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Sultans Of Swing Official by Dire Straits
Tuning: EAD GBE
Key: Dm
CHORDS
Dm c Bb a AT F
Tet om
342 234 236-342 32 236
STRUMMING
WHOLE SONG 148 bp
boyt tit
Leis s \t Ft
[Intro]
Dm
[verse 1]
Dn c
You get @ shiver in the dark, It's
8b
raining in the park
A
But meantime
a7 Dm
South of the river
c Bb A
You stop and you hold everything
F
‘A band is blowing Dixie
c
Double four time
Bb
You feel alright
When you hear the music ring
Dm Bb C Dm
Well now you step inside
c Bb A
But you don't see too many faces
AT Dm c Bb A
Coming in out of the rain they hear the jazz go down
F c
Competition in other places
Bb om Bb
Uh but the horns they blowin’ that sound
G= [Pre-Chorus]
c 8b
Way on downsouth
c
Way on downsouth
[Chorus]
Dm Bb
London town
cbmc Bb
[Verse 2]
Dm c
Check out guitar George
Bb A
He knows all the chords
AT Dm
Mind, it's strictly rhythm
c Bb A
He doesn't want to make it cry or sing
F c
They said an old guitar is all he can afford
Bb
When he gets up under the lights to play his thing
Dm Bb C Dm c Bb A a7
And Harry doesn't mind if he doesn't make the scene
Dm c Bb A
He's got a daytime job, he's doing alright
F G
He can play the honky tonk 1ike anything
Bb Om Bb
Savin’ it up, for Friday night
[Pre-Chorus]
c Bb
With the Sultans
c bn ¢ Bb
With the Sultans of Swing
[Chorus]
c Dm Bbc
[verse 3]
Dm c
And a crowd a young boys They're
Bb A
foolin’ around in the corner
A7 Dm c Bb
Drunk and dressed in their best brown baggies
A
And their platform soles F
They don't give a damn
c Bb
About any trumpet playin’ band
Dm Bb
It ain't what they call rock and roll
[Pre-Chorus]
c Bb
And the Sultans
c Dn = C Bb
Yeah, the Sultans, they play creole, creole
[Chorus]
Dm C Bb c
[Solo 1]
Dm C Bb A A7 Dm C
Bb AF C Bb
Dm Bb C Bb
© Dm C Bb C Dm C Bb
c
[Verse 4]
Dm
And then the man
c Bb A
He steps right up to the microphone
47 Dm c
And says at last
Bb A
Just as the time bell rings
F c Bb
‘Goodnight, now it's time to go home
Then he makes it fast
Dm Bb
With one more thing
[Pre-Chorus]
c Bb
We are the Sultans
[Chorus]
c Dm C Bb C DmC BbC
We are the Sultans of Swing
[Solo 2]
Dm ¢ Bb C Dm C BDC
Dm C Bb C Dm C Bb C Dm ¢ Bb C Dn C Bb C
Dm ¢ Bb C
