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Sultans Of Swing chords by Dire Straits
Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing
[intro]
[bm | bm c | x4
verse 1]
De c ab a
You get a shiver in the dark, it's raining in the park but meantime
Dn c Bb A
South of the river you stop and you hold everything
F c
‘A band is blowing Dixie double four tine
Bb Dn Bb-c
You feel alright when you hear that music ring
(verse 2]
Dn c Bb A
Well now, you step inside but you don't see too many faces
De c a OA
Coming an out of the rain to hear the jazz go down
F c
Competition in other places
eb on
Un, but the horns they blowin’ that sound
Bb-
way on down south
Bbc
way on down south
Dn
London Town
[Instrumental]
Dn-c-Bb-C
Dn-c-Bb-c
(verse 3]
Da © Bb a
You check out Guitar George, _he knows all the chords
Dn c ‘ab A
Mind he's strictly rhythm he doesn’t want to make it ery er sing
F c
They sey an old guitar is all he can afford
eb bn Bbc
When he gets up under the lights to play his thing
verse 4]
Dn cB ry
And Harry doesn't mind if he doesn't make the scene
De c BOA
He's got 9 daytine job, he's doin’ alright
F °
He can play the honky tonk like anything
Bb Dn Bbc
Saving it up for Friday night
Bb-
wath the Sultans
Dn
with the Sultans of Swing
Instrumental]
Dn-c-ab-c
Dn-¢- Bb-C
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Page v2 verse 5]
De c Bb A
Then a crowd of young boys, they're foolin’ around in the corner
Dn c Bb A
Drunk and dressed in their best brown baggies and their platform soles
F c
They don't give a damn about about any trumpet playin’ band
Bb DnB
Tt ain't what they call rock and roll
Bb -c
‘and the Sultans
Dn
Yeah, the Sultans, they play Creole
[Instrumental]
Dn-c-Bb-C
Creole
Da-c-ab-c
Lead]
[om 1c Bb 1A lA 1
| dm | Bb OA lA 1
Le Le le le i
[eb | Bb | Dm | Dm Bb |
le le a ic le i
[Instrumental]
Dn-¢-Bb-c
Dn-¢-Bb-c
(verse 6]
Dn c Bb A
‘And then the man he steps right up to the microphone
Dn c ab A (AT)
And says at last just as the time bell ring
F ©
Goodnight, now it's time to go home
eb Dn Bbc
Then he makes it fast with one more thing
Bb -c
We are the Sultans
De
We are the Sultans of Swing
Instrumental]
Dn-c-Bb-c
Dn-c-ab-c
(Outro Solo]
Dm-c-8b-c
(repeat and fade, approx x7)
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