Sultan of Swings

Dire Straits

Intro]
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[Verse 1]
          Dm                       C      
You get a shiver in the dark, it's raining
        Bb       A
 in the park but meantime
Dm                        C            Bb
  South of the river you stop and you 
         A
hold everything
F                                 C
  A band is blowing Dixie double four time
Bb                                        
   You feel alright when you hear that 
    Dm    Bb - C
music ring



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[Verse 2]
              Dm                  C     
Well now, you step inside but you don't 
    Bb        A
see too many faces
Dm                      C                
   Coming in out of the rain to hear the 
Bb      A
jazz go down
F                       C
  Competition in other places
Bb                                     Dm
   Uh, but the horns they blowin' that 
sound
Bb - C
        way on down south
Bb - C
        way on down south
Dm
London Town
 
[Instrumental]
Dm - C - Bb - C
Dm - C - Bb - C
 
[Verse 3]
             Dm             C  Bb        A
You check out Guitar George,     he knows 
all the chords
Dm                             C          
  Mind he's strictly rhythm he doesn't 
     Bb          A
want to make it cry or sing
F                           C
  They say an old guitar is all he 
can afford
Bb                                       
   When he gets up under the lights to 
          Dm    Bb - C
play his thing
 
[Verse 4]
Dm                   C    Bb           A
   And Harry doesn't mind if he doesn't 
make the scene
Dm                   C         Bb      A
  He's got a daytime job, he's doin' 
alright
F                                  C
  He can play the honky tonk like anything
Bb                               Dm    Bb 
   Saving it up for Friday night
- C
                  Bb - C
with the Sultans
                    Dm
with the Sultans of Swing
 
[Instrumental]
Dm - C - Bb - C
Dm - C - Bb - C
 
[Verse 5]
       Dm                           
Then a crowd of young boys, they're 
C        Bb           A
foolin' around in the corner
Dm                                C   
   Drunk and dressed in their best 
           Bb            A
brown baggies and their platform soles
F                                      
  They don't give a damn about about 
  C
any trumpet playin' band
Bb                                   Dm   
   It ain't what they call rock and roll
  Bb - C
                Bb - C
and the Sultans
                             Dm
Yeah, the Sultans, they play Creole
 
[Instrumental]
Dm - C - Bb - C
...             Creole
Dm - C - Bb - C
 
[Lead]
| Dm     | C  Bb  | A      | A       |
| Dm     | C  Bb  | A      | A       |
| F      | F      | C      | C       |
| Bb     | Bb     | Dm     | Dm  Bb  |
| C      | C  Bb  | C      | C       |
 
[Instrumental]
Dm - C - Bb - C
Dm - C - Bb - C
 
[Verse 6]
Dm                       C         Bb     
   And then the man he steps right up to 
    A
the microphone
Dm              C               Bb     
   And says at last just as the time 
   A    (A7)
bell ring
F                      C
  Goodnight, now it's time to go home
Bb                                       
   Then he makes it fast with one more 
Dm     Bb - C
thing
                   Bb - C
We are the Sultans
                      Dm
We are the Sultans of Swing
 
[Instrumental]
Dm - C - Bb - C
Dm - C - Bb - C
 
[Outro Solo]
Dm - C - Bb - C
(repeat and fade, approx x7)