Walking On Thin Ice chords by Yoko Ono

Chords with lyrics

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

Difficulty: Intermediate

John Lennon & Yoko Ono - Walking on thin ice (1979)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oTtK-JtSn8

* Means chord is only 2 beats

Intro:
G+G E MajorE E E minorEm                 E minorEm Em A minorAm Am
     Walking on walking on thin ice
E minorEm Em A minorAm Am* A augmentedA D* G+G E minorEm A minorAm Am Am* E minorEm Em C majorC A minorAm Am* E minorEm Em Em* C*

A minorAm E minorEm Em Em* C* A minorAm Am* E minorEm Em Em* C majorC Am* E* E minorEm

Verse 1:
E minorEm
Walking on thin ice
E minorEm          A minorAm
I'm paying the price
       E minorEm         A minorAm
For throwing the dice in the air
BB               E minorEm
Why must we learn it the hard way
     A minorAm               E minorEm
And play the game of life with your heart?

Verse 2:
G+G          E minorEm
I gave you my knife
C majorC       A minorAm
You gave me my life
        C majorC  E minorEm    A minorAm
Like a gush of wind   in my hair
BB        E minorEm
Why do we forget what's been said
             A minorAm      E minorEm
And play the game of life   with our hearts?

Instrumental:
E minorEm Em* G+G E minorEm A augmentedA A majorA E minorEm Em Em* A augmentedA A minorAm Am* Bm* BB B*

E minorEm Em Em* A minorAm Am A minorAm E minorEm

Verse 3:
E minorEm  A minorAm   E minorEm
I may cry someday
          A minorAm      E minorEm
But the tears will dry whichever way
       BB           E minorEm
And when our hearts return to ash--es
   DmDm  FF   BB   E minorEm
It'll  be just a story
C majorC    FF     BB   E minorEm
It'll be  just a story

Bridge:
  E minorEm   E minorEm   E minorEm
Ai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ai...
A minorAm  A minorAm  A augmentedA  E minorEm  E minorEm  Em*
Ai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ai...
A minorAm A minorAm E minorEm E minorEm E minorEm A minorAm A minorAm Am*
Ai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ai...
E minorEm E minorEm E* A minorAm A minorAm E minorEm E minorEm Em*
Ai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ai...
A minorAm A minorAm Am* E minorEm E minorEm E minorEm A minorAm
Ai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ai...
E minorEm E minorEm C majorC C majorC C* E minorEm E minorEm Em*
Ai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ai...
A minorAm A minorAm A minorAm E minorEm A augmentedA A minorAm E* BB
E minorEm BB   A minorAm Am* BB BB A minorAm * E*
Ooh-ahooh...
A minorAm BB B BB E MajorE BB

Verse 4:
A augmentedA       BB                 A minorAm
"I knew a girl who tried to walk across the lake,
                BB
'Course it was winter when all this was ice.
       E minorEm             E MajorE BB
That's a hell of a thing to do, you know.
E MajorE       A minorAm             E MajorE BB
They say the lake is as big as the ocean.
E minorEm               C majorC  E MajorE
I wonder if she knew about it?"

Outro:
BB E minorEm Am* C majorC E MajorE BB E minorEm E minorEm A minorAm

E MajorE E minorEm Em* A* A minorAm E minorEm Em E minorEm
Ai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ai...
A minorAm Am E minorEm Em A minorAm Am E minorEm Em Em*
Ai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ai...
A augmentedA A majorA A* E minorEm Em E minorEm
Ai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ai...
G+G E minorEm E minorEm E* A minorAm E MajorE E* BB
(this is where the wierd music comes back in again)

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