Title: Skating Away on the Thin Ice of the New Day Artist: (Jethro Tull) Anderson/Barre? 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:
e +-1--0--2---3---5--0--0--0----3---1-- |-1--3--3---3---3--2--0--3----0---1-- |-2--2--2---2---2--2--2--2----0---0-- |-3--0--0---0---0--2--2--2----0---3-- |-3 ---------------0--0--0----2---0-- +-1----------------------------------
intro: meanwhile back in the year one... when you belonged to no one you didn't stand a chance son +-----------------------0- |-----------------------2- |-----0-----------------2- |---2-------------------2- |-3------2--0-----------0- +---------------3--1------
if your plans were undone +-----------------------2- |-----------------------3- |-----0-----------------2- |---2-------------------0- |-3------2--0------------- +---------------3--1------
'cause you were bred for humanity and sold to society one day you'll wake up in the present day +-2---2--0--2-3---------------------3------3-----+ G |-3 --3 -3 -3 3--------------------(3)-----------| (optional?) |-2---2--2 -2-2----------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------320-2--320-2-----| +-----------------------------------3------3-----+
a million generations removed from expectations E +1-------------------------1----------------------------+ strum G |1-------------------------1----------------------------| chords B |2-------------------------0----------------------------| here |3-------------------------3----------------------------| |3 ------------------------0----------------------------| +1------------------------------------------------------+
of being who you really want to be +0-2 2 0 2-3-2-0-0----------------0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0--------+ |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 |---------------------------------0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0--------| +----------------------------------------------------------+
chorus:
skating away skating away skating away on the thin ice of the new day ay e ay ay ay +--------------------------------------3-----3-------2--2--+ |----------------------------------------------------3--3--| add B |-4--2- 0--2--h2--- -----0-------- --- --- ---0-0- h2- 2--| style |-0- 0 0--0--- 0----0-2-4--4-2 0 - - -- 4 4--------| |----------------------------------320-2-320 2-------------| +--------------------------------------3-----3-------------+
verses: (note: D2-4 indicates D major to sus2 to sus4 etc..)
So as you push off from the shore
won't you turn your head once more
and make your peace with everyone
for those who choose to stay
will live just one more day
to do the things they should've done
and as you cross the wilderness
suspended in your emptiness
you feel you have to pray
looking for a sign that
the universal mind as
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
