Skateaway Chords by Dire Straits

Tempo:
116.5 bpm
Chords used:

G

D

C

Am

A

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Skateaway chords
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[D]
[G] [C] [D]
[G] [C] [G] [D]
[G] [C] [D]
[G] [C] [G] [D] I seen a girl on the one-way corridor [C] Stealin' down [D] a wrong way [Am] street
[G] All
[D] the [G] world [C] like a urban corridor She [D] had wheels on, [G] [C] on her feet
[G]
[D] The cars [G] do the [C] usual dance Same [D] old cruise [G] in the [C] curbside crawl
[G]
[D] Roller girls, [G] he's [C] takin' chances He [D] just love [G] to see [C] her take [G] them all
[A] No [Am] fear, alone at night [Em] she's sailin' through the crowd
[A] And her [Am] knees are pulled so [G] tight her music's [A] playin' loud
[G] [A] [D]
[G] Hallelujah, [C] here she comes [D]
Queen [G] Roller [C] on, [G] [D] and enchanté
[C] Can I say, [D]
care [C] I are?
[G] [D]
[G] You know [C] she used to have to wait around She used to be [D] the lonely one
[G] [C] [G] [D]
But now [G] that she [C] can skate around town [D]
She's the [G] only, [C] [G] only [A] one
No [Am] fear, alone at [Em] night she's sailin' through the [A] crowd
And her [Am] knees are pulled so [C] tight her music's [D] playin' loud
[C] [D] You [G] get rock and roll in a rock and [Bm] roll station
[Em] And a rock and roll dream [Bm] She's [C] makin' [Em] movies [Am] on location
[G] She [D] don't 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 [G] was
[C] Roller [Am] girls don't [G] work DJ's [D] play the movies
[Em] All [D] [C] night long, [G] all night long
She [A]
[D]
[G] told her [C] taxi driver, just for fun
[D]
She's like, read their [G] lips
[C] [G] He said, [D]
toro, [G] toro [C] taxi, see you tomorrow my son
[D]
She let a big [G] truck [C] grease her hair
[G] [D]
She got her [G] own [C] world in the city
You [D]
can't shoot [G] on her, [C] no, [G] no, no
[D]
She got her [G] own [C] world in the city
[D]
The city's been [G] so [C] [G] rude to [A] her
No fear, [Am] alone at [Em] night she's sailin' through the [G] crowd
[A]
Her knees [Am] are pulled so tight [C] her music's [D] playin' loud
She [C] [D] [G] gets rock and roll in a rock [Bm] and roll [Em] station
And a rock and roll dream [Bm] [C] She's makin' [G]
[Am] movies on [G] location
She don't [D] know what it means [G] Music make her wanna be the story
[Bm] And [Em] the story was whatever was the song, [Bm] what it [C] was
Roller girls [Am]
don't [G] work DJ's [D] play the movies
[Em] [D] All [C] night long, [G] all night long
[A]
[F#] [G] [D]
[G] [C] Slippin' in the sky, [D]
[G] yeah, I used [C] to roll with the ball
[G] [D]
Slippin' in the [G] sky, [C] [D]
skate [G] away, [C] [G] that's all
[D]
[G] [C] [D]
[G] [C] [G] [D]
Shalala, shalala, [G] [C] hey, [D]
say oh
[G] [C] [G] [D]
Shalala, shalala, [G] [C] ooh
She [D]
[G] [C] [G] [D] says, shalala, shalala, [G] [C] hey, [D]
ooh
[G] [C] [G] [D]
[C] [D]
[G] [C] [G] [D]
[G] [C] [D]
[G] [C] [G] [D]
[G] [C] [D]
[C] [G] [D]
[G] [C] [D]
[G] [C] Shalala, [G] [D]
[G] [C] [D]
[G] [C] [G] [D]
shalala, [C] hey
[D] [G] [C] [G] [D]
[C] [D]
[G] [C] [G] [D]
[C] [D]
[C] [G] [D]
[G] [C] [D]
[C] [G] [D]
[C] [D]
[C] [G] [D] [C]
[D] [G]
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, grasp the musical fabric of the song with this sequence - C, G, C, D, G and D of chords. Set your pace at 58 BPM initially and then sync up with the song's BPM of 116. For a balanced pitch, adjust the capo with respect to your voice and the song's key: G Major.

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_ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ [G] _ [D] I seen a girl on the one-way corridor [C] _ _ Stealin' down [D] a wrong way [Am] street
_ [G] All _
[D] the [G] world [C] like a urban corridor She [D] had wheels on, _ [G] [C] on her feet
[G] _ _
[D] The cars [G] do the [C] usual dance Same [D] _ old cruise [G] in the [C] curbside crawl
[G] _ _
[D] _ Roller girls, [G] he's [C] takin' chances He [D] just love [G] to see [C] her take [G] them all
[A] No [Am] fear, alone at night [Em] she's sailin' through the crowd
[A] And her [Am] knees are pulled so [G] tight her music's [A] playin' loud
_ _ _ _ [G] _ [A] _ [D] _ _
[G] Hallelujah, [C] here she comes [D] _
Queen [G] Roller [C] on, _ [G] _ _ [D] and enchanté
[C] _ Can I say, [D] _ _
care [C] I are?
[G] _ _ [D] _ _
[G] You know [C] she used to have to wait around She used to be [D] the lonely one
[G] _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
But now [G] that she [C] can skate around town [D] _
She's the [G] only, [C] _ _ [G] only [A] one
No [Am] fear, alone at [Em] night she's sailin' through the [A] crowd
And her [Am] knees are pulled so [C] tight her music's [D] playin' loud _
_ _ [C] [D] You [G] get rock and roll in a rock and [Bm] roll station
[Em] _ And a rock and roll dream [Bm] She's [C] _ makin' [Em] movies [Am] on location
[G] _ _ She [D] don't 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 [G] was
[C] _ Roller [Am] girls _ don't [G] work _ DJ's [D] play the movies
_ [Em] All _ [D] [C] night long, [G] all night long
She [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [G] told her [C] taxi driver, just for fun
[D]
She's like, read their [G] lips
[C] [G] He said, [D] _
toro, [G] toro [C] taxi, see you tomorrow my son
[D]
She let a big [G] truck [C] grease her hair
[G] _ _ [D] _
She got her [G] own [C] world in the city
You [D]
can't shoot [G] on her, [C] no, [G] no, no
[D]
She got her [G] own [C] world in the city
_ [D]
The city's been [G] so [C] [G] rude to [A] her
No fear, [Am] alone at [Em] night she's sailin' through the [G] crowd
[A]
Her knees [Am] are pulled so tight [C] her music's [D] playin' loud
She _ [C] _ [D] [G] gets rock and roll in a rock [Bm] and roll [Em] station
And a rock and roll dream [Bm] _ [C] She's makin' [G]
[Am] movies on [G] location
_ _ She don't [D] know what it means [G] Music make her wanna be the story
[Bm] And [Em] the story was whatever was the song, [Bm] what it [C] was
Roller girls [Am] _
don't [G] work DJ's [D] play the movies
[Em] _ _ [D] All [C] night long, [G] all night long
[A] _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ [G] _ [D] _ _
_ _ [G] _ [C] Slippin' in the sky, [D] _
_ [G] yeah, I used [C] to roll with the ball
[G] _ _ [D]
Slippin' in the [G] sky, [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _
skate [G] away, [C] _ [G] that's all
_ [D] _
_ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [D]
Shalala, shalala, [G] [C] hey, _ _ _ [D]
say oh
_ [G] _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [D]
Shalala, shalala, [G] [C] ooh
She _ [D] _
_ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ [G] _ [D] says, shalala, shalala, [G] [C] hey, _ _ _ [D]
ooh
_ [G] _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [G] _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
_ [G] _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [G] _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
_ [G] _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ [D] _ _ _
_ [G] _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [G] _ [C] Shalala, [G] _ [D] _ _ _
_ [G] _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [G] _ [C] _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
shalala, [C] hey
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[G] _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
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[G] _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
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