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1.
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  cat walk 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 
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C
You know it’s  true 
E Am
the guy you  know  well that’s just  you 
F C
and there is  not hing 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 your self  
2.
Am
So don’t  try  to be an icon 
F
con the  I  inside of you 
C
That  pic ture you’ve been painting 
E
doesn’t  look  a thing like you 
Am
I’ll ag ree  that it’s a nice try 
F
but  when  your paint is dry 
C
We are  all  just little icons 
E
super  you  and super I 
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C
You know it’s  true 
E Am
the guy you  know  well that’s just  you 
F C
and there is  not hing 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 your self  
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3.
Am
I  need  someone to show me 
F
just  what  I threw away 
C
I  need  a pretty angel 
E
to pre sent  it on a tray 
Am
You’ve  never  liked the icon 
F
said that  guy  looked pretty strange 
C
but you’ve  never  tried to change me 
E
and that’s  how  came to change 
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C
You know it’s  true 
E Am
the guy you  know  well that’s just  you 
F C
and there is  not hing 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 your self   𝄇