Ice Cream

Words & Music by

Sarah McLachlan

 

[capo 3]

 

G   Am7   D  [4x or as you will]  [1st vox note = G]

 

C    D       Em          C           G/B (beat 3)

Your love is better than ice cream,

Am7         D        G/B            C

Better than anything else that I've tried.

Am7   D      Em          C         G/B

Your love is better than ice cream.

Am7           D            C        Am7

Everyone here knows how to fight.

           Em   D   Am7

And it's a long way down,

       Em   D   Am7

It's a long way down,

       Em   D   Am7         C          G/B C             G/B   Em

It's a long way down to the place where we started from.

 

G   Am7   D [2x or as you will]

 

Your love is better than chocolate,

Better than anything else that I've tried.

Oh, love is better than chocolate.

Everyone here knows how to cry.

And it's a long way down,

It's a long way down,

It's a long way down to the place where we started from.

 

G  Am7  D [vocal noodle over this vamp as you will – end on G]

 

 

[original is in A, but these chords flow easier]

 





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