Biography:
Dire Straits were a British rock band from Newcastle, United Kingdom, formed in 1977 by Mark Knopfler (guitar and vocals), his brother David Knopfler (guitar), John Illsley (bass), and Pick Withers (drums), and subsequently managed by Ed Bicknell. The band were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2018.
Dire Straits emerged during the post-punk era of the late '70s, and while their sound was minimalistic and stripped down, they owed little to punk.
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Other songs:
- Angel Of Mercy
- Brothers In Arms
- Iron Hand
- Money For Nothing
- Money For Nothing (intro)
- On Every Street
- Private Investigations
- Romeo And Juliet
- Sultans Of Swing
- True Love Will Never Fade
- Tunnel Of Love
- Walk Of Life
- Calling Elvis
- Cannibals
- Down To The Waterline
- Expresso Love
- Fade To Black
- Hand In Hand
- Heavy Fuel
- How Long
- If I Had You
- In The Gallery
- Industrial Disease
- Kingdom Come
- Lady Writer
- Lions
- Love Over Gold
- Millionaire Blues
- My Parties
- News
- Once Upon A Time
- Once Upon A Time In The West
- One World
- Planet Of New Orleans
- Portobello Belle
- Ride Across The River
- Setting Me Up
- Single Handed Sailor
- Six Blade Knife
- Skateaway
- So Far Away
- Solid Rock
- Southbound Again
- Telegraph Road
- The Bug
- The Mans Too Strong
- Ticket To Heaven
- Twisting By The Pool
- Two Young Lovers
- Water Of Love
- Whats The Matter Baby
- When It Comes To You
- Where Do You Think Youre Going
- Why Worry
- Wild West End
- You And Your Friend
- Your Latest Trick
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Dire Straits - Skateaway
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
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
Dirty Vegas
Disciple
Disclosure
Discovery
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