Billy Joel – Running On Ice (Guitar)

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[Intro] Dsus Gsus2 Bbmaj7/G Am7/G Fsus2/G Gsus2 Bbmaj7/G Am7/G Gsus4 Gsus2 Bbmaj7/G Am7/G Fsus2/G Gsus2 Bbmaj7/G Am7/G Gsus4 [Verse 1]
Gsus2            Bbmaj7/G        Am7/G
There's a lot of tension in this town

            Fsus2/G      Gsus2       Bbmaj7/G  Am7/G  Gsus4
I know it's building up inside of me

Gsus2             Bbmaj7/G         Am7/G
I've got all the symptoms and the side effects

   Fsus2/G     Gsus2  Bbmaj7/G   Am7/G  Gsus4
Of city life anxiety

Gsus2           Bbmaj7/G         Am7/G    Fsus2/G
I could never understand why the urban attitude

        Gsus2  Bbmaj7/G  Am7/G  Gsus4
Is so superior

Gsus2         Bbmaj7/G       Am7/G
In a world of high rise ambition

              Fsus2/G       Gsus2 Bbmaj7/G  Am7/G
Most people's motives are ulterior
[Chorus]
G7/B
Oh!

C                               F          C
Sometimes I feel as though I'm running on ice

F            C        G6  G
Paying the price too long

Am7                              Bb         C
Kind of get the feeling that I'm running on ice

Bb            C            Dsus
Where did my life go wrong?
[Verse 2]
Gsus2   Bbmaj7/G            Am7/G
I'm a cosmopolitan sophisticate

     Fsus2/G       Gsus2     Bbmaj7/G Am7/G Gsus4
Of culture and intelligence

Gsus2         Bbmaj7/G   Am7/G
The culmination of technology

    Fsus2/G        Gsus2  Bbmaj7/G  Am7/G  Gsus4
And civilized experience

Gsus2               Bbmaj7/G           Am7/G    Fsus2/G
But I'm carrying the weight of all the useless junk

                   Gsus2    Bbmaj7/G  Am7/G  Gsus4
A modern man accumulates

Gsus2     Bbmaj7/G     Am7/G
I'm a statistic in a system

        Fsus2/G       Gsus2   Bbmaj7/G  Am7/G
That a civil servant dominates
[Chorus]
C                                   F         C
Oh, and all that means is that I'm running on ice

F              C         G6  G
Caught in the vise so strong

Am7                                  Bb        C
I'm slipping and sliding, 'cause I'm running on ice

Bb            C           Dsus
Where did my life go wrong?
[Bridge]
              Gm   Ebmaj7/G  D/G
You've got to run,   run,    run

Gm7 Gm7/F Eb
Oh!

Cm7  F  Bb
Oh!

Gm   Ebmaj7/G  D/G
Run,  Run,     Run

Gm7 Gm7/F  Eb
Oh!

Cm7  F  D
Oh!
[Interlude] Gsus2 Bbmaj7/G Am7/G Fsus2/G Gsus2 Bbmaj7/G Am7/G Gsus4 [Verse 3]
Gsus2    Bbmaj7/G
As fast as I can  climb

  Am7/G            Fsus2/G         Gsus2  Bbmaj7/G  Am7/G  Gsus4
A new disaster every time I turn around

Gsus2        Bbmaj7/G
As soon as I get one fire put out

          Am7/G          Fsus2/G  Gsus2  Bbmaj7/G  Am7/G  Gsus4
There's another building burning down

Gsus2         Bbmaj7/G        Am7/G
They say this highway's going my way

      Fsus2/G                Gsus2    Bbmaj7/G  Am7/G  Gsus4
But I don't know where it's taking me

Gsus   Bbmaj7/G     Am7/G     Fsus2/G
It's a bad waste, a sad case, a rat race

      Gsus2    Bbmaj7/G  Am7/G
It's breaking me
[Chorus]
G7/B
Oh!

C                            F          C
I get no traction 'cause I'm running on ice

      F         C        G6  G
It's taking me twice as long

Am7                              Bb        C
I get a bad reaction 'cause I'm running on ice

Bb           C        Dsus
Where did my life go wrong?
[Bridge]
              Gm   Ebmaj7/G  D/G
You've got to run,   run,    run

Gm7 Gm7/F Eb
Oh!

 Gm           Ebmaj7/G   D/G
Run,   run,    run, run, run, oh

Cm7  F  Bb
Oh!
[Outro] Gsus2 Bbmaj7/G Am7/G
Fsus2/G
Running on ice
Gsus2 Bbmaj7/G Am7/G
Gsus4
Running on ice
Gsus2 Bbmaj7/G Am7/G
         Fsus2/G
Running, running on ice
Gsus2 Bbmaj7/G Am7/G
Gsus4
Running on ice
Gsus2 Bbmaj7/G Am7/G
Fsus2/G
Running on ice

Gsus2    Bbmaj7/G   Am7/G  Gsus4
Slippin', slidin', running on ice
Gsus2 Bbmaj7/G Am7/G
Fsus2/G
Running on ice

Gsus2    Bbmaj7/G   Am7/G  Gsus4
Slippin', slidin', running on ice
Gsus2 Bbmaj7/G Am7/G Fsus2/G Gsus2 Bbmaj7/G Am7/G Gsus4