C#m | C#m C#m/C|

C#m | C#m |

C#m | C#m C#m/C|

C#m B A G#You get a shiver in the dark, it's raining in the park but meantime

C#m B A G# South of the river you stop and you hold everything

E B A band is blowing Dixie double four time

A C#m A B You feel alright when you hear that music ring

C#m B A G#Well now, you step inside but you don't see too many faces

C#m B A G# Coming in out of the rain to hear the jazz go down

E B Competition in other places

A C#m Uh, but the horns they blowin' that sound

A B way on down south

A B way on down south

C#mLondon Town

B

B

C#m B A G#You check out Guitar George, he knows all the chords

C#m B A G# Mind he's strictly rhythm he doesn't want to make it cry or sing

E B They say an old guitar is all he can afford

A C#m A B When he gets up under the lights to play his thing

C#m B A G# And Harry doesn't mind if he doesn't make the scene

C#m B A G# He's got a daytime job, he's doin' alright

E B He can play the honky tonk like anything

A C#m A B Saving it up for Friday night

A Bwith the Sultans

C#mwith the Sultans of Swing

B

B

C#m B A G#Then a crowd of young boys, they're foolin' around in the corner

C#m B A G# Drunk and dressed in their best brown baggies and their platform soles

E B They don't give a damn about about any trumpet playin' band

A C#m A B It ain't what they call rock and roll

A Band the Sultans

C#mYeah, the Sultans, they play Creole

C#m B A B... Creole

B

Lead

C#m | B A | G# | G# |

C#m | B A | G# | G# |

E | E | B | B |

A | A | C#m | C#m A |

B | B A | B | B |

B

B

C#m B A G# And then the man he steps right up to the microphone

C#m B A G# G#7 And says at last just as the time bell ring

E B Goodnight, now it's time to go home

A C#m A B Then he makes it fast with one more thing

A BWe are the Sultans

C#mWe are the Sultans of Swing

B

B

C#m B A B(repeat and fade, approx x7)