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

Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2D-OH2RgXo
The Staves (Live): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56CmG1TSfbA 

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 once.

(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.

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