Sultans Of Swing · Dire Straits

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Fm D# C# CYou get a shiver in the dark, it's raining in the park but meantime

Fm D# C# C South of the river you stop and you hold everything

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

C# Fm C# D# You feel alright when you hear that music ring

Fm D# C# CWell now, you step inside but you don't see too many faces

Fm D# C# C Coming in out of the rain to hear the jazz go down

G# D# Competition in other places

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

C# D# way on down south

FmLondon Town

Fm D# C# CYou check out Guitar George, he knows all the chords

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

Fm D# C# C And Harry doesn't mind if he doesn't make the scene

Fm D# C# C He's got a daytime job, he's doin' alright

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

C# Fm C# D# Saving it up for Friday night

C# D#with the Sultans

Fmwith the Sultans of Swing

Fm D# C# CThen a crowd of young boys, they're foolin' around in the corner

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

C# D#and the Sultans

FmYeah, the Sultans, they play Creole

Fm D# C# D#... Creole

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Fm D# C# C And then the man he steps right up to the microphone

Fm D# C# C C7 And says at last just as the time bell ring

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

C# Fm C# D# Then he makes it fast with one more thing

C# D#We are the Sultans

FmWe are the Sultans of Swing

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