Sultans of Swing Chords by Dire Straits

[Start]

[Intro]
Dm Dm7 Dm D7
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[Verse]
          Dm                      C              Bb       A7      
You get a shiver in the dark it's raining in the park but meantime
Dm                     C            Bb   A7        
South of the river you stop and you hold everything
F                         C              
■ A band is blowing Dixie doublefour time
Bb                                        Dm   Bb
You feel alright when you hear that music ring ■ 
C              Dm                  C         Bb       A     A7
■ Well now you step inside but you don't see too many faces ■ 
Dm                                            A7     
■  Coming in out of the rain to hear the jazz go down


[Chorus]
F                      C     
■ Competition in other places
Bb                                    Dm    Bb
■  Ah but the horns they blowing that sound ■ 
C        Bb         C
■ Way on down south ■
                  Dm         
Way on down south London town


[Inst]
Bb C Dm Bb C
■  ■ ■  ■  ■


[Verse]
          Dm                C          A7            
You check out Guitar George ■ he knows all the chords
Dm                           C               Bb      A7         
Mind he's strictly rhythm he doesn't want to make it cry or sing
F         F7               C7               
■ Yes and an old guitar is all he can afford
Bb                                              Dm    Bb C
■  When he gets up 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                                A       A7
He's got a daytime job he's doing alright ■ 


[Chorus]
F                                C       
■ He can play the honkytonk like anything
Bb                         Dm   
■  Saving it up for Friday night
Bb C          Bb      C7
■  ■ With the Sultans ■ 
C          C7      C  Dm   
■ With the Sultans of Swing


[Inst]
Bb C Dm Bb C
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[Verse]
      Dm                          C                     A7    
And a crowd of young boys they're fooling around in the corner
Dm                                 C             Bb        A7            
■  Drunk and dressed in their best brown baggies and their platform soles
F                                  C                  
■ They don't give a damn about any trumpetplaying band
Bb                                  Dm  
■  It ain't what they call rock and roll
Bb C         Bb     
■  ■ And the Sultans
C                              Dm    
■ Yeah the Sultans they played creole


[Chorus]
Bb C Dm Bb C Dm C A7
■  ■ ■  ■  ■ ■  ■ ■ 


[Solo]
Dm A A7 F C Bb Dm Bb
■  ■ ■  ■ ■ ■  ■  ■ 
C Bb C Dm Bb C
■ ■  ■ ■  ■  ■
Dm Bb C
■  ■  ■


[Verse]
Dm                         C                     A7        
Creole And then the man he steps right up to the microphone
Dm                                        A7   
■  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
Bb C            Bb      C
■  ■ We are the Sultans ■
                      Dm   
We are the Sultans of Swing


[Chorus]
Bb C Dm Bb C Dm Bb C
■  ■ ■  ■  ■ ■  ■  ■


[Solo]
Dm Bb C Dm Bb C C7 C
■  ■  ■ ■  ■  ■ ■  ■
Dm Bb C Dm Bb C Dm Bb
■  ■  ■ ■  ■  ■ ■  ■ 


[Outro]
C Dm Bb C Dm Bb
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