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....e||------------------------------------------------------|B||------------------------------------------------------|G||---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2 ---| AmD||---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--------|
e||----------------------|B||----------------------|G||---2---2---2---2 ---| FD||---3---3---3---3------|A||-3-------3------------|e||-----1-------1--------|
e||----------------------|B||----------------------|G||---0---0---0---0 ---| CD||---2---2---2---2------|A||-3-------3------------|e||-----3-------3--------|
e||----------------------|B||----------------------|G||---1---1---1---1 ---| ED||---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 Ce||----------------------------------------------------------------------|B||----------------------------------------------------------------------|G||--/14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14~-12h14-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|D||----------------------------------------------------------------------|A||----------------------------------------------------------------------|E||----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E Am F Ce ------------------------------------------------------------------------|B ------------------------------------------------------------------------|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 Ame -------------------------------------------------------------------------|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 Fe -------------------------------------------------------------------------|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 Ame --------------------------------------------------------------------------|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
