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Gm F D# DYou get a shiver in the dark, it's raining in the park but meantime

Gm F D# D South of the river you stop and you hold everything

A# F A band is blowing Dixie double four time

D# Gm D# F You feel alright when you hear that music ring

Gm F D# DWell now, you step inside but you don't see too many faces

Gm F D# D Coming in out of the rain to hear the jazz go down

A# F Competition in other places

D# Gm Uh, but the horns they blowin' that sound

D# F way on down south

D# F way on down south

GmLondon Town

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Gm F D# DYou check out Guitar George, he knows all the chords

Gm F D# D Mind he's strictly rhythm he doesn't want to make it cry or sing

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

D# Gm D# F When he gets up under the lights to play his thing

Gm F D# D And Harry doesn't mind if he doesn't make the scene

Gm F D# D He's got a daytime job, he's doin' alright

A# F He can play the honky tonk like anything

D# Gm D# F Saving it up for Friday night

D# Fwith the Sultans

Gmwith the Sultans of Swing

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Gm F D# DThen a crowd of young boys, they're foolin' around in the corner

Gm F D# D Drunk and dressed in their best brown baggies and their platform soles

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

D# Gm D# F It ain't what they call rock and roll

D# Fand the Sultans

GmYeah, the Sultans, they play Creole

Gm F D# F... Creole

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Gm F D# D And then the man he steps right up to the microphone

Gm F D# D D7 And says at last just as the time bell ring

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

D# Gm D# F Then he makes it fast with one more thing

D# FWe are the Sultans

GmWe are the Sultans of Swing

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Gm F D# F(repeat and fade, approx x7)