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Skating Away (On the Thin Ice of the New Day) by Jethro Tull
Skating Away (On the Thin Ice of the New Day)
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:3rd fret
(Opening should be fingerpicked)
C G F A
Mean while back in the year one
C G F A
When you belonged to no one
C G F A
You didn´t stand a chance son
C G F D Dsus4 D
If your pants were undone
D G
´Cause you were bred for humanity
D Dsus4 G
And sold to society
D G
One day you´ll wake up: in the present days
Csus4 Bb
A million generations, removed from expectation of,
D G A Asus4 A
being who you really want to be
G D
Skating away
G D
Skating away
G D
Skating away
G C G C D Dsus4 D
On the thin ice of a new day ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay
G D
So as you push off from the shore,
A Asus4 A
won t you turn your head once more;
D Dsus4 D G
and make your peace with everyone?
D A Asus4 A
For those who choose to stay, will live just one more day
D Dsus4 D G
To do the things they should have done
G
And as you cross the wilderness,
Em G D Dsus4 D G
a spinning in your emptiness you feel you have to pray
G Em G
Looking for a sign, that the universal mind,
D G A Asus4 A
has written you into the passion play
G D
Skating away
G D
Skating away
G D
Skating away
G C G C D Dsus4 D
On the thin ice of a new day ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay
G D
And as you cross the circle line,
A Asus4 A
well the ice wall creaks behind;
D Dsus4 D G
you re a rabbit on the run
D A Asus4 A
And silver splinters fly in the corner of your eye
D
Shining in the setting sun
G Em
Well do you ever get to feeling,
G Em D Dsus4 D
that the story s too damn real, and in the present tense
G Em
Or that everybody s on the stage,
G Em D G A Asus4 A
and it seems like you re the only, person sitting in the audience?
G D
Skating away
G D
Skating away
G D
Skating away
G C G C D Dsus4 D
On the thin ice of a new day ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay
G D
Skating away
G D
Skating away
G D
Skating away
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version 2
Capo:no capo
Note: CAPO 3rd fret (written as though 3rd fret = open)
Add lots of rhythmic style to the chord playing
from sus2 to major to sus4 forms.
Chord forms named as if played without a capo:
F D2 D D4 D5 A A2 A4 G F2
e +-1--0--2---3---5--0--0--0----3---1--|
G |-1--3--3---3---3--2--0--3----0---1--|
B |-2--2--2---2---2--2--2--2----0---0--|
D |-3--0--0---0---0--2--2--2----0---3--|
A |-3 ---------------0--0--0----2---0--|
E +-1----------------------------------|
intro:
meanwhile back in the year one...
when you belonged to no one
you didn't stand a chance son
E +-----------------------0-|
G |-----------------------2-|
B |-----0-----------------2-|
D |---2-------------------2-|
A |-3------2--0-----------0-|
E +---------------3--1------|
if your plans were undone
E +-----------------------2-|
G |-----------------------3-|
B |-----0-----------------2-|
D |---2-------------------0-|
A |-3------2--0-------------|
E +---------------3--1------|
'cause you were bred for humanity
and sold to society
one day you'll wake up in the present day
E +-2---2--0--2-3---------------------3------3-------|
G |-3 --3 -3 -3 3--------------------(3)-------------| (optional?)
B |-2---2--2 -2-2------------------------------------|
D |--------------------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------320-2--320-2-------|
E +-----------------------------------3------3-------|
a million generations removed from expectations
E +1-------------------------1------------------------------| strum
G |1-------------------------1------------------------------| chords
B |2-------------------------0------------------------------| here
D |3-------------------------3------------------------------|
A |3 ------------------------0------------------------------|
E +1--------------------------------------------------------|
of being who you really want to be
E +0-2 2 0 2-3-2-0-0----------------0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0----------|
G |3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----------------2-0 2-0 2 3 2 0 2----------| add
B |2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----------------2-2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2----------| rhythmic
D |---------------------------------2-2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2----------| style
A |---------------------------------0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0----------|
E +------------------------------------------------------------|
chorus:
skating away
skating away
skating away on the thin
ice of the new day ay e ay ay ay
E +--------------------------------------3-----3-------2--2----|
G |----------------------------------------------------3--3----| add
B |-4--2- 0--2--h2--- -----0-------- --- --- ---0-0- h2- 2----| style
D |-0- 0 0--0--- 0----0-2-4--4-2 0 - - -- 4 4----------|
A |----------------------------------320-2-320 2---------------|
E +--------------------------------------3-----3---------------|
verses: (note: D2-4 indicates D major to sus2 to sus4 etc..)
D5 D
So as you push off from the shore
D2-4 A2-4
won't you turn your head once more
D2-4
and make your peace with everyone
D5 D
for those who choose to stay
D2-4 A2-4
will live just one more day
D2-4
to do the things they should've done
G
and as you cross the wilderness
A
suspended in your emptiness
D2-4
you feel you have to pray
G
looking for a sign that
F2
the universal mind as
D2-4 A2-4
written you into their passion play
[chorus]
and as you cross the circle line
while the iceworld sheets behind (lyrics fuzzy here?)
you're a rabbit on the run
and the silver splinters fly
in the corner of your eye
shining in the setting sun
well do you ever get the feeling
that the stories do their reeling
in the present tense
or that everybody's on the stage
and it seems like you're the only
person sitting in the audience
[chorus]
skating away
skating away
skating away
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