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Sultans Of Swing - Dire Straits

Dm||-|||-|||-|||C-/A C (x4)
               Dm                           C                 Bb         A           0   A
You get a shiver in the dark it's raining in the park but meantime
Dm                             C                   Bb           A           0   A
South of the river you stop and you hold everything
F                                               C           C F F-C
A band is blowing dixie double four time
Bb                                                          Dm Bb Bb Bb-C
You feel alright when you hear that music ring
/E-/G-/A-/C /A-/C           Dm                        C            Bb           A     0 A
                         Now you step inside but you don't see too many faces
Dm                             C                          Bb         A     0 A
Coming in out of the rain to you hear the jazz go down
F                                   C        C F F-C
Competition too many places
Bb                                                   Dm   (..1010)(..88)(..565) Bb Bb Bb-C
   Oh but the horns, they blowin' that sound . . . . . . . . . . . way on down south
Bb Bb Bb-C     Dm Dm-C Bb   Dm Dm-C C C6(xx5555i)-C2 C2
Way on down south, London town
Dm Dm-C Bb    Bb Bb Bb-C   /E-/G-/A-/C
/A   -   /C Dm                C Bb                A               (..9109)(898)(9109)
Check out guitar George . . . . he knows all the chords
(101010)              C2                                   Bb                   A   0 A
Mind he's strictly rhythm he doesn't want to make it cry or sing
F                                     C               C     F F-C
Yes then an old guitar is all he can afford
Bb                                                      Dm (..1010)(..88)(..565) Bb Bb Bb-C
When he gets up under the lights to play his thing
C4-C2| C4-C2|Dm                        C      Bb              A                      0 A
                         And harry doesn't mind if he doesn't make the scene
Dm                         C           Bb       A                      0 A
He's got a daytime job he's doing alright

F                                                       C          C F F-C Bb
.... He can play the honky tonk just like anything .................. saving it up ..
                             Dm f-e-d#-d Bb Bb Bb-C2 C2     Bb Bb Bb-C2     Dm
For friday night ..... with the sultans ....... with the sultans of swing
Dm C Bb . . Dm Dm-C C C6-C2 C2 Dm   Dm C Bb . . Dm Dm-C C
/E-/G-/A-/C /A-/C
Dm                                                  C         Bb               A        0 A
Then a crowd of young boys they're fooling around in the corner
Dm                                                       C                        Bb         A     0 A
Drunk and dressed in their best brown baggies and their platform souls
F                                                    C                    C        F F-C
   They don't give a damn 'bout any trumpet playing band
Bb                                           Dm Bb Bb Bb-C
It ain't what they call rock and roll
C2             Bb Bb Bb-C2 C2    Dm    Dm-C-Bb Dm Dm-C C C6-C2 C2
Then the sultans               yeah the sultans play creole
Dm   Dm C Bb . . Dm Dm-C C e-g-a-c

Dm C Bb A (x2) F. . C . F F-C Bb .   Dm Bb Bb Bb-C . .Bb Bb Bb-C
Dm Dm C Bb Dm Dm-C C C6-C2 C2 Dm Dm C Bb Dm Dm-C C e-g-a-c

Dm                 C              Bb          A            0 A
Then the man steps right up to the microphone
Dm             C                    Bb         A          A7
And says at last just as the time bell rings
F                             C                 F F-C
Goodnight now it's time to go home
Bb                                                   Dm f-d-f-d Bb Bb Bb-C2
And he makes it fast with one more thing
                 C2 Bb Bb Bb-C2 C Dm   Dm C Bb Dm Dm-C C C6-C2 C2
We are the sultans . . . we are the sultans of swing

Dm   Dm C Bb . . Dm Dm-C C /E-/G-/A-/C /A-/C Dm

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Written by Mark Knopfler / Dire Straits.

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