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A#m G# F# FYou get a shiver in the dark, it's raining in the park but meantime
A#m G# F# F South of the river you stop and you hold everything
C# G# A band is blowing Dixie double four time
F# A#m F# G# You feel alright when you hear that music ring
A#m G# F# FWell now, you step inside but you don't see too many faces
A#m G# F# F Coming in out of the rain to hear the jazz go down
C# G# Competition in other places
F# A#m Uh, but the horns they blowin' that sound
F# G# way on down south
F# G# way on down south
A#mLondon Town
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A#m G# F# FYou check out Guitar George, he knows all the chords
A#m G# F# F Mind he's strictly rhythm he doesn't want to make it cry or sing
C# G# They say an old guitar is all he can afford
F# A#m F# G# When he gets up under the lights to play his thing
A#m G# F# F And Harry doesn't mind if he doesn't make the scene
A#m G# F# F He's got a daytime job, he's doin' alright
C# G# He can play the honky tonk like anything
F# A#m F# G# Saving it up for Friday night
F# G#with the Sultans
A#mwith the Sultans of Swing
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A#m G# F# FThen a crowd of young boys, they're foolin' around in the corner
A#m G# F# F Drunk and dressed in their best brown baggies and their platform soles
C# G# They don't give a damn about about any trumpet playin' band
F# A#m F# G# It ain't what they call rock and roll
F# G#and the Sultans
A#mYeah, the Sultans, they play Creole
A#m G# F# G#... Creole
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C# | C# | G# | G# |
F# | F# | A#m | A#m F# |
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A#m G# F# F And then the man he steps right up to the microphone
A#m G# F# F F7 And says at last just as the time bell ring
C# G# Goodnight, now it's time to go home
F# A#m F# G# Then he makes it fast with one more thing
F# G#We are the Sultans
A#mWe are the Sultans of Swing
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A#m G# F# G#(repeat and fade, approx x7)