Chords for Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing 1979 Live Video
Tempo:
152.95 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
C
Dm
F
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Dm]
Get a shiver in the [C] dark, it's raining [Bb] in the [A] park, big talk.
[Dm]
Sound the [C] river, you're stumping [Bb] your hooves, [A] everything.
[F]
Find a slow index 8, [C] double fall time.
[F] [Bb]
Feel alright when you hear the [G] music [Dm] playing.
[Bb]
[C] [Dm] Now you step inside, [C] but you [Bb] don't see [A] too many faces.
[Dm] Coming [C] in that [Bb] rain, you hear the [A] tracks go down.
[G]
[F] Competition in [C] other places.
[F] [Bb]
Yeah, but the horns, they [Dm] blow in that sun.
[Bb]
[C] Way on down [Bb] south,
[C] way on down [Dm] south, I live down.
[Bb]
[C]
[D] [Dm] [Bb] [F]
[C] [Dm]
Check out guitar [C] Joe.
[Bb] [A] He knows nearly all the chords.
[Dm]
He's strictly [C] random, he [Bb] doesn't want to make it [A]
go.
[Bb]
[F] Yes and no, guitar [C]
is all he can afford.
[Bb]
When he gets up on the lights, [G] play that thing.
[D] [Bb]
[C]
[D] And [C] Harry doesn't [Bb] mind, if he [A] does it.
Nick, you see man, [Dm]
he's got it [C] eight times [Bb] over.
He's [A] doing alright.
[Fm]
[F] He can play the honky-tonk [C] like anything.
[F] [Bb]
Saving it up, [G] Friday night.
[Dm] [Bb] With
[C] the [Bb] Sultan.
[C] With the Sultan [Dm] and the Foxmen.
[Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb] [F]
[C] [Dm]
And the kind of [C] boys that just [Bb] fooling around in [A] the corner.
[Dm]
Don't even [Cm] rest until they [Bb] get back on their [A] platform.
[F] They don't give a damn [C] about any trumpet playing band.
[Bb]
It ain't what they call [G] rock and [Dm] roll.
[Bb]
[C] Yes and the [Bb] Sultan.
[C] With the Sultan, [Dm] they play the trio.
[Bb] [F]
[C] [Dm]
[Bb] [F]
[C] [Dm]
[Bb] [Fm]
[Am]
[Dm] [Gm] [A]
[F]
[C]
[Am] [Bb]
[Am]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C] [Bb]
[C] [D]
[G] [Dm] [Bb] [F]
[C] [Dm]
[C] [Bb] [F]
[C] [Dm]
And then the [C] man step [Bb] right up, [A] got a microphone. Uh-huh.
[Dm]
Say [C] that at last, [Bb] it is a time [A]
battle.
[F]
Good night, thank you, [C] now it's time to go home.
[Bb]
Let me make it fast, one [Dm] more thing.
[Bb]
[C] We are the Sultan.
[Bb]
[C] We are the Sultan, [Dm]
don't sway.
[Bb] Uh-huh.
[C] [Dm]
[Ab] [Bb]
[C] [D]
[Bb] [C]
[Dm]
[D] [Bb] [C]
[D]
[Dm] [Bb] [C]
[Dm]
[Am] [Bb] [G] [C]
[Dm]
[Bb] [C]
[Dm]
[Bb] [C]
[Dm]
[Bb] [C]
[Dm]
[Bb] [F]
[C] [Dm]
[Bb]
[C]
[G]
[N]
Get a shiver in the [C] dark, it's raining [Bb] in the [A] park, big talk.
[Dm]
Sound the [C] river, you're stumping [Bb] your hooves, [A] everything.
[F]
Find a slow index 8, [C] double fall time.
[F] [Bb]
Feel alright when you hear the [G] music [Dm] playing.
[Bb]
[C] [Dm] Now you step inside, [C] but you [Bb] don't see [A] too many faces.
[Dm] Coming [C] in that [Bb] rain, you hear the [A] tracks go down.
[G]
[F] Competition in [C] other places.
[F] [Bb]
Yeah, but the horns, they [Dm] blow in that sun.
[Bb]
[C] Way on down [Bb] south,
[C] way on down [Dm] south, I live down.
[Bb]
[C]
[D] [Dm] [Bb] [F]
[C] [Dm]
Check out guitar [C] Joe.
[Bb] [A] He knows nearly all the chords.
[Dm]
He's strictly [C] random, he [Bb] doesn't want to make it [A]
go.
[Bb]
[F] Yes and no, guitar [C]
is all he can afford.
[Bb]
When he gets up on the lights, [G] play that thing.
[D] [Bb]
[C]
[D] And [C] Harry doesn't [Bb] mind, if he [A] does it.
Nick, you see man, [Dm]
he's got it [C] eight times [Bb] over.
He's [A] doing alright.
[Fm]
[F] He can play the honky-tonk [C] like anything.
[F] [Bb]
Saving it up, [G] Friday night.
[Dm] [Bb] With
[C] the [Bb] Sultan.
[C] With the Sultan [Dm] and the Foxmen.
[Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb] [F]
[C] [Dm]
And the kind of [C] boys that just [Bb] fooling around in [A] the corner.
[Dm]
Don't even [Cm] rest until they [Bb] get back on their [A] platform.
[F] They don't give a damn [C] about any trumpet playing band.
[Bb]
It ain't what they call [G] rock and [Dm] roll.
[Bb]
[C] Yes and the [Bb] Sultan.
[C] With the Sultan, [Dm] they play the trio.
[Bb] [F]
[C] [Dm]
[Bb] [F]
[C] [Dm]
[Bb] [Fm]
[Am]
[Dm] [Gm] [A]
[F]
[C]
[Am] [Bb]
[Am]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C] [Bb]
[C] [D]
[G] [Dm] [Bb] [F]
[C] [Dm]
[C] [Bb] [F]
[C] [Dm]
And then the [C] man step [Bb] right up, [A] got a microphone. Uh-huh.
[Dm]
Say [C] that at last, [Bb] it is a time [A]
battle.
[F]
Good night, thank you, [C] now it's time to go home.
[Bb]
Let me make it fast, one [Dm] more thing.
[Bb]
[C] We are the Sultan.
[Bb]
[C] We are the Sultan, [Dm]
don't sway.
[Bb] Uh-huh.
[C] [Dm]
[Ab] [Bb]
[C] [D]
[Bb] [C]
[Dm]
[D] [Bb] [C]
[D]
[Dm] [Bb] [C]
[Dm]
[Am] [Bb] [G] [C]
[Dm]
[Bb] [C]
[Dm]
[Bb] [C]
[Dm]
[Bb] [C]
[Dm]
[Bb] [F]
[C] [Dm]
[Bb]
[C]
[G]
[N]
Key:
Bb
C
Dm
F
A
Bb
C
Dm
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Get a shiver in the [C] dark, it's raining [Bb] in the [A] park, big talk.
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _
Sound the [C] river, you're stumping [Bb] your hooves, [A] everything.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ Find a slow index 8, [C] double fall time.
_ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _
_ Feel alright when you hear the [G] music [Dm] playing.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] Now you step inside, [C] but you [Bb] don't see [A] too many faces. _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ Coming [C] in that [Bb] rain, you hear the [A] tracks go down.
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _
[F] _ _ _ _ Competition in [C] other places.
_ _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ Yeah, but the horns, they [Dm] blow in that sun.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [C] _ Way on down [Bb] south, _ _
_ [C] _ way on down [Dm] south, I live down.
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ [Dm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm]
Check out guitar [C] Joe.
_ [Bb] _ [A] He knows nearly all the chords.
_ _ _ [Dm] _
He's strictly [C] random, he [Bb] doesn't want to make it [A]
go.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
[F] _ _ Yes and no, guitar [C]
is all he can afford.
_ _ _ [Bb] _
_ When he gets up on the lights, [G] play that thing.
[D] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ And [C] Harry doesn't [Bb] mind, if he [A] does it.
Nick, you see man, [Dm] _
he's got it [C] eight times [Bb] over.
He's [A] doing alright.
_ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _
_ [F] _ He can play the honky-tonk [C] like anything.
_ _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ Saving it up, _ [G] Friday night.
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] With _
_ [C] _ _ the [Bb] Sultan. _ _
_ [C] _ _ With the Sultan [Dm] and the Foxmen.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
And the kind of [C] boys that just [Bb] fooling around in [A] the corner.
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ Don't even [Cm] rest until they [Bb] get back on their [A] platform.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ They don't give a damn [C] about any trumpet playing band.
_ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ It ain't what they call [G] rock and [Dm] roll.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [C] _ Yes and the [Bb] Sultan. _ _
_ [C] _ _ With the Sultan, [Dm] they play the trio.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Fm] _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [G] _ [Dm] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [C] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
And then the [C] man step [Bb] right up, [A] got a microphone. Uh-huh.
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ Say [C] that at last, [Bb] it is a time [A]
battle.
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ Good night, thank you, [C] now it's time to go home.
_ _ _ [Bb] _
_ Let me make it fast, one [Dm] more thing.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[C] _ _ We are the Sultan.
[Bb] _ _ _
[C] _ _ We are the Sultan, [Dm]
don't sway.
_ [Bb] _ Uh-huh. _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [Ab] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [D] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [G] _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Get a shiver in the [C] dark, it's raining [Bb] in the [A] park, big talk.
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _
Sound the [C] river, you're stumping [Bb] your hooves, [A] everything.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ Find a slow index 8, [C] double fall time.
_ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _
_ Feel alright when you hear the [G] music [Dm] playing.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] Now you step inside, [C] but you [Bb] don't see [A] too many faces. _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ Coming [C] in that [Bb] rain, you hear the [A] tracks go down.
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _
[F] _ _ _ _ Competition in [C] other places.
_ _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ Yeah, but the horns, they [Dm] blow in that sun.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [C] _ Way on down [Bb] south, _ _
_ [C] _ way on down [Dm] south, I live down.
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ [Dm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm]
Check out guitar [C] Joe.
_ [Bb] _ [A] He knows nearly all the chords.
_ _ _ [Dm] _
He's strictly [C] random, he [Bb] doesn't want to make it [A]
go.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
[F] _ _ Yes and no, guitar [C]
is all he can afford.
_ _ _ [Bb] _
_ When he gets up on the lights, [G] play that thing.
[D] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ And [C] Harry doesn't [Bb] mind, if he [A] does it.
Nick, you see man, [Dm] _
he's got it [C] eight times [Bb] over.
He's [A] doing alright.
_ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _
_ [F] _ He can play the honky-tonk [C] like anything.
_ _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ Saving it up, _ [G] Friday night.
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] With _
_ [C] _ _ the [Bb] Sultan. _ _
_ [C] _ _ With the Sultan [Dm] and the Foxmen.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
And the kind of [C] boys that just [Bb] fooling around in [A] the corner.
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ Don't even [Cm] rest until they [Bb] get back on their [A] platform.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ They don't give a damn [C] about any trumpet playing band.
_ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ It ain't what they call [G] rock and [Dm] roll.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [C] _ Yes and the [Bb] Sultan. _ _
_ [C] _ _ With the Sultan, [Dm] they play the trio.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Fm] _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [G] _ [Dm] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [C] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
And then the [C] man step [Bb] right up, [A] got a microphone. Uh-huh.
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ Say [C] that at last, [Bb] it is a time [A]
battle.
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ Good night, thank you, [C] now it's time to go home.
_ _ _ [Bb] _
_ Let me make it fast, one [Dm] more thing.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[C] _ _ We are the Sultan.
[Bb] _ _ _
[C] _ _ We are the Sultan, [Dm]
don't sway.
_ [Bb] _ Uh-huh. _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [Ab] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [D] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [G] _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _