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From: nickw@chilli.reo.dec.com (nick williams)

 (5th posn)                              (3rd pos)       
(      
You get a shiv

 ( 
er in the dark

, its raining 

in the        

    park the  

  
meantime

                                                           

Sound of the r

iver you can  

      hear    

              

           
everything

  ( 
A band is blow

)             
ing dixie - do

                    (         
uble four time

  (   
You go inside 

              
      when you

              
 hear the musi

                       (
c play


    -(slide)-              (short fill)
                                 

The rest of the song continues with the same chord structure, but between
some verses there is a long-fill/chorus which is:

  
              


              

        We are

 the sultans
  
              

    
              

              
 we are the su

                   
ltans of swing
  Bbmaj-slide-         {repeat once}


Note -

  
played at a fa

  
st tempo. One 

   
trick is just 

   
to play string

   
s 2,3,4 (using

 
 the
first finger for Bb and C). Then, the Dmin shape can be fingered on top of
the C shape using fingers 2,3,4.

Enjoy....

        Nick the Pick


From: fact1@gipsy34.cs.uni-sb.de (Detlef Anton)

Sultans of Swing (Dire Straits)

key: 

(single snare beat)
 /  /  
Intro lead

/ 
           
you get a shiv

er in the dark
             
it's raining i

            
n the park but

  
 meantime
            
south of the r

             
iver you stop 

            
and you hold e

      
verything
             
a band is blow

      
ing Dixie doub

le four time
            
you feel alrig

              
ht when you he

              
ar that music 

     
ring


              
(Now) you step

            
 inside but yo

           
u don't see to

          
o many faces
            
coming in out 

             
of the rain to

              
 (you) hear th

           
e jazz go down
             
too much compe

          
tition too man

y other places
            
but not too ma

              
ny horns can m

          
ake that sound
(But not too many horns are blowing that sound)

        way on

 downsouth

        way on

 downsouth
            
London town

     

    

              
you check out 

            
Guitar George 

           
he knows all t

      
he chords
            
mind he's (his

              
) strictly rhy

              
thm he doesn't

            
 want to make 

             
it cry or sing
             
and an old gui

          
tar is all he 

can afford
            
when he gets u

              
p under the li

              
ghts to play h

         
is thing
            
  (and) harry 

             
doesnb't mind 

           
if he doesn't 

make the scene
            
  he('s) got a

           
 daytime job h

              
e's doing al(l

  
)right
             
  he can play 

              
honky tone jus

    
t like anythin

g
(He can play the honky tonk like anything)
            
  saving it up

            
 for friday ni

    
ght
              
with the sulta

    
ns
              
with the sulta

            
ns of swing
                             ---

            
and a crowd of

              
 young boys th

             
ey're fooling 

            
around in the 

      
corner
            
drunk and dres

              
sed in their b

             
est brown bagg

             
ies and their 

           
platform soles
             
they don't giv

              
e a damn about

            
 ('bout) any t

rumpet playing

 band
            
it ain't what 

              
they call rock

          
 and roll
              
and the sultan

  
s
              
and the sultan

            
s played creol

   
e
(Yeah the Sultans they played Creole)

                                ---

Lead 1: ( chords:Follow 1 full verse)

            
and then the m

             
an he steps ri

            
ght up to the 

 
microphone
           
and says at la

              
st just as the

           
 time bell rin

   (
gs
             
thank you good

              
night now it's


 time to go ho

me
            
and he makes i

              
t fast with on

          
e more thing
              
we are the sul

    
tans
              
we are the sul

                
tans of swing

      -     
1.25          

         -   
  0.5         

          - 
  2.25        

      
      4.0


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