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 (xx023x@1) xx032x D5* x577xx A/D (x00220@1)xx0220 A5 (x022xx@1) 777xxx G (320003@1) xx54xx F#5 (244xxx@1)444xxx C5 (x355xx@1) x355xx G5 (355xxx@1) 555xxx G/D (4x3121@7)xx000x B5 (x244xx@1) 999xxx Intro. Fisrt two bars are just the bass, then D5 (xx023x@1) A/D (x00220@1) G (320003@1) 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 (x355xx@1) G/D (4x3121@7) A/D (x00220@1) 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 D5 A/D G Into the Valley D5 (xx023x@1) A/D (x00220@1)GBetrothed (320003@1)and di - vine C5Realisations (x355xx@1)no virtue G/D (4x3121@7) D5But (xx023x@1)who can define C5Why (x355xx@1)soldiers go marching G/D (4x3121@7) D5Those (xx023x@1)masses a line A/DG This disease is catching D5 (xx023x@1) A/DG From victory to stone Chorus D5* G5 (355xxx@1) A5 (x022xx@1)F#5G5 Ahoy! Ahoy! Land, sea and sky D5* G5 (355xxx@1) A5 (x022xx@1)F#5G5 Ahoy! Ahoy! Boy, man and soldier D5* G5 (355xxx@1) A5 (x022xx@1)B5 (x244xx@1) A5Ahoy! (x022xx@1)Ahoy! Deceived and then punctured D5* G5 (355xxx@1) A5 (x022xx@1)D5* Ahoy! Ahoy! Long may they die Verse 2 D5 (xx023x@1) A/DG Out of concealment D5 (xx023x@1) A/D (x00220@1) GBlank (320003@1)and stark eyed C5Why (x355xx@1)so uncertain G/D (4x3121@7) D5Our (xx023x@1)culture deceives C5Prophesised, (x355xx@1)brainwashed G/D (4x3121@7) D5Tomorrow's (xx023x@1)demise A/D (x00220@1)GAll (320003@1)systems failing D5 (xx023x@1) A/D (x00220@1)GThe (320003@1)placards un - roll Chorus D5* G5 (355xxx@1) A5 (x022xx@1)F#5G5 Ahoy! Ahoy! Land, sea and sky D5* G5 (355xxx@1) A5 (x022xx@1)F#5G5 Ahoy! Ahoy! Boy, man and soldier D5* G5 (355xxx@1) A5 (x022xx@1)B5 (x244xx@1) A5Ahoy! (x022xx@1)Ahoy! Deceived and then punctured D5* G5 (355xxx@1) A5 (x022xx@1)D5* Ahoy! Ahoy! Long may they die Guitar Solo D~~~~~~~ (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) | let ring | D5|----------|------------------------------|--------------------------------| (xx023x@1)|----------|--------------------10--------|-10b12b10-7-10b12b10---7-----7--| |----------|-------------7-9b11----11b9-7-|--------------------------7-----| |-7--------|-(7)-----7h9------------------|--------------------------------| |----------|-----7h9----------------------|--------------------------------| |----------|------------------------------|--------------------------------| G5 (355xxx@1) D5 (xx023x@1) D5 (xx023x@1) D5 (xx023x@1) |---3---| ~~~ |---------------------------|---------------------------|------------------| |-10b12b10-7-10b12b10-7---7-|-10b12b10-7-10b12b10-7---7-|-8-7-5-7-5-7-5----| |-----------------------7---|-----------------------7---|---------------7--| |---------------------------|---------------------------|------------------| |---------------------------|---------------------------|------------------| |---------------------------|---------------------------|------------------| D5 (xx023x@1) D5|-------------------------------|------------------------------| (xx023x@1)|-10b12b10-7-10b12b10---7-----7-|-10b12b10-7-10b12b10--7-----7-| |--------------------------7----|-------------------------7----| |-------------------------------|------------------------------| |-------------------------------|------------------------------| |-------------------------------|------------------------------| D5 (xx023x@1) G5 (355xxx@1) A5 (x022xx@1) D5 (xx023x@1) ~~~~~~ |-------------------------------|-12b14b12-10----10-12-10----------------|| |-10b12b10-7-10b12b10---7-----7-|-------------12----------12-10----------|| |--------------------------7----|-------------------------------11-7-----|| |-------------------------------|----------------------------------------|| |-------------------------------|----------------------------------------|| |-------------------------------|----------------------------------------|| Verse 3 D5 (xx023x@1) A/DG Time for the audit D5 (xx023x@1) A/D (x00220@1)GThe (320003@1)gathering trial C5La (x355xx@1)la la la la la G/D (4x3121@7) D5La (xx023x@1)la la la C5La (x355xx@1)la la la la la G/D (4x3121@7) D5La (xx023x@1)la la la A/DG A collectors dilemma D5 (xx023x@1) A/DG Repositioned and filed Chorus D5* G5 (355xxx@1) A5 (x022xx@1)F#5G5 Ahoy! Ahoy! Land, sea and sky D5* G5 (355xxx@1) A5 (x022xx@1)F#5G5 Ahoy! Ahoy! Boy, man and soldier D5* G5 (355xxx@1) A5 (x022xx@1)B5 (x244xx@1) A5Ahoy! (x022xx@1)Ahoy! Deceived and then punctured D5* G5 (355xxx@1) A5 (x022xx@1)D5* Ahoy! Ahoy! Long may they die Verse 4 D5 A/D G Into the Valley D5 (xx023x@1) A/D (x00220@1)GBetrothed (320003@1)and di - vine C5Realisations (x355xx@1)no virtue G/D (4x3121@7) D5But (xx023x@1)who can define C5Why (x355xx@1)soldiers go marching G/D (4x3121@7) D5Those (xx023x@1)masses a line A/DG This disease is catching D5 (xx023x@1) A/DG From victory to stone C5La (x355xx@1)la la la la la G/D (4x3121@7) D5La (xx023x@1)la la la C5La (x355xx@1)la la la la la G/D (4x3121@7) D5La (xx023x@1)la la la Outro D5 A/D G Into the Valley D5 (xx023x@1) A/D (x00220@1)GBetrothed (320003@1)and di - vine C5La (x355xx@1)la la la la la G/D (4x3121@7) D5La (xx023x@1)la la la C5La (x355xx@1)la la la la la G/D (4x3121@7) D5La (xx023x@1)la la la Repeat to fade. What a great song. enjoy...taff