Dire Straits – Skateaway (Ukulele)

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[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)