Jethro Tull - Skating Away

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skating away chords
jethro tull ( ian anderson )

capo iii

( opening must 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 didnt 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 youll wake up : in the present days
Csus4 A#
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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