Sultans Of Swing · Dire Straits

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Am G F EYou get a shiver in the dark, it's raining in the park but meantime

Am G F E South of the river you stop and you hold everything

C G A band is blowing Dixie double four time

F Am F G You feel alright when you hear that music ring

Am G F EWell now, you step inside but you don't see too many faces

Am G F E Coming in out of the rain to hear the jazz go down

C G Competition in other places

F Am Uh, but the horns they blowin' that sound

F G way on down south

AmLondon Town

Am G F EYou check out Guitar George, he knows all the chords

Am G F E 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 Am F G When he gets up under the lights to play his thing

Am G F E And Harry doesn't mind if he doesn't make the scene

Am G F E He's got a daytime job, he's doin' alright

C G He can play the honky tonk like anything

F Am F G Saving it up for Friday night

F Gwith the Sultans

Amwith the Sultans of Swing

Am G F EThen a crowd of young boys, they're foolin' around in the corner

Am G F E 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 Am F G It ain't what they call rock and roll

F Gand the Sultans

AmYeah, the Sultans, they play Creole

Am G F G... Creole

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Am G F E And then the man he steps right up to the microphone

Am G F E E7 And says at last just as the time bell ring

C G Goodnight, now it's time to go home

F Am F G Then he makes it fast with one more thing

F GWe are the Sultans

AmWe are the Sultans of Swing

Am G F G(repeat and fade, approx x7)