The Kooks - Icons: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Icons" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn Icons Guitar Chords and Lyrics by The Kooks

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "Icons" smoothly on your guitar.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

Bm                              D
It's the hardest part when you stop believing
         A                    F#m        Bm D A F#m
And you want too much so you keep deceiving.
Bm                                  D
Is there enough to share or are we destined to fight
     A                       F#m Bm D A F#m
Between the darkness and the light?

I'll have everything I need if I leave it behind
I'm gonna walk this path as if I'm blind

        Bm           A                  G#m    G
So hold on to what's good cause there's not a lot of it,
       F#m   E               D        C#m
We all have hearts but we've all got demons.

Chorus:
    C#m       D A E                F#m     D
You wanted to fall and I tried to save you.
              D A E                   F#m         D
Oh you had it all  when they took it away from you.
              D A E                     F#m
You wanted to fall, now there's nothing left to lose.

I thought it'd be easy but the dream, it ended
I've had enough of always pretending
I tried to leave the train from the first-class cabin
But the desert was dry and the wind was howling
We've had too much and we lost the thrill of it
We've had so much but it was never enough

Chorus:
You wanted to fall and I tried to save you
Oh, you had it all when they took it away from you
You wanted to fall and they took it away from you
You had it all, now there's nothing left to lose

Bm       A         G#m G
We will never grow old.
    F#m      E         D
No, we will never grow old.

Chorus:
You wanted to fall and I tried to save you
And you had it all when they took it away from you
You wanted to fall and they took it away from you
You had it all, now there's nothing left to lose
You got nothing left to lose

We will never grow old
No, we will never grow old


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

C#m

Guitar chord C#m

D

Guitar chord D

E

Guitar chord E

F#m

Guitar chord F#m

G

Guitar chord G

G#m

Guitar chord G#m

Bm

Guitar chord Bm

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Icons" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Icons" by The Kooks.

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