Running On Ice chords by Billy Joel

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

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