Jethro Tull

Jethro Tull - Skating Away guitar tab

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Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 11:15:21 -0800 (PST)

From: "R. McPherson"

Subject: TAB: Skating Away (On The Thin Ice Of The New Day)by Jethro Tull

Thanks to help from storvik@ux4.cso.uiuc.edu we now have:

Title: Skating Away on the Thin Ice of the New Day

Artist: (Jethro Tull) Anderson/Barre?

Transcribed By: rjmcpher@uci.edu

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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