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Skating Way Chords by Jethro Tull

Skating Way chords by Jethro Tull

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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----------------------------------
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intro:
   meanwhile back in ...
   when you belonged ...
   you didn't stand a ....
E +-----------------------0-
G |-----------------------2-
B |-----0-----------------2-
D |---2-------------------2-
A |-3------2--0-----------0-
E +---------------3--1------

   if your plans ...
E +-----------------------2-
G |-----------------------3-
B |-----0-----------------2-
D |---2-------------------0-
A |-3------2--0-------------
E +---------------3--1------

   'cause you were ...
   and sold to ...
   one day you'll wake ...
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 ....
E +1-------------------------1----------------------------+  strum
G |1-------------------------1----------------------------|  chords
B |2-------------------------0----------------------------|  here
D |3-------------------------3----------------------------|
A |3 ------------------------0----------------------------|
E +1------------------------------------------------------+

   of being who you ....
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 ...
  skating ....
  skating ...      on the thin
                         ice of the ....
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 ....
D2-4                          A2-4
won't you turn ....
                              D2-4
and make your ....

D5                        D
for those who ....
D2-4                    A2-4
will live ...
                                D2-4
to do the things ....

G
and as you ...
   A
suspended in ...
             D2-4
you feel you ...

G
looking for a ....
    F2
the universal ...
D2-4                            A2-4
written you into .....

[chorus]

[chorus]


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