Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing

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[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
            
You get a shiv

              
er in the dark

             
, it's raining

            
 in the park b

   
ut meantime
            
  South of the

             
 river you sto

            
p and you hold

        
 everything
             
  A band is bl

              
owing Dixie do

      
uble four time
            
   You feel al

              
right when you

              
 hear that mus

         - 
ic ring

[Verse 2]
              
Well now, you 

            
step inside bu

             
t you don't se

          
e too many fac

es
            
   Coming in o

             
ut of the rain

             
 to hear the j

      
azz go down
             
  Competition 

          
in other place

s
            
   Uh, but the

              
 horns they bl

           
owin' that sou

nd
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        way on

 down south
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        way on

 down south

London Town

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[Verse 3]
             
You check out 

             
Guitar George,

          
     he knows 

all the chords
            
  Mind he's st

              
rictly rhythm 

             
he doesn't wan

            
t to make it c

   
ry or sing
             
  They say an 

              
old guitar is 


all he can aff

ord
            
   When he get

              
s up under the

              
 lights to pla

              - 
y his thing

[Verse 4]
            
   And Harry d

           
oesn't mind if

           
 he doesn't ma

ke the scene
            
  He's got a d

             
aytime job, he

         
's doin' alrig

ht
             
  He can play 

              
the honky tonk

       
 like anything
            
   Saving it u

              
p for Friday n

          - 
ight
              
with the Sulta

     - 
ns
              
with the Sulta

      
ns of Swing

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[Verse 5]
            
Then a crowd o

              
f young boys, 

             
they're foolin

            
' around in th

  
e corner
            
   Drunk and d

              
ressed in thei

             
r best brown b

            
aggies and the

       
ir platform so

les
             
  They don't g

              
ive a damn abo

             
ut about any t

rumpet playin'

 band
            
   It ain't wh

              
at they call r

               - 
ock and roll
              
and the Sultan

   - 
s
              
Yeah, the Sult

              
ans, they play

 
 Creole

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  Creole
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[Lead]
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[Verse 6]
            
   And then th

             
e man he steps

            
 right up to t

    
he microphone
            
   And says at

             
 last just as 

            
the time bell 

    (
ring
             
  Goodnight, n

         
ow it's time t

o go home
            
   Then he mak

              
es it fast wit

             
h one more thi

      - 
ng
              
We are the Sul

      - 
tans
              
We are the Sul

        
tans of Swing

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[Outro Solo]
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de, approx x7)