Skating Away Chords by Jethro Tull
- Key: F
- BPM: 167
- Capo: no capo
DOWNBEAT
SKATING AWAY CHORDS
[Start] [Intro] [Verse] Eb Bb C Meanwhile back in the year ■ one Eb Bb C When you belonged to noone Bb C You didn't stand a chance son Eb Bb F ■ If your pants were undone Bb 'cause you were bred for humanity F Bb And sold to society F One day you'll wake up Bb In the present day Eb A million generations Db F Removed from expectations of ■ Bb C Being who you really want to be [Chorus] Bb F Skating away F Skating away F Skating away Eb Bb F On the thin ice of the new day ■ [Verse] Bb F ■ So as you push off from the shore C Won't you turn your head once more F And make your peace with everyone Bb F ■ For those who choose to stay C Will live just one more day F To do the things they should have done Bb And as you cross the wilderness C Spinning in your emptiness: F You feel you have to pray [Chorus] Bb Ab Eb F Bb C ■ Looking for a sign that the universal mind has written you into the passion play F Fsus4 F Skating away ■ Fsus4 F Skating away Fsus4 F Skating away Eb Bb F On the thin ice of the new day ■ ■ Bb F ■ And as you cross the circle line C The icewall creaks behind [Verse] F You're a rabbit on the run Bb F ■ And the silver splinters fly C In the corner of your eye F Shining in the setting sun Bb C F Well do you ever get the feeling that the story's too damn real and in the present Bb Ab Tense Or that everybody's on the stage [Chorus] Eb F And it seems like you're the only person Bb C Csus4 Sitting in the audience ■ F Skating away F Skating away F Skating away Eb Bb F On the thin ice of the new day ■ ■ F Skating away F Skating away [End] N.C. Skating away