Sultans Of Swing · Dire Straits

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Cm A# G# GYou get a shiver in the dark, it's raining in the park but meantime

Cm A# G# G South of the river you stop and you hold everything

D# A# A band is blowing Dixie double four time

G# Cm G# A# You feel alright when you hear that music ring

Cm A# G# GWell now, you step inside but you don't see too many faces

Cm A# G# G Coming in out of the rain to hear the jazz go down

D# A# Competition in other places

G# Cm Uh, but the horns they blowin' that sound

G# A# way on down south

CmLondon Town

Cm A# G# GYou check out Guitar George, he knows all the chords

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

D# A# They say an old guitar is all he can afford

G# Cm G# A# When he gets up under the lights to play his thing

Cm A# G# G And Harry doesn't mind if he doesn't make the scene

Cm A# G# G He's got a daytime job, he's doin' alright

D# A# He can play the honky tonk like anything

G# Cm G# A# Saving it up for Friday night

G# A#with the Sultans

Cmwith the Sultans of Swing

Cm A# G# GThen a crowd of young boys, they're foolin' around in the corner

Cm A# G# G Drunk and dressed in their best brown baggies and their platform soles

D# A# They don't give a damn about about any trumpet playin' band

G# Cm G# A# It ain't what they call rock and roll

G# A#and the Sultans

CmYeah, the Sultans, they play Creole

Cm A# G# A#... Creole

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Cm A# G# G And then the man he steps right up to the microphone

Cm A# G# G G7 And says at last just as the time bell ring

D# A# Goodnight, now it's time to go home

G# Cm G# A# Then he makes it fast with one more thing

G# A#We are the Sultans

CmWe are the Sultans of Swing

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