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 ---| 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--------|
e|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|---2---2---2---2 ---| F
D|---3---3---3---3------|
A|-3-------3------------|
E|-----1-------1--------|
e|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|---0---0---0---0------| C
D|---2---2---2---2------|
A|-3-------3------------|
E|-----3-------3--------|
e|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|---1---1---1---1 ---| E
D|---2---2---2---2------|
A|-2-------2------------|
E|-----0-------0--------|
[Intro]
Am
[Verse]
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
[Verse]
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
[Refrain]
you know it's true...
[Solo]
Am F C
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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 C
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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 Am
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Verse]
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
[Refrain]
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
