Sultans Of Swing - Dire Straits chords

Key: Dm Singer/Band: Dire Straits


[Verse1]
You get a [Dm]shiver in the dark, it's [C]raining in the [Bb]park but
[A]meantime
[Dm] South of the river you s[C]top and you h[Bb]old everyth[A]ing
[F] A band is blowing Dixie double [C]four time
[Bb] You feel alright when you hear that music [Dm]ring [Bb] [-] [C]
[Verse2]
Well now, you [Dm]step inside but you [C]don't see [Bb]too many [A]faces
[Dm] Coming in out of the [C]rain to hear the [Bb]jazz go [A]down
[F] Competition in other [C]places
[Bb] Uh, but the horns they blowin' that [Dm]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]
[Verse3]
You check [Dm]out Guitar [C]George, [Bb] he knows[A] all the chords
[Dm] Mind he's strictly rhythm he [C]doesn't want to [Bb]make it cry [A]or
sing
[F] They say an old guitar is [C]all he can afford
[Bb] When he gets up under the lights to play his [Dm]thing [Bb] [-] [C]
[Verse4]
[Dm] And Harry doesn't [C]mind [Bb]if he [A]doesn't make the scene
[Dm] He's got a daytime [C]job, he's [Bb]doin' [A]alright
[F] He can play the honky tonk like [C]anything
[Bb] Saving it up for Friday night [Dm] [Bb] [-] [C]
with the Sultans [Bb] [-] [C]
with the Sultans of [Dm]Swing
[Instrumental]
[Dm] [-] [C] [-] [Bb] [-] [C] [Dm] [-] [C] [-] [Bb] [-] [C]
[Verse5]
Then a [Dm]crowd of young boys, they're [C]foolin' [Bb]around in the [A]corner
[Dm] Drunk and dressed in their [C]best brown baggies [Bb]and their
[A]platform soles
[F] They don't give a damn about about any [C]trumpet playin' band
[Bb] It ain't what they call rock and [Dm]roll [Bb] [-] [C]
and the Sultans [Bb] [-] [C]
Yeah, the Sultans, they play [Dm]Creole
[Verse6]
[Dm] And then the man he [C]steps right [Bb]up to the [A]microphone
[Dm] And says at [C]last just as the [Bb]time bell [A]ring [(A7)]
[F] Goodnight, now it's [C]time to go home
[Bb] Then he makes it fast with one more [Dm]thing [Bb] [-] [C]
We are the Sultans [Bb] [-] [C]
We are the Sultans of [Dm]Swing
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