The Icicle Melts

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Cranberries - The Icicle Melts
[INTRO]
e:------(7)-------------------------------------------|
B:------------(7)-------------------------------------|
Guitar 1 G:--------------------------(7)-----------------------| X 2
D:-(7)------------------------------------------------|
A:----------------------------------------------------| ( ) = harmonics
E:----------------------------------------------------|
A C
e:---0-----0-----0-----0---|---0-----0-----0-----0----|
B:-----0-----0-----0-----0-|-----0-----0-----0-----0--|
Guitar 2 G:-2-----2-----2-----2-----|-5-----5-----5-----5------| X 4
D:-------------------------|--------------------------|
A:-------------------------|--------------------------|
E:-------------------------|--------------------------|
Guitar 1 & Guitar 2 tabs and chords as written are synched.
Guitar 1 after playing the intro harmonics, can play the accompanying chords for Guitar 2
[VERSE 1]
A C
When, When will the icicle melt, the icicle, icicle
A C
And when, When will the picture show end, picture show, picture show
A C
I should not have read the paper today
A C
'Cause a child, child, child, child he was taken away
[CHORUS]
C C/B Am
There's a place for the baby that died
C C/B Am
And there's time for the mother who cried
C C/B Am
And she'll hold him in her arm sometime
C C/B Am
'Cause nine months is too long, too long, too long
A C A C
[VERSE 2]
A C
How could you hurt a child, how could you hurt a child?
A C
Now does this make you satisfied, satisfied?
A C
I don't know what's happening to people today
A C
When a child, child, child, child he was taken away
[CHORUS]
C C/B Am
There's a place for the baby that died
C C/B Am
And there's time for the mother who cried
C C/B Am
And she'll hold him in her arm sometime
C C/B Am
'Cause nine months is too long, too long, too long
A C A C
C C/B Am
There's a place for the baby that died
C C/B Am
And there's time for the mother who cried
C C/B Am
And she'll hold him in her arm sometime
C C/B Am
'Cause nine months is too long, too long
A
(spoken) Too long
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[CHORDS]
C/B
EADGBe
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The Icicle Melts chords and lyrics

Free chords for The Icicle Melts by The Cranberries. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

Cranberries - The Icicle Melts 
[INTRO]
Guitar 1 & Guitar 2 tabs and chords as written are synched.
Guitar 1 after playing the intro harmonics, can play the accompanying chords for Guitar 2
[VERSE 1]
[CHORUS]
      A   C   A   C
[VERSE 2]
[CHORUS]
      A   C   A   C
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[CHORDS]
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The Icicle Melts Chords by The Cranberries

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