Skateaway Chords by Dire Straits

Tempo:
117 bpm
Chords used:

G

D

C

Am

A

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Dire Straits - Skateaway ['81] chords
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[D]
[G] [C] [D]
[G] [C] [G] [D]
[G] [C] [D]
[G] [C] [G] [D] You've seen a girl in a one-way [G] corridor [C] Stealing [D] down the wrong [G] way
[Am] From [G] [D]
all the world like [C] a girl in an oriental [D] A shared wheel's gone [G] [C] on its feet
[G] [D] And the [G] cars do [C] the usual dances The [D]
same [G] old crews in [C] the curbside [G] crawl
[D]
The roller [G] girls, he's taking [C] chances He'd [D]
just [G] love to see [C] her [G] take them [A] all
No [Am] fear, alone [Em] at night she's sailing through the crowd
[A]
[Am] Enemies hold [G] her tight and use the [A] flame to laugh
[G] [D] Hallelujah, [C] here she comes [D] The queen of [G] all
[C] [G] And [D]
[G] enchanté, [C] can I say, [D]
[G] care [C] I of
[G] You [D]
[G] know [C] she'd like to wait around She [D] used to be the lonely one
[G] [C] [G] [D] But now [G] that she [C] can skate around town [D] She's the [G] [C] only, [G] only [A] one
No [Am] fear, alone at [Em] night she's sailing through [G] the [A] crowd
[Am] Enemies hold her [C] tight and use the [D] flame to laugh
[C] [D] She [G] gets rock and roll In a rock and [Bm] roll station
[Em] In a rock and roll dream [Bm] [C] She's [G] making [Am] movies
On location [G] She [D] don't know what it means
[G] Music make her wanna be the star
[Bm] [Em] And the story was whatever was the [Bm] song, what it [G] was
[C] Roller [G] girl, [Am]
don't [G] want DJ [D] play the movie
[Em] [D] All [C] night long
[G] All night long
She [A]
[D]
[G] told his [C] taxi driver just before
[D] It's like read their [G] lips
[C] [G] Said, [D]
toro, [G] toro [C] taxi, see you tomorrow my son
[D] So she let a [G] big truck [C] grease her hair
[G] [D] She got her [G] own [C] world in the city
[D] You can't shoot [G] on [C] her, no, [G] no
[D]
[G] She got her own [C] world in the city
[D] The city's been [G] so [C] brutal
[G] [A] No [Am] fear, alone at [Em] night she's sailing through the [G] crowd
[A] Enemies [Am] hold her tight [C] and use the flame [D] to laugh
She [C] [G] gets rock and roll In a rock [Bm] and roll [Em] station
In a rock and roll dream
[Bm] [C] She's making movies [Am]
On [G] location
She [D] don't know what it means
[G] But the music make her wanna be the [D] story
[Em] And the story was whatever was the song, [Bm] what it was
[C] Roller [G] girl, [Am]
don't [G] want DJ play [D] the movie
[Em] All [D] [C] night long
[G] All night long
[A]
All [D] night long
[G] [C] Slippin' in the slide, [D]
[G] yeah I [C] used to roll the ball
[G] [D] Slippin' in the [G] slide, [C] [D]
skate [G] away [C] [G] That's all
[D] Shanna, shanna, [G] [C] shanna, [D]
[G] [C] [G] [D] shanna, shanna, shanna
[G] [C] [D]
Key:  
G
2131
D
1321
C
3211
Am
2311
A
1231
G
2131
D
1321
C
3211
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To learn Dire Straits - Skateaway chords, anchor your practice on these foundational sequence of chords - C, G, C, D, G and D. Kick off your practice at a gentle 58 BPM, then escalate to the song's tempo of 117 BPM. Considering your vocal pitch and chord choices, adjust the capo in accordance with the key: G Major.

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_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[G] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [G] _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
_ [G] _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [G] _ [C] _ _ [G] _ [D] You've seen a girl in a one-way [G] corridor [C] _ _ Stealing [D] down the wrong [G] way
[Am] From [G] _ _ [D] _
all the world like [C] a girl in an oriental [D] A shared wheel's gone [G] _ [C] on its feet
[G] _ [D] And the [G] cars do [C] the usual dances The [D] _
same [G] old crews in [C] the curbside [G] crawl
_ [D] _
The roller [G] girls, he's taking [C] chances He'd [D]
just [G] love to see [C] her [G] take them [A] all
No [Am] fear, alone [Em] at night she's sailing through the crowd
[A] _
[Am] Enemies hold [G] her tight and use the [A] flame to laugh _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ Hallelujah, [C] _ here she comes [D] The queen of [G] all
[C] _ [G] And _ [D] _ _
[G] enchanté, [C] can I say, [D] _ _
[G] care [C] I of
_ [G] You [D] _ _
[G] know [C] she'd like to wait around She [D] used to be the lonely one
[G] _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ But now [G] that she [C] can skate around town [D] _ She's the [G] [C] only, _ [G] only [A] one
No [Am] fear, alone at [Em] night she's sailing through [G] the [A] crowd
[Am] Enemies hold her [C] tight and use the [D] flame to laugh _ _
_ [C] [D] She [G] gets rock and roll In a rock and [Bm] roll station
[Em] _ In a rock and roll dream [Bm] [C] She's _ [G] making [Am] movies
On location [G] _ _ She [D] don't know what it means
_ [G] Music make her wanna be the star
[Bm] _ [Em] And the story was whatever was the [Bm] song, what it [G] was
[C] _ Roller [G] girl, [Am] _
don't [G] want DJ [D] play the movie
_ [Em] _ _ [D] All [C] night long
[G] All night long
She [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[G] told his [C] taxi driver just before
[D] It's like read their [G] lips
[C] _ [G] _ Said, [D] _
toro, [G] toro [C] taxi, see you tomorrow my son
[D] So she let a [G] big truck [C] grease her hair
[G] _ [D] She got her [G] own [C] world in the city
_ _ [D] You can't shoot [G] on [C] her, no, [G] no
_ [D] _
[G] She got her own [C] world in the city
[D] The city's been [G] so [C] brutal
[G] _ [A] _ No [Am] fear, alone at [Em] night she's sailing through the [G] crowd
[A] Enemies [Am] hold her tight [C] and use the flame [D] to laugh
She _ [C] _ [G] gets rock and roll In a rock [Bm] and roll [Em] station
In a rock and roll dream
[Bm] _ _ [C] She's making movies [Am] _
On [G] location
_ _ She [D] don't know what it means
[G] But the music make her wanna be the [D] story
[Em] And the story was whatever was the song, [Bm] what it was
[C] _ Roller [G] girl, [Am] _
don't [G] want _ DJ play [D] the movie
_ [Em] All _ [D] [C] night long
[G] All night long
_ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ All [D] night long _
_ [G] _ [C] _ Slippin' in the slide, [D] _ _
[G] yeah I [C] used to roll the ball
[G] _ _ [D] Slippin' in the [G] slide, [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _
skate [G] away [C] _ [G] That's all
[D] Shanna, shanna, [G] _ [C] _ shanna, _ [D] _ _
_ [G] _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] shanna, shanna, shanna
[G] _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _

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This song was authored by Mark Knopfler.

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