Icarus Chords by Martin Simpson

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_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ I never [Bb] wanted to fly [Cm] high
[Eb] I was too fond of walking
So when you said you'd [Cm] touch the sky
[Bb] I [Ab] thought it was [Bb] your way of talking
And then you said you'd [Eb] build some wings
You found [C] out how it could be done
[Eb] But I was doubtful of ever
I never thought you'd reach the sun
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_ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] But you were so _ _ [C] clever with your [Eb] hands
I'd watch you for hours
With the glue and the rubber bands
The feathers and the [Bb] lace and flowers
And the finished wings, they [Eb] glowed so bright
Like [C] some bird of [Eb] glory
I began to envy you, your flight
Like [Bb] some old [Eb] hero's story _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ And you tried to get me to [Cm] go with you
[Eb] You tried always to dare me
But I looked at the [Cm] skies of [C] blue
[Ab] I thought [Eb] the height would [Bb] scare me
But I carried your [Eb] wings for you
Up the path and to the cliff face
Kissed you goodbye, watched your eyes
Already [Bb] bright with [Eb] sunlight _ _ _
[C] _ [F] And _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _
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_ [Eb] it was so _ _ [C] grand at the [Eb] start
To watch you soaring higher
But there was a pain deep in my heart
Your wings seemed tipped with [Bb] fire
Like some seagull [Eb] or a lark _
Soaring forever or some ember
Or some spark drifting from the earth to heaven
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_ [Eb] _ Then I believed all that [Cm] you'd said
[Eb] I believed all that you told me
You'd do a thing no [Cm] man had ever done
[Eb] You'd touch the [Bb] stars to please me
And then I [Ab] saw your white [Eb] wings fail
I saw your feathers falter
And I watched you drop [C] like a ball of [Eb] gold
To the [Bb] wide green _ [Eb]
water _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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Some are born to fly [Cm] high
_ [Eb] Some are born to follow
And some are [Bb] born to touch [Cm] the sky
[Ab] [Eb] And some walk [Bb] in the hollow
But as I watched your body [Eb] fall
I knew really you had one field of grave
It was [Cm] not the earth [Eb] but the reflection of the sun _ _
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_ _ [Eb] I never [Bb] wanted to fly [C] high
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