Sultans Of Swing · Dire Straits

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Em D C BYou get a shiver in the dark, it's raining in the park but meantime

Em D C B South of the river you stop and you hold everything

G D A band is blowing Dixie double four time

C Em C D You feel alright when you hear that music ring

Em D C BWell now, you step inside but you don't see too many faces

Em D C B Coming in out of the rain to hear the jazz go down

G D Competition in other places

C Em Uh, but the horns they blowin' that sound

C D way on down south

EmLondon Town

Em D C BYou check out Guitar George, he knows all the chords

Em D C B Mind he's strictly rhythm he doesn't want to make it cry or sing

G D They say an old guitar is all he can afford

C Em C D When he gets up under the lights to play his thing

Em D C B And Harry doesn't mind if he doesn't make the scene

Em D C B He's got a daytime job, he's doin' alright

G D He can play the honky tonk like anything

C Em C D Saving it up for Friday night

C Dwith the Sultans

Emwith the Sultans of Swing

Em D C BThen a crowd of young boys, they're foolin' around in the corner

Em D C B Drunk and dressed in their best brown baggies and their platform soles

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

C Em C D It ain't what they call rock and roll

C Dand the Sultans

EmYeah, the Sultans, they play Creole

Em D C D... Creole

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Em D C B And then the man he steps right up to the microphone

Em D C B B7 And says at last just as the time bell ring

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

C Em C D Then he makes it fast with one more thing

C DWe are the Sultans

EmWe are the Sultans of Swing

Em D C D(repeat and fade, approx x7)