Skating Away

# - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - please note - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - # # this file is the author’s own work and represents their interpretation of the # # song . you may only use this file for private study , scholarship , or research . # # - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - # skating away chords jethro tull ( ian anderson ) capo iii ( opening must be fingerpicked ) C G F A mean while back in the year one C G F A when you belonged to no one C G F A you didnt stand a chance son C G F D Dsus4 D if your pants were undone D G cause you were bred for humanity D Dsus4 G and sold to society D G one day youll wake up : in the present days Csus4 A# a million generations , removed from expectation of , D G A Asus4 A being who you really want to be G D skating away G D skating away G D skating away G C G C D Dsus4 D on the thin ice of a new day ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay G D so as you push off from the shore , A Asus4 A won t you turn your head once more; D Dsus4 D G and make your peace with everyone? D A Asus4 A for those who choose to stay , will live just one more day D Dsus4 D G to do the things they should have done G and as you cross the wilderness , Em G D Dsus4 D G a spinning in your emptiness you feel you have to pray G Em G looking for a sign , that the universal mind , D G A Asus4 A has written you into the passion play G D skating away G D skating away G D skating away G C G C D Dsus4 D on the thin ice of a new day ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay G D and as you cross the circle line , A Asus4 A well the ice wall creaks behind; D Dsus4 D G you re a rabbit on the run D A Asus4 A and silver splinters fly in the corner of your eye D shining in the setting sun G Em well do you ever get to feeling , G Em D Dsus4 D that the story s too damn real , and in the present tense G Em or that everybody s on the stage , G Em D G A Asus4 A and it seems like you re the only , person sitting in the audience? G D skating away G D skating away G D skating away G C G C D Dsus4 D on the thin ice of a new day ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay G D skating away G D skating away G D skating away set8