Sultans Of Swing chords by Dire Straits (Ver. 3)

Tuning: Standard EBGDAE

Difficulty: Novice


key: Dm

(single snare beat)
Dm / C-C / Dm / C-C
Intro lead
      Dm
You get a shiver in the dark
     C      Bb    A
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 alright when you hear that music ring

        Dm       C    Bb     A
(Now) you step inside but you don't see too many faces
 Dm          C            Bb   A
coming in out of the rain to (you) hear the jazz go down
F            C
too much competition too many other places
Bb                  Dm
but not too many horns can make that sound
(But not too many horns are blowing that sound)
Bb-C
    way on downsouth
Bb-C
    way on downsouth
Dm       Dm-C-Bb-C    Dm-C-Bb-C
London town

        Dm     C    Bb     A
you check out Guitar George he knows all the chords
Dm                         C  Bb       A
mind he's (his) strictly rhythm he doesn't want to make it cry or sing
F            C
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
 (and) harry doesnb't mind if he doesn't make the scene
Dm       C    Bb         A
 he('s) got a daytime job he's doing al(l)right
F                C
 he can play honky tone just like anything
(He can play the honky tonk like anything)
Bb           Dm   Bb-C
 saving it up for friday night
         Bb-C
with the sultans
           Dm   Dm-C-Bb-C
with the sultans of swing
               Dm-C-Bb-C

    Dm             C      Bb      A
and a crowd of young boys they're fooling around in the corner
Dm                  C        Bb      A
drunk and dressed in their best brown baggies and their platform soles
F                    C
they don't give a damn about ('bout) any trumpet playing band
  Bb              Dm   Bb-C
it ain't what they call rock and roll
        Bb-C
and the sultans
            Dm   Dm-C-Bb-C
and the sultans played creole
(Yeah the Sultans they played Creole)

                Dm-C-Bb-C

Lead 1: (chords:Follow 1 full verse)

Dm          C     Bb     A
and then the man he steps right up to the microphone
Dm     C        Bb     A  (A7)
and says at last just as the time bell rings
F              C
thank you goodnight now it's time to go home
    Bb         Dm     Bb-C
and he makes it fast with one more thing
         Bb-C
we are the sultans
           Dm    Dm-C-Bb-C
we are the sultans of swing

Dm   -    C    -    Bb   -    C
1.25      0.5      2.25       4.0