Chords for Billy Joel - Running On Ice (Audio)
Tempo:
79 bpm
Chords used:
G
Gm
C
D
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G] [Gm] [G]
[Gm] [C]
[G] There's a lot of tension in this town I know is building up inside of [Gm] me.
[G]
I got all the symptoms and the side effects of city life anxiety.
[Gm] [G]
I can never understand why we have an attitude that's so superior.
[Gm]
[G] In a world of high-rise ambition most people's motives are [Gm] ulterior.
[G]
Oh!
[C] Sometimes I feel as though I'm running on ice.
Paying the price [G] too [Am] long.
I hate the feeling that I'm running on ice.
Where [C] did my life [D] go wrong?
I'm a [G] cosmopolitan, sophisticated, cultural and [Gm] intelligent.
[G]
[G] A combination of technology and civilized [Gm] experience.
[G]
But I'm carrying a weight of all the useless junk a modern man [Gm] accumulates.
[G]
I'm a statistic and a system that a civil servant [Gm] [G]
dominates.
Oh!
[C] And all it means is that I'm running on ice.
Caught in a vice [G] so [Am] strong.
I'm stuck inside because I'm running on ice.
[C] Where did my life [D] go wrong?
[Eb] Let's run, run, [Gm] run, run, run, [Cm] run, run.
[F] Oh!
Oh!
Oh!
[Bb] Oh!
Run, run, run, run, run, run, [Cm] run.
[F] Oh!
Oh!
Oh!
Oh!
[G]
As fast as I can climb a new disaster every time I [Gm] turn around.
[G]
[G] As soon as I get one fire put out there's another building [Gm] burning [G] down.
They say this highway's going my way but I don't know where it's taking me.
Is it bad waste, a sad case of bad race breaking [Gm] me?
[G] Oh!
[C] I get no traction cause I'm [C] running on ice.
Taking me [G] twice as [Am] long.
Get a bad [Bb] reaction cause I'm running on ice.
[C] Where did my [D] life go wrong?
[Gm]
Run, [Eb] run, run, run, run, run, run.
Oh!
[Bb] Oh!
[Gm] Oh!
Oh!
Run, run, run, run, run, run, run.
Oh!
[D] Oh!
Oh!
[G] Oh!
[Gm] [G] Running on ice.
[D] [G] Running on ice.
[Gm] Running, running on ice.
[G] Running on ice.
Running on ice.
Slipping, [C] sliding, [G] running on ice.
Running on ice.
Slipping, sliding, running on ice.
[D] [G] [N]
[Gm] [C]
[G] There's a lot of tension in this town I know is building up inside of [Gm] me.
[G]
I got all the symptoms and the side effects of city life anxiety.
[Gm] [G]
I can never understand why we have an attitude that's so superior.
[Gm]
[G] In a world of high-rise ambition most people's motives are [Gm] ulterior.
[G]
Oh!
[C] Sometimes I feel as though I'm running on ice.
Paying the price [G] too [Am] long.
I hate the feeling that I'm running on ice.
Where [C] did my life [D] go wrong?
I'm a [G] cosmopolitan, sophisticated, cultural and [Gm] intelligent.
[G]
[G] A combination of technology and civilized [Gm] experience.
[G]
But I'm carrying a weight of all the useless junk a modern man [Gm] accumulates.
[G]
I'm a statistic and a system that a civil servant [Gm] [G]
dominates.
Oh!
[C] And all it means is that I'm running on ice.
Caught in a vice [G] so [Am] strong.
I'm stuck inside because I'm running on ice.
[C] Where did my life [D] go wrong?
[Eb] Let's run, run, [Gm] run, run, run, [Cm] run, run.
[F] Oh!
Oh!
Oh!
[Bb] Oh!
Run, run, run, run, run, run, [Cm] run.
[F] Oh!
Oh!
Oh!
Oh!
[G]
As fast as I can climb a new disaster every time I [Gm] turn around.
[G]
[G] As soon as I get one fire put out there's another building [Gm] burning [G] down.
They say this highway's going my way but I don't know where it's taking me.
Is it bad waste, a sad case of bad race breaking [Gm] me?
[G] Oh!
[C] I get no traction cause I'm [C] running on ice.
Taking me [G] twice as [Am] long.
Get a bad [Bb] reaction cause I'm running on ice.
[C] Where did my [D] life go wrong?
[Gm]
Run, [Eb] run, run, run, run, run, run.
Oh!
[Bb] Oh!
[Gm] Oh!
Oh!
Run, run, run, run, run, run, run.
Oh!
[D] Oh!
Oh!
[G] Oh!
[Gm] [G] Running on ice.
[D] [G] Running on ice.
[Gm] Running, running on ice.
[G] Running on ice.
Running on ice.
Slipping, [C] sliding, [G] running on ice.
Running on ice.
Slipping, sliding, running on ice.
[D] [G] [N]
Key:
G
Gm
C
D
Am
G
Gm
C
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Gm] _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ [C] _
[G] There's a lot of tension in this town I know is building up inside of [Gm] me.
[G] _
I got all the symptoms and the side effects of city life anxiety.
[Gm] _ [G] _
I can never understand why we have an attitude that's so superior.
[Gm] _ _
[G] In a world of high-rise ambition most people's motives are [Gm] ulterior.
[G]
Oh!
[C] Sometimes I feel as though I'm running on ice.
Paying the price [G] too [Am] long.
I hate the feeling that I'm running on ice.
Where [C] did my life [D] go wrong?
I'm a [G] cosmopolitan, sophisticated, cultural and [Gm] intelligent.
[G] _
_ [G] A combination of technology and civilized [Gm] experience.
[G] _
_ But I'm carrying a weight of all the useless junk a modern man [Gm] accumulates.
[G] _
_ I'm a statistic and a system that a civil servant [Gm] _ [G]
dominates.
Oh!
[C] And all it means is that I'm running on ice.
Caught in a vice [G] so [Am] strong.
I'm stuck inside because I'm running on ice.
[C] Where did my life [D] go wrong?
[Eb] Let's run, run, [Gm] run, run, run, [Cm] run, run.
[F] Oh!
Oh!
Oh!
[Bb] Oh!
Run, run, run, run, run, run, [Cm] run.
[F] Oh!
Oh!
Oh!
Oh!
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ As fast as I can climb a new disaster every time I [Gm] turn around.
[G] _
_ [G] As soon as I get one fire put out there's another building [Gm] burning [G] down.
_ They say this highway's going my way but I don't know where it's taking me.
_ Is it bad waste, a sad case of bad race breaking [Gm] me?
[G] Oh!
[C] I get no traction cause I'm [C] running on ice.
Taking me [G] twice as [Am] long.
Get a bad [Bb] reaction cause I'm running on ice.
[C] Where did my [D] life go wrong?
_ _ _ _ _ [Gm]
Run, [Eb] run, run, run, run, run, run.
Oh!
[Bb] Oh!
[Gm] Oh!
Oh!
Run, run, run, run, run, run, run.
Oh!
[D] Oh!
Oh!
[G] Oh!
_ [Gm] _ [G] Running on ice.
_ [D] [G] Running on ice.
[Gm] Running, running on ice.
_ [G] Running on ice.
Running on ice.
Slipping, [C] sliding, [G] running on ice.
_ Running on ice.
Slipping, sliding, running on ice.
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Gm] _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ [C] _
[G] There's a lot of tension in this town I know is building up inside of [Gm] me.
[G] _
I got all the symptoms and the side effects of city life anxiety.
[Gm] _ [G] _
I can never understand why we have an attitude that's so superior.
[Gm] _ _
[G] In a world of high-rise ambition most people's motives are [Gm] ulterior.
[G]
Oh!
[C] Sometimes I feel as though I'm running on ice.
Paying the price [G] too [Am] long.
I hate the feeling that I'm running on ice.
Where [C] did my life [D] go wrong?
I'm a [G] cosmopolitan, sophisticated, cultural and [Gm] intelligent.
[G] _
_ [G] A combination of technology and civilized [Gm] experience.
[G] _
_ But I'm carrying a weight of all the useless junk a modern man [Gm] accumulates.
[G] _
_ I'm a statistic and a system that a civil servant [Gm] _ [G]
dominates.
Oh!
[C] And all it means is that I'm running on ice.
Caught in a vice [G] so [Am] strong.
I'm stuck inside because I'm running on ice.
[C] Where did my life [D] go wrong?
[Eb] Let's run, run, [Gm] run, run, run, [Cm] run, run.
[F] Oh!
Oh!
Oh!
[Bb] Oh!
Run, run, run, run, run, run, [Cm] run.
[F] Oh!
Oh!
Oh!
Oh!
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ As fast as I can climb a new disaster every time I [Gm] turn around.
[G] _
_ [G] As soon as I get one fire put out there's another building [Gm] burning [G] down.
_ They say this highway's going my way but I don't know where it's taking me.
_ Is it bad waste, a sad case of bad race breaking [Gm] me?
[G] Oh!
[C] I get no traction cause I'm [C] running on ice.
Taking me [G] twice as [Am] long.
Get a bad [Bb] reaction cause I'm running on ice.
[C] Where did my [D] life go wrong?
_ _ _ _ _ [Gm]
Run, [Eb] run, run, run, run, run, run.
Oh!
[Bb] Oh!
[Gm] Oh!
Oh!
Run, run, run, run, run, run, run.
Oh!
[D] Oh!
Oh!
[G] Oh!
_ [Gm] _ [G] Running on ice.
_ [D] [G] Running on ice.
[Gm] Running, running on ice.
_ [G] Running on ice.
Running on ice.
Slipping, [C] sliding, [G] running on ice.
_ Running on ice.
Slipping, sliding, running on ice.
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _