Chords for Dire Straits Skateaway (Extended Version)
Tempo:
116.8 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
C
Em
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[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]
[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
D
C
Em
Am
G
D
C
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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] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
_ [G] _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [Cm] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
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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] _ _
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_ [Cm] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _