Sultans Of Swing · Dire Straits

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G#m F# E D#You get a shiver in the dark, it's raining in the park but meantime

G#m F# E D# South of the river you stop and you hold everything

B F# A band is blowing Dixie double four time

E G#m E F# You feel alright when you hear that music ring

G#m F# E D#Well now, you step inside but you don't see too many faces

G#m F# E D# Coming in out of the rain to hear the jazz go down

B F# Competition in other places

E G#m Uh, but the horns they blowin' that sound

E F# way on down south

G#mLondon Town

G#m F# E D#You check out Guitar George, he knows all the chords

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

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

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

G#m F# E D# And Harry doesn't mind if he doesn't make the scene

G#m F# E D# He's got a daytime job, he's doin' alright

B F# He can play the honky tonk like anything

E G#m E F# Saving it up for Friday night

E F#with the Sultans

G#mwith the Sultans of Swing

G#m F# E D#Then a crowd of young boys, they're foolin' around in the corner

G#m F# E D# Drunk and dressed in their best brown baggies and their platform soles

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

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

E F#and the Sultans

G#mYeah, the Sultans, they play Creole

G#m F# E F#... Creole

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G#m F# E D# And then the man he steps right up to the microphone

G#m F# E D# D#7 And says at last just as the time bell ring

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

E G#m E F# Then he makes it fast with one more thing

E F#We are the Sultans

G#mWe are the Sultans of Swing

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