Dire Straits – Skateaway (Ukulele)
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Chords
[Fade-in]
| N.C. | % | % | % |
| N.C. | % | % |
[Intro]
| D G | C | D G | C G |
| D G | C | D G | C G |
[Verse 1]
D I seen a girl on a one-way corridor G C 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 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
[Bridge]
A C6 Em Em G No fears alone at night, she's sailing through the crowd A C G | A | 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 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, o-only one
[Bridge]
A C6 Em Em G No fears alone at night, she's sailing through the crowd A C6 C | D | D C D7 | In her ears the phones are tight, and the music's playing loud (She gets ...)
(break)
[Chorus]
C D7 Gsus4 G She gets Rock'n'Roll, on a Rock'n'Roll station Em | Em Em7 Em | And a Rock'n'Roll dream C G Am She's making movies on location G D She don't know what it means Gsus4 G And the music make her wanna be the story Em | Em Em Em Em7 | And the story was whatever was the song, what it was C G Am Rollergirl, don't worry G D D.J. play the movies Em D C G | A | % | 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 She just let a big truck grease her hip D G C Oh! 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
[Bridge]
A C6 Em Em G No fears alone at night, she's sailing through the crowd A C6 C | D | D C D7 | In her ears the phones are tight, and the music's playing loud (She gets ...)
(break)
[Chorus]
C D7 Gsus4 G She gets Rock'n'Roll, on a Rock'n'Roll station Em | Em Em7 Em | And a Rock'n'Roll dream C G Am She's making movies on location G D She don't know what it means Gsus4 G And the music make her wanna be the story Em | Em Em Em7 | And the story was whatever was the song, what it was C G Am Rollergirl, don't worry G D D.J. play the movies Em D C G | A | % | All night long, all night long
[Outro]
| 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 Skateaway, that's all | D G | C | 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 D G C D G | C G | She's singin' shala, shalay, hey, hey, skateaway
[Solo]
| D G | C | D G | C G | (repeat and fade)