Skateaway Chords
by Dire Straits
Skateaway by Dire Straits is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, G, C, A, Em, Bm, Em7 and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: D G-C (4x)
D G C
I seen a girl on a one-way corridor
D G C G D
Stealing down a wrong-way street
G C
For all the world like an urban toreador
D G C G D
She had wheels on, on her feet
G C D
The cars do the usual dances
G C G D
Same old cruise and the kerbside crawl
G C D
But the Rollergirl, she's taking chances
G C G
Just love to see her take them all
Chorus 1:
A
No fears alone at night
C Em A
Sailing through the crowd
C
In her ears the phones are tight
A D A D
And the music's playing loud
G C D
Hallelujah, here she comes
G C G D
Queen rollerball
G C D
And "Enchanté", what can I say
G C G D
Care at all
G C
You know, she used to have to wait around
D G C G D
She used to be the lonely one
G C D
But now that she can skate around town
G C G
She's the only, only one
Chorus 1:
A
No fears alone at night
C Em A
Sailing through the crowd
C
In her ears the phones are tight
D
And the music's playing loud
Chorus 2:
C D G Bm Em7
She gets rock n roll, on a rock n roll station
D C
And a rock n roll dream
Am G
She's making movies on location
D
She don't know what it means
G Bm
And the music maker wanna be the story
Em7 C
And the story was whatever was the song, what it was
Am G
Rollergirl, don't worry
D Em C G A D
D.J. play the movies all night long, all night long
G C D
She tortures taxi drivers just for fun
G C G D
She like to read their lips
G C D
Says, "Toro, toro taxi, see ya tomorrow my son"
G C G D
She just let a big truck grease her hip, ah!
G C G D
She got her own world in the city, hey
D G C G D
You can't intrude on her, no, no, no
G C D
She got her own world in the city
G C G
The city's been so rude to her
Chorus 1:
A
No fears alone at night
C Em A
Sailing through the crowd
C
In her ears the phones are tight
C D
And the music's playing loud
Chorus 2:
C D G Bm Em7
She gets rock n roll, on a rock n roll station
D C
And a rock n roll dream
Am G
She's making movies on location
D
She don't know what it means
G Bm
But the music maker wanna be the story
Em7 C
And the story was whatever was the song, what it was
Am G
Rollergirl, don't worry
D Em C G A D G C
D.J. play the movies all night long, all night long
OUTRO:
D
Slippin' and a-slidin'
G C G D
Yeah, life's a rollerball
G C G D
Slippin' and a-slidin'
G C G D G C D
Skateaway, that's all
G C G
Skateaway
D G C D G C G
Shala, shalay, hey, hey
She's singin'
D G C D G C G
Shala, shalay, hey, hey
(## repeat and fade ##)
D G C G D G C