Sultans Of Swing - Dire Straits
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Capo: Fret 5
Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E
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[Intro lead]
(single snare beat)
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[Verse]
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)
[Chorus]
way on
downsouth
way on
downsouth
London town
[Verse]
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
[Chorus]
with the sulta
ns
with the sulta
ns of swing
---
[Verse]
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
[Chorus]
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
[Chorus]
we are the sul
tans
we are the sul
tans of swing
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