Chords for Jethro Tull - Skating Away on the Thin Ice of the New Day, Live 1980

_ _ This is a little song which we played in the middle of a Tuesday feast which all sat [Ab] in the gym and [Gb] Brooklyn Baskets and so on goes
I'm [Eb] going to say that it's damn nearing [Gm] New [C] Year
One, _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ you belong to [C] me
One, _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] you didn't stand a [C] chance
Some, _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] if your pants were [F] _ undone
_ _ Cause you were [Bb] breath for humanity
_ [F] And sorrow for [Bb] society
One day [F] you'll wake up, wake up
In [Bb] the present day
[Eb] A million generations [Db] removed from expectations
[F] Of being [Bb] who you really want to [C] be
_ _ [F] Skate in the way, skate in the way
Skate in the way, on the thin [C] ice of [Eb] the new day
[Bb] _ _ _
_ [F] _ And [Gm] as [Bb] you push off [F] from the shore
Won't you turn your [C] head once more
And make it [F] peace with everyone
For [Bb] _ _
those who [F] choose to stay
And you'll live just [C] one more day
To do the [F] things you should have done
_ [Bb] And as you cross the wilderness
And [C] spinning in your emptiness
You may [F] have to break
Looking _ _ [Bb] _ for a sign that [Ab] the universal [Eb] mind
[F] Has written you [Bb] into the [C] fashion play
_ [F] Skate in the way, skate in the way
Skate in the way, [Bb] on the thin ice of [Eb] the new day
_ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [F] _ And _ [Bb] _
as you cross the [F] circle
Well, your eyes won't please [C] the tide
_ You're a [F] rabbit on the run
And [Bb] _
as the silver [F] splinters fly
And the quarter of the [C] rhyme
Shining in the setting [F] sun _ _
[Bb] Do you ever get the feeling
[C] That those stories do come real
And the [F] presence
That _ all _ _
[Bb] and everybody's on a stage
[Ab] And it seems [Eb] like you're the [F] only person
[Bb] Sitting in the [C] audience _
Skate [F] in the way, [Bb] skate [F] in the way
_ Skate in the way, [Bb] on the thin [Eb] ice of the new day
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ Skate in the way, skate in the way
_ [Bb] Skate in the way _ _