INTO THE VALLEY by THE SKIDS

Words and music by Stuart Adamson and Richard Jobson.

This song was released as single in 1979 and appeared on the ?Scared to Dance? album
in the same year. The single got into the UK top ten, and has since been used on coffee
adverts and football shows.

I?ve just started playing this classic Skids song again and this is the way that I now
do it. The trickiest bits to this song are maintaining the rhythm playing, whilst
defining the accents by driving down the picked rhythm and palm muting. To get an
idea of what?s going on it?s best to listen to the CD.

I first played this song with the guitar de-tuned to Eb now I just drop tune the 6th
string to D giving the tuning pattern of D A D G B E. The song gallops along at about
147 BPM and is for the most part in 4/4 timing. The one exception is at the end of the
intro riff where the timing changes to 6/4 for D6, D5 pattern.

To get the right sort of distorted guitar sound, its best to use a guitar with the
bridge humbucker selected and run it through your amp/pod with the drive set to about
6.5, the treble at about 8, the mids at about 8 and the bass at about 5 with no reverb.
You should be looking to get a crunchy tone as you?ll need a thick sound for the PM
sections.

In the solo section I?ve annotated the bends between notes with the letter b, it
follows that a bend up is followed by a bend down.

Chords.

D5 xx032x D5 x577xx
A/D xx0220 A5 777xxx
G xx54xx F#5 444xxx
C5 x355xx G5 555xxx
G/D xx000x B5 999xxx

Intro. Fisrt two bars are just the bass, then?

[A/D]

PM---------------------------------|
||-----------0-0-0-0--|------------------||
||--3-3-3-3--2-2-2-2--|------------------||
||--2-2-2-3--2-2-2-2--|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--||
||--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||play this part twice
||--------------------|------------------||
||--------------------|------------------||

C5 G/D A/D D6D5D6D5 D6D5D6D5 (in 6/4 timing)

PM---------------------------------------------|
|--------------------0--|-------------------------||
|-------------0-0-0--2--|-------------------------||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-0-0--2--|-4-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-4-2-2-2-||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-0-0--2--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------|-------------------------||
|-----------------------|-------------------------||

Verse 1
Into [A/D]the Valley
Betrothed and [A/D]di ? vine
Realisations no virtue
But [G/D]who can define
Why soldiers go marching
Those [G/D]masses a line
This disease [A/D]is catching
From victory [A/D]to stone

Chorus
D5 G5 A5 F#5 G5
Ahoy! Ahoy! Land, sea and sky
D5 G5 A5 F#5 G5
Ahoy! Ahoy! Boy, man and soldier
D5 G5 A5 B5 A5
Ahoy! Ahoy! Deceived and then punctured
D5 G5 A5 D5
Ahoy! Ahoy! Long may they die

Verse 2
Out of [A/D]concealment
Blank and [A/D]stark eyed
Why so uncertain
Our [G/D]culture deceives
Prophesised, brainwashed
To[G/D]morrow’s demise
All sys[A/D]tems failing
The placards [A/D]un – roll

Chorus
D5 G5 A5 F#5 G5
Ahoy! Ahoy! Land, sea and sky
D5 G5 A5 F#5 G5
Ahoy! Ahoy! Boy, man and soldier
D5 G5 A5 B5 A5
Ahoy! Ahoy! Deceived and then punctured
D5 G5 A5 D5
Ahoy! Ahoy! Long may they die

Guitar Solo
D ~~~~~~~ G | let ring | D5

|----------|------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------|--------------------10--------|-10b12b10-7-10b12b10---7-----7--|
|----------|-------------7-9b11----11b9-7-|--------------------------7-----|
|-7--------|-(7)-----7h9------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------|-----7h9----------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------|------------------------------|--------------------------------|

D5 D5 |---3---| ~~~
|---------------------------|---------------------------|------------------|
|-10b12b10-7-10b12b10-7---7-|-10b12b10-7-10b12b10-7---7-|-8-7-5-7-5-7-5----|
|-----------------------7---|-----------------------7---|---------------7--|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|------------------|

|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-10b12b10-7-10b12b10---7-----7-|-10b12b10-7-10b12b10--7-----7-|
|--------------------------7----|-------------------------7----|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|

D5 G5 A5 D5 ~~~~~~

|-------------------------------|-12b14b12-10----10-12-10----------------||
|-10b12b10-7-10b12b10---7-----7-|-------------12----------12-10----------||
|--------------------------7----|-------------------------------11-7-----||
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------------||

Verse 3
Time for [A/D]the audit
The gathe[A/D]ring trial
La la la la la la
[G/D]La la la la
La la la la la la
[G/D]La la la la
A collectors [A/D]dilemma
Repositioned [A/D]and filed

Chorus
D5 G5 A5 F#5 G5
Ahoy! Ahoy! Land, sea and sky
D5 G5 A5 F#5 G5
Ahoy! Ahoy! Boy, man and soldier
D5 G5 A5 B5 A5
Ahoy! Ahoy! Deceived and then punctured
D5 G5 A5 D5
Ahoy! Ahoy! Long may they die
Verse 4
Into [A/D]the Valley
Betrothed and [A/D]di ? vine
Realisations no virtue
But [G/D]who can define
Why soldiers go marching
Those [G/D]masses a line
This disease [A/D]is catching
From victory [A/D]to stone
La la la la la la
[G/D]La la la la
La la la la la la
[G/D]La la la la

Outro
Into [A/D]the Valley
Betrothed and [A/D]di ? vine
La la la la la la
[G/D]La la la la
La la la la la la
[G/D]La la la la

Repeat to fade.

What a great song. enjoy…taff

Intro F x8

Verse 1
Heavy armour fails the battle ground affairs
Incitements all around defeat shows through but no-one cares
Arrange new attacks, demand a new decree
Listen to their ploys destroy them as they flee

Chorus
Holy to the high,
Bb F x2
Masquerade, masquerade
Fanfares in the sky
Masquerade, masquerade

Link F, C7, F x2

Verse 2
Nurture battle scars pardon none who dared
Kindle and inspire, victory showed you cared
Portray amid art Guernica is plaint
Metal turning sham but victory is quaint

Chorus
Holy to the high,
Bb F x2
Masquerade, masquerade
Fanfares in the sky
Masquerade, masquerade

Instrumental F, C7, F, F, F, F, G

Bb F, F, G
Masqurade, masquerade
Bb F, C7
Masqurade, masquerade

Verse 3
Heavy armour fails the battle ground affairs
Incitements all around defeat shows through but no-one cares
Arrange new attacks, demand a new decree
Listen to their ploys destroy them as they flee

Chorus
Holy to the high,
Bb F x2
Masquerade, masquerade
Fanfares in the sky
Masquerade, masquerade
Holy to the high,
Bb F x2
Masquerade, masquerade
Fanfares in the sky
Masquerade, masquerade
Holy to the high,
Bb F x2
Masquerade, masquerade
Fanfares in the sky
Masquerade, masquerade

Yet another great song from back in the days. Enjoy..taff

Circus Games by The Skids from the album The Absolute Game

Intro
D, Bm

Verse 1
Mission is a gambler
The Wager, the one card to play
Priest has the burden
He hates, the right thing, to say
Amid all the honour
He sees, the wrong one, to share
Since child is an angel
The duty, the one card prepare

Verse 2
Jury is a gabler
The wager, the one card, to play
Judge has the burden
He tells, the wrong one, to pay
Amid all the honour
He puts, the wrong one, to trial
Since child is an angel
No jury, but one card, so vile
( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/skids/circus_games_crd.html )
Chorus
Come and play circus games
Come and play at circus games
Come and play circus games
Come and play at circus games
Come and play circus games
A G, Bm F#
Come and play at circus games

Instrumental

Verse 3
Mother is a gambler
The wager, the one card, to play
Birth has this burden
She says no children today
Midst all dishonour
She sees a heavenly noose
Since child is an angel
The mother, the one child, set loose

Chorus
Come and play circus games
Come and play at circus games
Come and play circus games
Come and play at circus games
Come and play circus games
A G, Bm F#
Come and play at circus games

Come and play circus games
Come and play at circus games

Ad Lib to fade