Chords for Dire Straits - Skateaway (Official Music Video)

Tempo:
117.5 bpm
Chords used:

G

D

C

Em

A

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Dire Straits - Skateaway (Official Music Video) chords
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[D]
[G] [C]
[D] I've [G] [C]
[G] [D] [G] [C]
[D] [G] [C]
[G] [D] seen a girl on a one-way [G] corridor [C]
Stealing down [D] a wrong way [C] street
[G] [D] From all the world [C] like a urban choreographer [D] She had wheels on her, [G]
[C] R and F [G] beat
[D] The [G] cars do the [C] usual dances [D] Same old [G] crews in the [C] curbside [G] crawl
[D] But the roller [G] girl, she's [C] taking chances [D] She just [G] loves to [C] see us, [G] take them [A] all
[Am] No fear, alone [Em] at night she's sailing through the crowd
[A] [Am] In a reason, force [G] of sight and music's [A] playing loud
[G] [A] [D] [G] Hallelujah, [C]
here she comes [D] Queen [G] of the [C] Bronx [G] [D] and [G] [C] enchanté
Can I say, [D] [C] here I am
[G] You [D] [G] know she used to [C] have to wait around She used to [D] be the only one
[G]
[C] But [G] [D] now that [G] she can [C] skate around town [D] She's the [G] only, [C] [G] only [A] one
No [Am] fear, alone at [Em] night she's sailing through the crowd
[A] In a [Am] reason, force of [C] sight and music's [D] playing loud
[C] She [D] [G] gets rock and roll in a rock and [Bm] roll station
[Em] In a rock and roll dream
[Bm] She's [C] making [Em] movies [Am] on location
[G] She don't [D] know what it means
[G] Music make her wanna be the story
[Bm] [Em] And the story was whatever was the song, [Bm] what it [Em] was
[C] Roller [Am] girl, don't [G] worry
[D] She's made a movie
[Em] All [D] [C] night long, all [G] night long
[A]
[D]
She [G] told you [C] taxi drivers just for fun
[D] It's like to read their [G] lips
[C] [G] I said, [D]
toro, [G] toro [C] taxi
See you tomorrow my son
[D]
Just let the [G] big truck [C] grease her [G] hand
[D]
She got her [G] own [C] world in the city
You [D]
can't [G] shoot on [C] her, no [G] no
[D] She got [G] her [C] own world in the [D] city
The city's [G] being [C] so [Em] rude to [A] her
[Am] No fear, alone [Em] at night sailing through [G] the [A] crowd
In [Am] a reason, force [C] of sight and [D] music's playing loud
[C] [D] She gets rock [G] and roll in a rock [Bm] and roll [Em] station
In a rock and roll dream
[Bm] [C] She's making [G]
[Am] movies on location
[G] She [D] don't know what it means
[G] Music make her wanna be the story
[Bm] And [Em] the story was whatever was the song, what [Bm] it was
[C] [G] Roller [Am] girl, don't [G] worry
She's made [D] a movie
[Em] All [D] [C] night long, [G] all night long
[A]
[D]
[C] Slippin' in the slide
[D] Yeah, [G] I [C] saw her fall
[G]
[D] Slippin' in the [G] slide
[C] Skate
[D] [G] away, [C] that's [G] all
[D] [G] [C]
[D] [G] [C] [G]
[D] Shala, [G] shali, [C] hini,
[D] she's singing
[G] [C] Na, [G]
[D] na, na, [G] shali, [C] hini
[D] [G] [C] [G]
[D] [G] [C]
[D] [C] [G]
[D] [C]
[D] [G] [C] [G]
[D] [G] [C] She's
[D] [G] [C] [G]
[D] [C]
[D] [C] [G]
[D] [G] [C] singing
[D] [C] [G]
[D] [G] She's [C]
[D] [C] [G]
[D] singing
[C]
[D] [C] [G]
[D] [C]
[D] [G] [C] [G]
[D] [C] She's singing
[D] [G] [C] [G]
[D] [C]
[D] [C] [G]
[D] [C]
[D] [C] [G]
[D] [C] [D]
[G] [N]
Key:  
G
2131
D
1321
C
3211
Em
121
A
1231
G
2131
D
1321
C
3211
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To learn Dire Straits - Skateaway chords, these are the chords to practise in sequence: G, C, D, G, D and C. A good strategy is to initiate at 58 BPM and then accelerate to the track's regular speed of 118 BPM. With an eye on the song's key G Major, set the capo that best suits your vocal range.

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_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [D] I've _ [G] _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ [C] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ [C] _
_ [G] _ [D] seen a girl on a one-way [G] corridor [C] _
_ Stealing down [D] a wrong way [C] street
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ From all the world [C] like a urban choreographer _ [D] She had wheels on her, [G] _
[C] R and F [G] beat
_ [D] _ The [G] cars do the [C] usual dances _ _ [D] _ Same old [G] crews in the [C] curbside [G] crawl
_ [D] But the roller [G] girl, she's [C] taking chances _ [D] She just [G] loves to [C] see us, [G] take them [A] all
[Am] No fear, alone [Em] at night she's sailing through the crowd
[A] _ [Am] In a reason, force [G] of sight and music's [A] playing loud _ _ _
_ [G] _ [A] _ [D] _ _ [G] Hallelujah, [C]
here she comes [D] _ Queen [G] of the [C] Bronx _ [G] _ _ [D] and _ [G] [C] enchanté
Can I say, _ [D] _ _ [C] here I am
[G] You _ [D] _ [G] know she used to [C] have to wait around She used to [D] be the only one
[G]
[C] But _ [G] _ _ [D] _ now that [G] she can [C] skate around town [D] _ She's the [G] only, [C] _ _ [G] only [A] one
No [Am] fear, alone at [Em] night she's sailing through the crowd
[A] In a [Am] reason, force of [C] sight and music's [D] playing loud
_ _ [C] She _ [D] [G] gets rock and roll in a rock and [Bm] roll station
[Em] _ In a rock and roll dream
[Bm] She's [C] _ making [Em] movies [Am] on location
[G] _ _ She don't [D] know what it means
[G] Music make her wanna be the story _
[Bm] [Em] And the story was whatever was the song, [Bm] what it [Em] was
[C] _ Roller [Am] girl, don't [G] worry
_ [D] She's made a movie _
_ [Em] All _ [D] [C] night long, all [G] night long
_ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
She [G] told you [C] taxi drivers just for fun
[D] It's like to read their [G] lips
[C] _ _ [G] I said, [D] _
toro, [G] toro [C] taxi
See you tomorrow my son
[D] _
Just let the [G] big truck [C] grease her [G] hand
_ [D] _
She got her [G] own [C] world in the city
You [D] _
can't [G] shoot on [C] her, no _ [G] no
[D] She got [G] her [C] own world in the [D] city
The city's [G] being [C] so [Em] rude to [A] her
[Am] No fear, alone [Em] at night sailing through [G] the [A] crowd
In [Am] a reason, force [C] of sight and [D] music's playing loud _
_ _ [C] [D] She gets rock [G] and roll in a rock [Bm] and roll [Em] station
In a rock and roll dream
[Bm] _ [C] She's making [G]
[Am] movies on location
[G] _ _ She [D] don't know what it means
[G] Music make her wanna be the story
[Bm] And [Em] the story was whatever was the song, what [Bm] it was
[C] _ [G] Roller [Am] girl, _ don't [G] worry
_ She's made [D] a movie
_ _ [Em] All _ [D] [C] night long, _ [G] all night long
_ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [C] _ Slippin' in the slide
[D] _ Yeah, [G] I [C] saw her fall
[G] _ _
[D] _ Slippin' in the [G] slide
[C] _ Skate _
[D] _ _ [G] away, [C] _ that's [G] all
[D] _ _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
[D] Shala, [G] shali, [C] hini, _ _
[D] _ she's singing
[G] [C] Na, _ [G] _ _
[D] na, na, [G] shali, [C] hini _ _
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_ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ [C] She's _
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[D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ singing
[D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ _ [G] She's [C] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ singing
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[D] _ _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ She's singing
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Facts about this song

This song was written by Mark Knopfler.

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