Dire Straits - Skateaway: Ukulele Chords

Learn to play "Skateaway" on your ukulele with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to play this song on the ukulele, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn Skateaway ukulele chords and lyrics

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the ukulele chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "Skateaway" smoothly on your ukulele.

          D                        G C
I seen a girl on a one-way corridor
                  D              G C G
Stealing down a wrong-way street
 D                        G      C
For all the world like an urban toreador
         D       G C         G
She had wheels on,  on her feet

Well, the cars do the usual dances
Same old cruise and the kerbside crawl
But the rollergirl, she's taking chances
They just love to see her take them all

A          C                    Em                   G
No fears alone at night, she's sailing through the crowd
A                 C                        G               A
In her ears the phones are tight, and the music's playing loud

Hallelujah, here she comes
Queen rollerball
Enchanté, what can I say?
Don't care at all

You know, she used to have to wait around
She used to be the lonely one
But now that she can skate around town
She's the only one

No fears alone at night, she's sailing through the crowd
In her ears, the phones are tight, and the music's playing loud

Chorus:
C    D    G
She gets rock n roll, on a rock n roll station
Em
And a rock n roll dream
C                  Am            G 
She's making movies  on location
                 D
She don't know what it means
         G
And the music make her wanna be the story
          Em
And the story was whatever was the song, what it was
C          Am            G 
Rollergirl,  don't worry
               D     Em     D     C               G     A
D.J. play the movies   all night long, all night long

She tortures taxi drivers just for fun
She like to read their lips
Says, "Toro, toro, taxi, see you tomorrow, my son"
I swear she let a big truck grease her hip
She got her own world in the city
You can't intrude on her, no, no, no
She got her own world in the city
Because the city's been so rude to her

No fears alone at night, she's sailing through the crowd
In her ears, the phones are tight, and the music's playing loud

Chorus

Come slipping and sliding
Yeah, life's a roller ball
Slipping and a-sliding
Skateaway, that's all
Skateaway
Shala, shalay, hey hey, skateaway
Now shala, shalay, hey hey, skateaway
She's singing, "Shala, shalay, hey hey"
Skateaway
Shala, shalay

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Ukulele Chord Diagrams

A

Ukulele chord A

Am

Ukulele chord Am

C

Ukulele chord C

D

Ukulele chord D

Em

Ukulele chord Em

G

Ukulele chord G

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each ukulele chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Skateaway" on the guitar, check out the chords on our sister site: Guitar Chords for "Skateaway" by Dire Straits.