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