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Artist: Dire Straits
Tab Type: Bass
Difficulty: intermediate
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Dire Straits - Skateaway
From the album "Making Movies"


| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull off
| >  let the note ring
| ^  bend 
| ~  vibrato
| Where notes are together ("32") strike the first note then strike the second note immediately.




Verse 1

  0:36                 0:44                       
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|------3-----5----3------3-------3-|
E|-5---5---------3---3-----5----5---|


               0:52                  1:00
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|-5-----3------3------3-3---5-5----3---|
E|----3----3-----5-5-3------3-----3---3-|      


                        1:08
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-3------3-3---5-5----3-------|
E|--5-5-3------3-----3---4321--|




Pre Chorus

  1:09           1:12             1:16           1:19
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|-----3-32-3-------------3-32------------------------|
E|-5-5--------3-0-3---5-5------3-3--555555555555-3-5--|




Verse 2

  1:20             1:28                    1:36           
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|--5----3-----5----3-------5-----3----5----3---|
E|-5----3-----3---3---3----3----3-----3---3---3-|


         1:40              1:45
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|--55-5----33-3----55-5---3---|
E|-3-----3--------3------3---3-|


             1:49          1:52
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|--55-5----33-3----55-5---3-------|
E|-3------3--------3-----3---1234--|




Pre Chorus

  1:54           1:57             2:00       2:05
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|-----3-32-3-------------3-32-3-3--5555535-------|
E|-5-5--------3-0-3---5-5--------------------3-5--|




Chorus

          2:07         2:10          2:13             2:18   2:21
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------5------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------5--7-77---5-7-7-5-2--3-33-2----2--5-55---5-55-5--|
E|-3-33--7---3-7---------7------------------5-55-5-----55---------|


         2:23            2:28               2:33         2:36        
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------5---------------------------------------------------|
A|----------32-5-7--7--7---------3-33-2-----2--5-55-3-5-55-5--|
E|-3-33-3----------7--7----7-8-7--------5-55-5-----5----------|


 2:37         2:40   2:42
G|-----------------------------|
D|--------------------5--5-----|
A|-7--7-5------9-----3--3-3----|
E|---5----8-888-8/-3--------5>-|




Verse 3

  2:47           2:51             2:56          3:00        3:03
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--55-5----33-3----55-5----33------55-5----33-3---55-5----33----|
E|-3------3--------3------3----3---3------3-------3-------3---3--|


 3:04             3:08            3:12                    3:19
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--55-5----33-3----55-5----33------55-5----33-3-3---55-5----33-------|
E|-3------3--------3------3----3---3------3--------3-------3----4231--|




Pre Chorus

  3:21          3:24              3:27       3:31
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|-----3-32-3-------------3-32-3-3--5555535-------|
E|-5-5--------3-0-3---5-5--------------------3-5--|




Chorus

Note slight change at 3:38 from first chorus.

  3:32    3:34           3:38                 3:44
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------5--------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------5--7-7----7-75-2--3-33-2----2--5-55---5-55-5-|
E|-3-33--7---3-7---------7---------------5-55-5-----55--------|


  3:48   3:50            3:55                4:00        4:03
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------5--------------------------------------------------|
A|----------32-5-7--7--7---------3-33-2-----2--5-55-3-5-55-5-|
E|-3-33-3----------7--7----7-8-7--------5-55-5-----5---------|


  4:04       4:07           4:10
G|------------------------------|
D|----------------------55------|
A|-7--7-5------9----------------|
E|---5----8-888-8/-3---3-----5>-|




Ending

  4:14                        4:21                            4:30
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--55-5----33-3----55-5----33-5-----55-5----33-3---55-5----33-5--|
E|-3------3--------3------3-----3---3------3-------3-------3----3-|


                              4:38                             3:46
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--55-5----33-3----55-5----33-5-----55-5----33-3----55-5----33-5--|
E|-3------3--------3------3-----3---3------3--------3-------3----3-|


                              4:54                               5:03    
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------2h3p2h3-|
A|--55-5----33-3----55-5----33-5-----55-5----33-3----55-5----33-3---------|
E|-3------3--------3------3-----3---3------3--------3------3-----3--------|


                                5:11                                
G|---------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------2h3p2h3-|
A|--55-5----33-3----55-5----33-3---------|
E|-3------3--------3------3-----3--------|


                              5:19
G|--------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------2h3p2h3-|
A|--55-5----33-3---55-5----33-3---------|
E|-3------3-------3-------3----3--------|



                               5:27                                   
G|---------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------2h3p2h3-|
A|--55-5----33-3----55-5----33-3---------|
E|-3------3--------3------3-----3--------|


                               5:36
G|--------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------2h3p2h3-|
A|--55-5----33-3---55-5----33-3---------|
E|-3------3-------3-------3----3--------|


                                5:44                                 
G|---------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------2h3p2h3-|
A|--55-5----33-3----55-5----33-3---------|
E|-3------3--------3------3-----3--------|


                               5:52
G|--------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------2h3p2h3-|
A|--55-5----33-3---55-5----33-3---------|
E|-3------3-------3-------3----3--------|


                                6:00     
G|---------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------2h3p2h3-|
A|--55-5----33-3----55-5----33-3---------|
E|-3------3--------3------3-----3--------|


  Begin to fade---->           6:08
G|--------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------2h3p2h3-|
A|--55-5----33-3---55-5----33-3---------|
E|-3------3-------3-------3----3--------|



                           6:14 END
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|--5-5-55----3-3-33----5-5-55-|
E|-3--------3----------3-------|



Feel free to email me with any comments or possible corrections to: mcwdainow@aol.com




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