Play The chords Country-style, like many Johnny Cash songs:
Example for all the 4 chords of the song (all the chords are Palm Muted) :
if you try to be....
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G||---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2 ---| Am
D||---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2------|
A||-0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0------------|
e||-----0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0--------|
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G||---2---2---2---2 ---| F
D||---3---3---3---3------|
A||-3-------3------------|
e||-----1-------1--------|
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G||---0---0---0---0 ---| C
D||---2---2---2---2------|
A||-3-------3------------|
e||-----3-------3--------|
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B||----------------------|
G||---1---1---1---1 ---| E
D||---2---2---2---2------|
A||-2-------2------------|
e||-----0-------0--------|
Intro: Am
Couplet:
Am
if you try to be an icon
F
then the icon becomes you
C
if you try to be a model
E
it'll catwalk over you
Am
if you try to walk in straight shoes
F
then these shoes will bend you too
C
if you try to be a kid again
E
the kid will kidnap you
Chorus:
C
you know it's true
E Am
the guy you know well that's just you
F C
and there is nothing you can do
E Am
just like a door you can't get through
F
when there is no-one left to fool
E
don't go and drown in that old pool
Am
don't kid yourself
Couplet:
so don't try to be an icon
con the i inside of you
that picture you've been painting
doesn't look a thing like you
i'll agree that it's a nice try
but when your paint is dry
we are all just little icons
super you and super i
Refrein:
you know it's true...
Solo:
Am F C
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G||--/14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14~-12h14-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
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[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/d/daan/212852.html ]
E Am F C
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G -13-13-13-13-13~-13/14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14~-12h14-12-12-12-|
D ------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A ------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E ------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E C E Am
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B --------------------------------11/13--13--12--13--12--13/16--15--13--13-|
G -12-12-12-12/13-13-13-13-13~-13------------------------------------------|
D -------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A -------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E -------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F C Am F
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B -13--12--13-13--13-13-13~-13--12--13--12--13/16--15--13--13~--13--13--13-|
G -------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D -------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A -------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E -------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C E Am
e --------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B -13--13--13--13~--12h13-12--13--12--12--12~--/16--15--13--15--------------|
G -------------------------------------------------------------14/----------|
D --------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A --------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E --------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Couplet:
i need someone to show me
just what i threw away
i need a pretty angel
to present it on a tray
you've never liked the icon
said that guy looked pretty strange
but you've never tried to change me
and that's how came to change
Refrein:
C
you know it's true
E Am
the guy you know well that's just you
F C
and there is nothing you can do
E Am
just like a door you can't get through
F
when there is no-one left to fool
E
don't go and drown in that old pool
Am
don't kid yourself
F
when there is no-one left to fool
E
don't go and drown in that old pool
Am
don't kid yourself
