{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1509472,"song":"Skateaway","artist":"Dire Straits","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1509472-skateaway-chords-by-dire-straits/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1509472?type=chord","rating":4.7559,"votes":80,"content":"[Intro]\r\n| [ch]D[/ch] - - [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] - - - | [ch]D[/ch] - - [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] - [ch]G[/ch] - | x2\r\n \r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI seen a girl on a one-way corridor[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nStealing down a wrong-way street[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\n  For all the world like an urban toreador[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]  \r\nShe had wheels on,  on her feet[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]      \r\n  Well the cars do the usual dances[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  Same old cruise and the kerbside crawl[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]        \r\n  But the Rollergirl, she's taking chances[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  Just love to see her   take them all[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Pre-chorus] \r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  No fear alone at night, she's sailing through the crowd[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n  In her ears the phones are tight, and the music's playing loud[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2] \r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]               \r\n  Hallelujah,  here she comes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] \r\n  Queen rollerball[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]                \r\n  And \"Enchanté\",  what can I say[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch] \r\n  Don't care at all[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\n  You know, she used to have to wait around[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  \r\nShe used to be the lonely one[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]                \r\n  But now that she can   skate around town[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]   \r\n  She's the only,   only one[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Pre-chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  No fear alone at night, she's sailing through the crowd[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]                                       [ch]D[/ch]   \r\n  In her ears the phones are tight, and the music's playing loud[/tab]\r\n \r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]Bm[/ch]      \r\n  She gets rock n roll, on a rock n roll station[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\n  And a rock n roll dream[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]G/D[/ch]\r\n  She's making movies       on location[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe don't know what it means[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAnd the music make her wanna be the story[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]                                        \r\nAnd the story was whatever was the song, what it was[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G/D[/ch]\r\n  Rollergirl,   don't worry[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch] \r\nD.J. play the movies   all night long, all night long[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3] \r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]                        \r\n  She tortures taxi drivers just for fun[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] \r\n  She like to read their lips[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]                            \r\n  Says, \"Toro, toro taxi,  see ya tomorrow my son\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch] \r\n  I swear she let a big truck   graze her hip,   ah![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]       \r\n  She got her own world in the city, hey[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]  \r\n  You can't intrude on her,   no, no, no[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]            \r\n  She got her own world in the city[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]   \r\n  The city's been so rude to her [/tab]\r\n \r\n[Pre-chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  No fears alone at night, sailing through the crowd[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]                                         [ch]D[/ch]   \r\n  In her ears the phones are tight, and the music's playing loud[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]Bm[/ch]      \r\n  She gets rock n roll, on a rock n roll station[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\n  And a rock n roll dream[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]G/D[/ch]\r\n  She's making movies      on location[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe don't know what it means[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nBut the music make her wanna be the story[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]                                        \r\nAnd the story was whatever was the song, what it was[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G/D[/ch]\r\n  Rollergirl,   don't worry[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch] \r\nD.J. play the movies   all night long[/tab]\r\n \r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]                      \r\n      Slippin' and a-slidin'[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]  \r\n  Yeah, life's a   rollerball[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch] \r\n  Slippin' and a-slidin'[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\n  Skateaway,   that's all[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\n  Skateaway[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  Shala, shalay, hey, hey,  skateaway[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow, Shala, shalay, hey, hey,  skateaway[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe's singin' shala, shalay, hey, hey, skateaway[/tab]\r\n \r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab]| [ch]D[/ch] - - [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] - - - | [ch]D[/ch] - - [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] - [ch]G[/ch] - | x12\r\n(fade out)[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\n| D - - G | C - - - | D - - G | C - G - | x2\n \n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Pre-chorus] \n\n\n\n[Verse 2] \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Pre-chorus]\n\n\n \n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3] \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n[Pre-chorus]\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n[Outro]","chords":["D","G","C","A","Em","Bm","Am","G/D"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}