Chords for Dire Straits Skateaway (Extended Version)

Tempo:
116.8 bpm
Chords used:

G

D

C

Em

Am

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Dire Straits Skateaway  (Extended Version) chords
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[D]
[G] [C] [D]
[G] [C] [G]
[D] [G] [C]
[D] [G] [C] [G] I've [D] seen it all, the one-way [C] corridor.
Stealing [D] down a wrong way [G] street.
[Am] [G]
[D] I want a world like [C] a bourbon corridor.
[D] I share wheels on [C] R and FD.
[D] The [G] cars do [C] the usual events.
[D] Same old [G] crews in [C] the curbside [G] crawl.
[D] Roller [G] girls, [C] he's taking chances.
[D] They just [G] love [C] to see her, [G] take them [A] all.
[Am] No female on [Em] that night, she's saving through the crowd.
[A] [Am] And if she's exposed [G] to tight, then you can play [A] and laugh.
[G] [D]
Hallelujah, [G] [C] here she comes.
[D]
Queen roll [G] of [C] the prom.
[G] [D]
And enchanté, [C] can I say.
[D]
[G] Care [C] of all.
[G] [D]
[G] You know, she [C] used to have to wait around.
She [D] used to be the only 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] female on that [Em] night, she's sailing through the crowd.
[A]
And [Am] if she's exposed to [C] tight, then you can [D] play and laugh.
[C] [D] You [G] get rock and roll.
In a rock and [Bm] roll station.
[Em] In a rock and roll dream.
[Bm] [C] She's making [Em]
[Am] movies.
On location.
[G] She [D] don't know what it is.
[G] Music maker wannabe, the story.
[Bm] [Em] And the story was whatever was the song, [Bm] what it [G] was.
[C] Roller [Am]
girl.
Don't [G] worry.
She's [D] made a movie.
[Em] [D] All [C] night long.
[G] All night long.
[A]
[D]
[G] She told her [C] taxi driver, just for fun.
[D] She's like, use their [G] lips.
[C] [G] She said, [D] toro, [G] toro, [C] taxi.
See you tomorrow, my son.
[D] So she let a [G] big truck [C] grease her [Em] in.
[D] She got her [G] own [C] world in the city.
Yeah.
[D] You can't [G] shoot no [C] hell no.
[G] No, no.
[D] She got her [G] [C] own world in the city.
[D] This thing's being so [C] [G] rude to her.
[A] She [Am] is a lonely [Em] night sailing through the [G] clouds.
[A] [Am] She's exposed to [C] tight, then you can [D] play and laugh.
[C] [D] She gets rock and [G] roll.
In a rock and roll [Bm] station.
[Em]
In a rock and roll dream.
[Bm] [C] She's making [Em] [Am] movies.
On location.
[G]
She [D] don't know what it means.
[G] But the music makes her want to be the story.
[Bm] [Em] And the story was whatever was the song, what [Bm] it was.
[C] [G] Roller [Am] girl.
Don't [G] worry.
DJ [D] plays the movies.
[Em] [D] All [C] night long.
All [G] night long.
[A]
[D] Sipping [G] [C] in the slime.
[D] [G] Get [C] a nice toast with Paul.
[G]
[D] Sipping in [G] the slime.
[C]
[D] [G] Scare [C] away.
That's [G] all.
[D] [G] [C]
[D] [G] [C] She's [G]
[D] a lonely [G] [C] night
[D] [G] [C] [G]
[D] sailing [G] [C] through the clouds.
[D] [G] [C] [G]
[D] She's exposed to tight, then you can play [G] and laugh.
[C]
[D] [G] [C] On [G]
[D] location.
All night [G] [C]
[D] long.
[G] [C] [G]
[D] [G] [C] All night
[D] [G] [C] [G] long.
[D] She's making movies.
[G] [C]
[D] All [C] [G]
[D] [G] [C] night
[D] [C] long.
[G] [D]
[G] [C] [D]
[C] [G] [D]
Sipping [C] in the slime.
[D]
[G] [C] [G] [D] All night [C] [D]
[G] [C] [G] long.
All [D] night long.
[C] [D] [G] [C] [G] [D]
[G] [C] [D]
[C] [G] [D]
[C] [D]
[C] [G] [D]
[G] [C] [D]
[Cm] [G]
Key:  
G
2131
D
1321
C
3211
Em
121
Am
2311
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. For best results, commence at 58 BPM and progress to the song's BPM of 117. Adjust the capo based on your vocal range and chord preference, keeping the song's key of G Major in mind.

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_ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ [G] I've [D] seen it all, the one-way [C] corridor.
_ _ Stealing [D] down a wrong way [G] street.
[Am] _ _ [G] _ _
[D] I want a world like [C] a bourbon corridor. _
[D] I share wheels on [C] _ R and FD. _
[D] _ The [G] cars do [C] the usual events. _ _
[D] _ Same old [G] crews in [C] the curbside [G] crawl. _
[D] _ Roller [G] girls, [C] he's taking chances. _ _
_ [D] They just [G] love [C] to see her, [G] take them [A] all.
[Am] No female on [Em] that night, she's saving through the crowd.
[A] _ [Am] And if she's exposed [G] to tight, then you can play [A] and laugh.
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
Hallelujah, [G] _ [C] here she comes.
[D]
Queen roll [G] of [C] the prom.
_ [G] _ _ [D]
And enchanté, [C] can I say.
[D] _
_ [G] Care [C] of all.
_ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ [G] You know, she [C] used to have to wait around.
She [D] used to be the only 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] female on that [Em] night, she's sailing through the crowd.
[A]
And [Am] if she's exposed to [C] tight, then you can [D] play and laugh. _
_ _ [C] _ [D] You [G] get rock and roll.
In a rock and [Bm] roll station.
[Em] _ In a rock and roll dream.
[Bm] _ _ [C] She's making [Em]
[Am] movies.
On location.
[G] _ _ She [D] don't know what it is.
_ [G] Music maker wannabe, the story.
[Bm] _ [Em] And the story was whatever was the song, [Bm] what it [G] was.
[C] _ Roller [Am]
girl.
Don't [G] worry.
_ She's [D] made a movie.
_ [Em] _ _ [D] All [C] night long.
[G] All night long.
_ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [G] She told her [C] taxi driver, just for fun.
[D] She's like, use their [G] lips.
[C] _ _ [G] She said, [D] _ toro, [G] toro, [C] taxi.
See you tomorrow, my son.
[D] So she let a [G] big truck [C] grease her [Em] in. _
[D] _ She got her [G] own [C] world in the city.
Yeah. _
[D] You can't [G] shoot no [C] hell no.
[G] No, no.
[D] _ She got her [G] [C] own world in the city. _
[D] This thing's being so [C] [G] rude to her.
[A] She [Am] is a lonely [Em] night sailing through the [G] clouds.
[A] _ [Am] She's exposed to [C] tight, then you can [D] play and laugh.
_ _ _ [C] _ [D] She gets rock and [G] roll.
In a rock and roll [Bm] station.
[Em] _
In a rock and roll dream.
_ [Bm] _ [C] _ She's making [Em] [Am] movies.
On location.
[G] _ _
She [D] don't know what it means.
[G] But the music makes her want to be the story.
[Bm] _ [Em] And the story was whatever was the song, what [Bm] it was.
[C] _ [G] Roller [Am] girl.
_ Don't [G] worry.
DJ [D] plays the movies.
_ [Em] _ _ [D] All [C] night long.
All [G] night long. _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ Sipping [G] _ [C] _ in the slime.
[D] _ _ [G] Get [C] a nice toast with Paul.
[G] _
_ [D] Sipping in [G] the slime.
_ [C] _ _ _
[D] _ _ [G] Scare [C] away.
That's [G] all.
[D] _ _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [G] _ [C] She's [G] _ _
[D] a lonely [G] [C] night _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
[D] sailing _ [G] [C] through the _ clouds.
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ [G] _
[D] She's exposed to tight, then you can play [G] and laugh.
[C] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [G] [C] On _ [G] _ _
[D] _ location.
All night [G] _ [C] _ _ _ _
[D] long.
_ [G] _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ _ [G] [C] All night _
[D] _ _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ [G] long.
[D] _ She's making movies.
[G] _ [C] _ _ _ _
[D] _ All _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ _ [G] _ [C] night _ _
[D] _ _ [C] long.
_ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [D]
Sipping _ [C] in the slime.
_ [D] _
_ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ [G] _ [D] All night _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [G] _ [C] _ [G] _ long.
All [D] night long.
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
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_ [G] _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [Cm] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _

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This song was composed by Mark Knopfler.

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