Sultans Of Swing - Dire Straits
[Intro]
(Dm) (Dm) (Dm)
[Verse 1]
Dm A
You get a shiver in the dark, it's (C // ) raining in the (Bb // ) park but meantime
Dm A
South of the river you (C // ) stop and you (Bb // ) hold everything
F C
A band is blowing Dixie double four time
Bb Dm
You feel alright when you hear that music ring
[Verse 2]
Dm A
Well now, you step inside but you (C // ) don't see (Bb // ) too many faces
Dm A
Coming in out of the (C // ) rain to hear the (Bb // ) jazz go down
F C
Competition in other places
Bb Dm
Uh, but the horns they blowin' that sound
(Bb // ) (C) way on down south (Bb // ) (C) way on down south
(Dm) London Town
[Instrumental]
(Dm) | (C*) (Bb*) | (C) | (C) | x2
[Verse 3]
Dm A
You check out Ukulele George, (C // ) (Bb // ) he knows all the chords
Dm A
Mind he's strictly rhythm he (C // ) doesn't want to (Bb // ) make it cry or sing
F C
They say an old Ukulele is all he can afford
Bb Dm
When he gets up under the lights to play his thing (Bb // ) (C)
[Verse 4]
Dm A
And Harry doesn't (C // ) mind (Bb // ) if he doesn't make the scene
Dm A
He's got a daytime (C // ) job, he's (Bb // ) doin' alright
F C
He can play the honky tonk like anything
Bb Dm
Saving it up for Friday night (Bb // ) (C)
with the Sultans (Bb // ) (C) with the Sultans of (Dm) Swing
[Instrumental]
(Dm) | (C*) (Bb*) | (C) | (C) | x2
[Verse 5]
Dm A
Then a crowd of young boys, they're (C // ) foolin' (Bb // ) around in the corner
Dm A
Drunk and dressed in their best (C // ) brown baggies (Bb // ) and their platform soles
F C
They don't give a damn about about any trumpet playin' band
Bb Dm
It ain't what they call rock and roll (Bb // ) (C)
and the Sultans (Bb // ) (C) Yeah, the Sultans, they play (Dm) Creole
[Instrumental]
(Dm) | (C*) (Bb*) | (C) | (C) | x2
(Dm) | (C*) (Bb*) | (A) | (Dm) | (C*) (Bb*) | (A)
(F) | (F) | (C) | (C) | (Bb) | (Bb) | (Dm) | (Dm*) (Bb*)
(C) | (C*) (Bb*) | (C) | (C)
(Dm) | (C*) (Bb*) | (C) | (C) | x2
[Verse 6]
Dm A
And then the man he (C // ) steps right (Bb // ) up to the microphone
Dm A
And says at (C // ) last just as the (Bb // ) time bell ring
F C
Goodnight, now it's time to go home
Bb Dm
Then he makes it fast with one more thing (Bb // ) (C)
We are the Sultans (Bb // ) (C) We are the Sultans of (Dm) Swing
[Outro Solo] (repeat and fade)
(Dm) | (C*) (Bb*) | (C) | (C)