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Ice Cream
As written and recorded by Sarah McLachlan
From the Album "Fumbling Towards Ecstacy"
Transcribed by John Argentiero (jfafreak@wam.umd.edu)

Well, most of this song is played on piano (um, all of it I think) but 
live I believe she does it on guitar, or so I've been told/led to 
believe, so here's a good arrangement.
Listen to the record for rhythms.

(hum and make cute little happy sounds over intro)
A   Bm7    E     

A   Bm7    E
 
A   Bm7    E

A   D  Bm7   Esus2


D    E       F#m7         D         A/C#
Your love is better than Ice Cream

Bm7         E        A/C#           D
Better than anything else that I've tried.

Bm7  E       F#m7         D         A/C#
Your love is better than Ice Cream.

Bm7           E            D        Bm7
Everyone here knows how to fight.

           F#m  E   Bm7
And it's a long way down

       F#m  E   Bm7
It's a long way down

       F#m  E   Bm7         D          A/C# D             A/C#  F#m
It's a long way down to the place where  we started from

A   Bm7    E     

A   Bm7    E
 
D    E       F#m7         D         A/C#
Your love is better than chocolate

Bm7         E        A/C#           D
Better than anything else that I've tried.

Bm7 E       F#m7         D         A/C#
Oh, love is better than chocolate.

Bm7           E            D        Bm7
Everyone here knows how to cry.

           F#m  E   Bm7
And it's a long way down

       F#m  E   Bm7
It's a long way down

       F#m  E   Bm7         D          A/C# D             A/C#  F#m
It's a long way down to the place where  we started from

   A/C#  D           A/E    F#m
Do do do do do do do     

A            Bm7         E
  Do  do do  do  do do   do

Repeat that last line till the end.  As the song is in A, end on an A 
chord, unless by some strange act of God you can fade yourself out like 
on the record...

To make life easier, here's TAB for all of the chords...

e--0---2-----0---2----2------2-----------2-----0----|
B--2---3-----0---3----0------2-----2-----2-----2----|
G--2---2-----1---2-----------2-----2-----2-----2----|
D--2---4-----2---0----2------2-----2-----4-----2----|
A--0---2-----2--------2------4-----4-----4-----0----|
E------------0--------0------2-----------2-----0----|
   A   Bm7   E   D    Esus2  F#m7  A/C#  F#m   A/E

Hope this is through enough to allow you to happily play in any given 
acoustic coffe house or hang-out joint of your choice!  If there are any 
problems, email me!
        John
        jfafreak@wam.umd.edu