Running On Ice chords by Billy Joel

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
DsusDsus
Gsus2Gsus2 Bbmaj7/G Am7/GAm7/G Fsus2/G
Gsus2Gsus2 Bbmaj7/G Am7/GAm7/G Gsus4Gsus4
Gsus2Gsus2 Bbmaj7/G Am7/GAm7/G Fsus2/G
Gsus2Gsus2 Bbmaj7/G Am7/GAm7/G Gsus4Gsus4


Verse 1:
Gsus2Gsus2      Bbmaj7/G    Am7/GAm7/G
There's a lot of tension in this town
      Fsus2/G   Gsus2Gsus2    Bbmaj7/G Am7/GAm7/G Gsus4Gsus4
I know it's building up inside of me
Gsus2Gsus2       Bbmaj7/G     Am7/GAm7/G
I've got all the symptoms and the side effects
  Fsus2/G   Gsus2Gsus2 Bbmaj7/G  Am7/GAm7/G Gsus4Gsus4
Of city life anxiety
Gsus2Gsus2      Bbmaj7/G     Am7/GAm7/G  Fsus2/G
I could never understand why the urban attitude
    Gsus2Gsus2 Bbmaj7/G Am7/GAm7/G Gsus4Gsus4
Is so superior
Gsus2Gsus2     Bbmaj7/G    Am7/GAm7/G
In a world of high rise ambition
       Fsus2/G    Gsus2Gsus2 Bbmaj7/G Am7/GAm7/G
Most people's motives are ulterior

Chorus:
G7/B
Oh!
C majorC                FF     C majorC
Sometimes I feel as though I'm running on ice
FF      C majorC    G6G6 G+G
Paying the price too long
Am7Am7               Bb majorBb     C majorC
Kind of get the feeling that I'm running on ice
Bb majorBb      C majorC      DsusDsus
Where did my life go wrong?

Verse 2:
Gsus2Gsus2  Bbmaj7/G      Am7/GAm7/G
I'm a cosmopolitan sophisticate
   Fsus2/G    Gsus2Gsus2   Bbmaj7/G Am7/GAm7/G Gsus4Gsus4
Of culture and intelligence
Gsus2Gsus2     Bbmaj7/G  Am7/GAm7/G
The culmination of technology
  Fsus2/G    Gsus2Gsus2 Bbmaj7/G Am7/GAm7/G Gsus4Gsus4
And civilized experience
Gsus2Gsus2        Bbmaj7/G      Am7/GAm7/G  Fsus2/G
But I'm carrying the weight of all the useless junk
          Gsus2Gsus2  Bbmaj7/G Am7/GAm7/G Gsus4Gsus4
A augmentedA modern man accumulates
Gsus2Gsus2   Bbmaj7/G   Am7/GAm7/G
I'm a statistic in a system
    Fsus2/G    Gsus2Gsus2  Bbmaj7/G Am7/GAm7/G
That a civil servant dominates

Chorus:
C majorC                  FF     C majorC
Oh, and all that means is that I'm running on ice
FF       C majorC     G6G6 G+G
Caught in the vise so strong
Am7Am7                 Bb majorBb    C majorC
I'm slipping and sliding, 'cause I'm running on ice
Bb majorBb      C majorC      DsusDsus
Where did my life go wrong?

Bridge:
       G minorGm  Ebmaj7/G D/G
You've got to run,  run,  run
Gm7Gm7 Gm7/FGm7/F Eb MajorEb
Oh!
Cm7Cm7 FF Bb majorBb
Oh!
G minorGm  Ebmaj7/G D/G
Run, Run,   Run
Gm7Gm7 Gm7/FGm7/F Eb MajorEb
Oh!
Cm7Cm7 FF D MajorD
Oh!

Interlude:
Gsus2Gsus2 Bbmaj7/G  Am7/GAm7/G Fsus2/G
Gsus2Gsus2 Bbmaj7/G  Am7/GAm7/G Gsus4Gsus4

Verse 3:
Gsus2Gsus2  Bbmaj7/G
As fast as I can climb
 Am7/GAm7/G      Fsus2/G     Gsus2Gsus2 Bbmaj7/G Am7/GAm7/G Gsus4Gsus4
A augmentedA new disaster every time I turn around
Gsus2Gsus2    Bbmaj7/G
As soon as I get one fire put out
     Am7/GAm7/G     Fsus2/G Gsus2Gsus2 Bbmaj7/G Am7/GAm7/G Gsus4Gsus4
There's another building burning down
Gsus2Gsus2     Bbmaj7/G    Am7/GAm7/G
They say this highway's going my way
   Fsus2/G        Gsus2Gsus2  Bbmaj7/G Am7/GAm7/G Gsus4Gsus4
But I don't know where it's taking me
GsusGsus  Bbmaj7/G   Am7/GAm7/G   Fsus2/G
It's a bad waste, a sad case, a rat race
   Gsus2Gsus2  Bbmaj7/G Am7/GAm7/G
It's breaking me

Chorus:
G7/B
Oh!
C majorC              FF     C majorC
I get no traction 'cause I'm running on ice
   FF     C majorC    G6G6 G+G
It's taking me twice as long
Am7Am7               Bb majorBb    C majorC
I get a bad reaction 'cause I'm running on ice
Bb majorBb      C majorC    DsusDsus
Where did my life go wrong?

Bridge:
       G minorGm  Ebmaj7/G D/G
You've got to run,  run,  run
Gm7Gm7 Gm7/FGm7/F Eb MajorEb
Oh!
 G minorGm      Ebmaj7/G  D/G
Run,  run,  run, run, run, oh
Cm7Cm7 FF Bb majorBb
Oh!

Outro:
Gsus2Gsus2 Bbmaj7/G  Am7/GAm7/G

Fsus2/G
Running on ice

Gsus2Gsus2 Bbmaj7/G  Am7/GAm7/G

Gsus4Gsus4
Running on ice

Gsus2Gsus2 Bbmaj7/G  Am7/GAm7/G

     Fsus2/G
Running, running on ice

Gsus2Gsus2 Bbmaj7/G  Am7/GAm7/G

Gsus4Gsus4
Running on ice

Gsus2Gsus2 Bbmaj7/G  Am7/GAm7/G

Fsus2/G
Running on ice

Gsus2Gsus2  Bbmaj7/G  Am7/GAm7/G Gsus4Gsus4
Slippin', slidin', running on ice

Gsus2Gsus2 Bbmaj7/G  Am7/GAm7/G

Fsus2/G
Running on ice

Gsus2Gsus2  Bbmaj7/G  Am7/GAm7/G Gsus4Gsus4
Slippin', slidin', running on ice

Gsus2Gsus2 Bbmaj7/G  Am7/GAm7/G Fsus2/G
Gsus2Gsus2 Bbmaj7/G  Am7/GAm7/G Gsus4Gsus4