Sultans Of Swing Tempo: 149 / Tonart: Dm (Dire Straits) [Intro:] Dm Dm Dm Dm ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- [Vers 1:] Dm C Bb You get a shiver in the dark, it's been raining in the park A A7 Dm but meantime ---- south of the river you stop C Bb A A7 F and you hold everything, ---- a band is blowing Dixie C Bb double-four time, ---- you feel all right Dm Bb C when you hear that music ring. ---- ---- [Vers 2:] Dm C Bb A A7 Dm Well, now you step inside and you don't see too many faces, ---- C Bb A A7 F comin' in out of the rain to hear the jazz go down, ---- C Bb too much competition on too many other places, ---- Dm Bb C but not too many horns can make that sound, ---- Bb C way on down south, way on down south, [Bridge:] Dm C Bb F C F C Dm C Bb F C London town. ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- [Vers 3:] Dm C Bb A A7 Dm You check out Guitar George, he knows all the chords, ---- C Bb A mind he's strictly rhythm, he doesn't want to make it cry or sing, A7 F C Bb ---- and an old guitar is all he can afford ---- Dm Bb C when he gets up under the lights to play his thing. ---- ---- Dm ---- [Vers 4:] C Bb A A7 And Harry doesn't mind if he doesn't make the scene, ---- Dm C Bb A A7 F he's got a daytime job he's doing alright, ---- C Bb he can play Honky Tonk just like anything, ---- Dm Bb C Bb C saving it up for Friday night ---- with the Sultans, Dm with the Sultans of Swing. [Bridge:] C Bb F C F C Dm C Bb F C ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- [Vers 5:] Dm C Bb A And a crowd of young boys, they're fooling around in the corner, A7 Dm C ---- drunk and dressed in their best brown baggies Bb A A7 F and their platform soles, ---- they don't give a damn C Bb about any trumpet playing band, ---- it ain't what they call Dm Bb C Bb C Rock and Roll, ---- and the Sultans, Dm yeah, the Sultans played Creole. [Bridge:] C Bb F C F C Dm C Bb F C ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- [Solo:] Dm C Bb A A7 Dm C Bb A A7 F C Bb ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Dm Bb C Bb C Dm ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- [Bridge:] C Bb F C F C Dm C Bb F C ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- [Vers 5:] Dm C Bb A A7 Dm And then the man, he steps right up to the microphone ---- C Bb A A7 F and say at last, just as the time bell rings: ---- C Bb Goodnight, now it's time to go home, ---- and he makes it fast Dm Bb C Bb C with one more thing, ---- we're the Sultans, Dm we are the Sultans of Swing. [Bridge:] C Bb F C F C Dm C Bb F C ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- [Solo:] Dm C Bb F C F C Dm C Bb F C F C ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Dm C Bb F C F C Dm C Bb F C F C ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Dm C Bb F C F C ---- ---- ---- ---- [Ending:] Dm C Bb F C F C Dm C Dm ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
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