Dire Straits Sultans of Swing

Tom: A Intro: Dm C C Dm C C Dm C Bb A A7 You get a shiver in the dark, It's raining in the park, but meantime Dm C Bb A South of the river you stop and you hold everything F C A band is blowing Dixie double four time Bb Dm Bb C You feel all right when you hear that music ring Dm C Bb A Well now you step inside but you don't see too many faces Dm C Bb A Coming in out of the rain to hear the jazz go down F C Competition in other places Bb Dm Bb C But the horns, they're blowing that sound Bb C Way on down south Dm C Bb way on down south London town Dm C Bb A A7 You check out Guitar George, he knows all the chords Dm C Bb A F Mind he's strictly rhythm he doesn't want to make it cry or sing C Bb Yes, and an old guitar is all he can afford Dm Bb C When he gets under the lights to play his thing Dm C Bb A A7 And Harry doesn't mind if he doesn't make the scene Dm C Bb A A7 He's got a daytime job he's doing alright C Bb He can play honky tonk like anything Dm Bb Saving it up for Friday night C Bb C With the Sultans, Dm with the Sultans of Swing Dm C Bb A A7 And a crowd of young boys they're fooling around in the corner Dm C Bb A A7 Drunk and dressed in their best brown baggies, and their platform soles F C Bb They don't give a damn about any trumpet playing band Dm Bb It ain't what they call rock and roll C Bb And the Sultans, C Dm yeah the sultans, they played Creole. Creole. 1. instrumental Ah ah Dm C Bb A And then the man he steps right up to the microphone Dm C Bb A And says at last just as the time bell rings F C goodnight now it's time to go home' Bb Dm Then he makes it fast with one more thing C Bb 'We are the Sultans, C Dm we are the sultans of Swing 2. instrumental