Biography:
Skids are a punk band formed in Dunfermline, Scotland by Stuart Adamson (on guitars, vocals, keyboards, percussion), Richard Jobson ( vocals, guitar, keyboards), Thomas Kellichan (drums) and William Simpson (bass guitar, vocals) in 1977. They signed to Virgin and issued "Sweet Suburbia" and "The Saints Are Coming" before shooting to popularity with top ten single "Into The Valley", from their first album "Scared to Dance". The group has split and reformed on numerous occasions; the original run was 1977–1982
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Intro
D G D G
C D D G
D D D D
Verse 1
D G D G
Into the valley, betrothed and divine
C D
Realisations no virtue, but who can define
C D
Why soldiers go marching, those masses a line
D G D G
This disease is catching, from victory to stone
Chorus
D D G A F# G D D G A F# G
Ahoy! ahoy! land, sea and sky. Ahoy! ahoy! boy, man and soldier
D D G A B B A D D G A D
Ahoy! ahoy! deceived and then punctured. Ahoy! ahoy! long may they die
Verse 2
D G D G
Out of concealment, blank and stark eyed
C D
Why so uncertain, this culture deceives
C D
Prophesised, brainwashed, Tomorrow's demise
D G D G
All systems failing, the placards unroll
Chorus
D D G A F# G D D G A F# G
Ahoy! ahoy! land, sea and sky. Ahoy! ahoy! boy, man and soldier
D D G A B B A D D G A D
Ahoy! ahoy! deceived and then punctured. Ahoy! ahoy! long may they die
INSTRUMENTAL D G D G, D
Verse 3
D G D G
Time for the audit, the gathering trial
C D
La la la la la la la la la la
C D
La la la la la la la la la la
D G D G
A collector's dilemma, repositioned and filed
Chorus
D D G A F# G D D G A F# G
Ahoy! ahoy! land, sea and sky. Ahoy! ahoy! boy, man and soldier
D D G A B B A D D G A D
Ahoy! ahoy! deceived and then punctured. Ahoy! ahoy! long may they die
Verse 4 (Repeat of verse 1)
D G D G
Into the valley, betrothed and divine
C D
Realisations no virtue, but who can define
C D
Why soldiers go marching, those masses a line
D G D G
This disease is catching, from victory to stone
C D
La la la la la la la la la la
C D
La la la la la la la la la la
D G D G
Into the valley, betrothed and divine
C D
La la la la la la la la la la
C D
La la la la la la la la la la
D G D G
Into the valley, betrothed and divine
D G D G
C D D G
D D D D
Verse 1
D G D G
Into the valley, betrothed and divine
C D
Realisations no virtue, but who can define
C D
Why soldiers go marching, those masses a line
D G D G
This disease is catching, from victory to stone
Chorus
D D G A F# G D D G A F# G
Ahoy! ahoy! land, sea and sky. Ahoy! ahoy! boy, man and soldier
D D G A B B A D D G A D
Ahoy! ahoy! deceived and then punctured. Ahoy! ahoy! long may they die
Verse 2
D G D G
Out of concealment, blank and stark eyed
C D
Why so uncertain, this culture deceives
C D
Prophesised, brainwashed, Tomorrow's demise
D G D G
All systems failing, the placards unroll
Chorus
D D G A F# G D D G A F# G
Ahoy! ahoy! land, sea and sky. Ahoy! ahoy! boy, man and soldier
D D G A B B A D D G A D
Ahoy! ahoy! deceived and then punctured. Ahoy! ahoy! long may they die
INSTRUMENTAL D G D G, D
Verse 3
D G D G
Time for the audit, the gathering trial
C D
La la la la la la la la la la
C D
La la la la la la la la la la
D G D G
A collector's dilemma, repositioned and filed
Chorus
D D G A F# G D D G A F# G
Ahoy! ahoy! land, sea and sky. Ahoy! ahoy! boy, man and soldier
D D G A B B A D D G A D
Ahoy! ahoy! deceived and then punctured. Ahoy! ahoy! long may they die
Verse 4 (Repeat of verse 1)
D G D G
Into the valley, betrothed and divine
C D
Realisations no virtue, but who can define
C D
Why soldiers go marching, those masses a line
D G D G
This disease is catching, from victory to stone
C D
La la la la la la la la la la
C D
La la la la la la la la la la
D G D G
Into the valley, betrothed and divine
C D
La la la la la la la la la la
C D
La la la la la la la la la la
D G D G
Into the valley, betrothed and divine
The Sleeper Pick
The Sleeping
The Sleeping Tre (...)
The Sleepy Jacks (...)
The Slip