Dire Straits – Skateaway (Guitar)
Key
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Chords
[Intro]
| D - - G | C - - - | D - - G | C - G - | x2
[Verse 1]
D G C I seen a girl on a one-way corridor D G C G Stealing down a wrong-way street D G C For all the world like an urban toreador D G C G She had wheels on, on her feet D G C Well the cars do the usual dances D G C G Same old cruise and the kerbside crawl D G C But the Rollergirl, she's taking chances D G C G Just love to see her take them all
[Pre-chorus]
A C Em G No fear alone at night, she's sailing through the crowd A C G A G A In her ears the phones are tight, and the music's playing loud
[Verse 2]
D G C Hallelujah, here she comes D G C G Queen rollerball D G C And "Enchanté", what can I say D G C G Don't care at all D G C You know, she used to have to wait around D G C G She used to be the lonely one D G C But now that she can skate around town D G C G She's the only, only one
[Pre-chorus]
A C Em G No fear alone at night, she's sailing through the crowd A C D In her ears the phones are tight, and the music's playing loud
[Chorus]
C D G Bm She gets rock n roll, on a rock n roll station Em D And a rock n roll dream C Bm Am G/D She's making movies on location D She don't know what it means G Bm And the music make her wanna be the story Em And the story was whatever was the song, what it was C Am G/D Rollergirl, don't worry D Em D C G A D.J. play the movies all night long, all night long
[Verse 3]
D G C She tortures taxi drivers just for fun D G C G She like to read their lips D G C Says, "Toro, toro taxi, see ya tomorrow my son" D G C G I swear she let a big truck graze her hip, ah! D G C She got her own world in the city, hey D G C G You can't intrude on her, no, no, no D G C She got her own world in the city D G C G The city's been so rude to her
[Pre-chorus]
A C Em G No fears alone at night, sailing through the crowd A C D In her ears the phones are tight, and the music's playing loud
[Chorus]
C D G Bm She gets rock n roll, on a rock n roll station Em D And a rock n roll dream C Bm Am G/D She's making movies on location D She don't know what it means G Bm But the music make her wanna be the story Em And the story was whatever was the song, what it was C Am G/D Rollergirl, don't worry D Em D C G A D.J. play the movies all night long
[Verse 4]
D G C Slippin' and a-slidin' D G C G Yeah, life's a rollerball D G C Slippin' and a-slidin' D G C G D G C Skateaway, that's all D G C G Skateaway D G C D G C G Shala, shalay, hey, hey, skateaway D G C D G C G Now, Shala, shalay, hey, hey, skateaway D G C D G C G She's singin' shala, shalay, hey, hey, skateaway
[Outro]
| D - - G | C - - - | D - - G | C - G - | x12 (fade out)