Icarus

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

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 -2...-2  -3  4  -4  -3  4
Oh...oh oh oh oh oh oh
 -2...-2  -3  4  -4  -3
Oh...oh oh oh oh oh

   4      4       4   4     4      5      4
Look who's digging their own grave
   4   4     4      4    5   4
That is what they all say
    5      5       6    5   6   5 -4
You'll drink yourself to death

   4      4       4       4      5     4
Look who makes their own bed
  4      4       4     4   5  4
Lies right down within it
  5      5      6    5     6    5 -4
And what will you have left?

   4   4   4      4      5    4
Out on the front doorstep
    4   4      4   4  5   4    4
Drinking from a paper cup
  5       5     6   5   6   5 -4
You won't remember this

  4  4     4  4      5      4
Living beyond your years
  4   4    4   4     5      4
Acting out all their fears
   5    5   6  5    6    5 -4
You feel it in your chest

   6      -6      6   5     6   5 -4 4
Your hands protect the flames
   5      6  -6 5     5     -4  -4    6
From the wild winds around you

 6 5 5  4  6 5 5   5   5 -4  -4   4   -4
Icarus is flying too close to the sun
  4   6 5 5 4  6 5, 5   5   5 -4   -4   4  -4
And Icarus's life, it has only just begun
-4    5   -4 4 -2
It's just begun
 -2...-2  -3  4  -4  -3  4
Oh...oh oh oh oh oh oh
 -2...-2  -3  4  -4  -3
Oh...oh oh oh oh oh
 4 4 4 4 5 4
Standing on the cliff face
 4 4 4 4 5 4 4
Highest fall you'll ever grace
5 5 6 5 6 5 -4
It scares me half to death

 4 4 4 4 5 4
Look out to the future
 4 4 4 4 5 4
But it tells you nothing
 5 5 6 5 6 5 -4
So take another breath
   6      -6      6   5     6   5 -4 4
Your hands protect the flames
   5      6  -6 5     5     -4  -4    6
From the wild winds around you

 6 5 5  4  6 5 5   5   5 -4  -4   4   -4
Icarus is flying too close to the sun
  6   6 5 5 4  6 5, 5   5   5 -4   -4   4  -4
And Icarus's life, it has only just begun
  6    -6   6   -6  6    -6   5  5 -4 -4 4 -4 6
And this is how it feels to take a   fall
 6 5 5  4 -6 5 5  5  5 -4  -4  -4  4    -4
Icarus is flying towards an early grave

 -2    5   -4    4    -2  5 -4      4     -2    -4
You put up your defenses when you leave
  3      5     -5   5        -4     -4  4
You leave because you're certain
-2    4    -4     5    4  -4
Of who you want to be

   -2       5  -4   4    -2    5  -4     4     -2     -4
You're putting up your armor when you leave
  3     3      5      5    6       5      -4  4
And you leave because you're certain
-2    4    -4     5    4  -4,   6
Of who you want to be, oh

 6 5 5  4  6 5 5   5   5 -4  -4   4   -4
Icarus is flying too close to the sun
  6   6 5 5 4  6 5, 5   5   5 -4   -4   4  -4
And Icarus's life, it has only just begun
  6    -6   6   -6  6    -6   5  5 -4 -4 4 -4 6
And this is how it feels to take a   fall
 6 5 5  4 -6 5 5  5  5 -4  -4  -4  4    -4
Icarus is flying towards an early grave