Chords for Dire Straits "Sultans of swing" | Archive INA
Tempo:
150 bpm
Chords used:
C
Bb
Dm
A
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[N] [Db] [A]
Maybe we'll sing goodnight [B] with the Sultans of Swing.
Thank [G] you.
[Dm]
I've got a shiver in my [C] dark, it's a raining [Bb] in the south in [A] Maine time.
[D] Sound of the river, you [C] stop and you hold [A]
everything.
My
[F] band is blowing Dixie, [C] double-bomb time.
[Bb] You feel alright when you hear the music.
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
Now you [Dm] step inside, but you [C] don't see too [A] many faces.
[Dm] Coming in [C] out of the rain, I hear [Bb] the jazz.
[A]
[F] Competition in [C] other places.
Yeah, [Bb] but the horn is still blowing, [Dm] that sound, blow it.
[Bb] [C] We on down [Bb] south, [C] we on down south, [Dm] on down south.
[Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
Check [Dm] out Guitar [C] George, [Bb] [A] he knows all the chords.
[Dm] He see the rhythm, he doesn't [Bb] want to make a [A] cry or sing.
[F] He's in a new guitar, [C] it's all he can pull.
[Bb] And he gets up under the lights to play his [Dm] thing.
[Bb] [C]
[Dm] And Harry doesn't [Bb] mind if [A] he doesn't make a scene.
[Dm] He's got a daytime [C] job, [Bb] he's doing [A] alright.
[F]
He can play the honky-tonk like [C] anything.
[Bb] They say they did it all, Friday [Dm] night.
[Bb] [C]
With the south, [Bb] with [C]
the south, south, [Dm] south, south.
[Bb] [C]
[Dm]
[Bb] [C]
Then [Dm] the crowd of young boneless [C] ass [Bb] fooling around [A] in the corner.
[Dm]
Drunken festing their [C] baggies in their black [A] poncho.
[F]
They don't give a damn about [C] any trumpet playing.
[Bb] It ain't [Gm] what they call rock and roll.
[Dm] [Bb]
[C] And the south [Bb] tends
[C] to [Dm] play Creole.
[Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm]
[A]
[Dm] [C] [Bb]
[A]
[F]
[C]
[Bb]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] And then the man he stands [Bb] right up to the [A] microphone.
[Dm] He says that it lasts just as the time bell [A] rings.
[F] Good night, the funky who knows [C] time to go on.
[Bb] And he makes it fast with one more [Dm] thing.
[Bb]
[C] We are the south [Bb] tends, [C] we are the south tends, [Dm] south swing.
[Bb] South,
[C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] south, [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Gm]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] south.
[Bb] [C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[Gm] [C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[F] [C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[Bm]
[Db]
[B]
Maybe we'll sing goodnight [B] with the Sultans of Swing.
Thank [G] you.
[Dm]
I've got a shiver in my [C] dark, it's a raining [Bb] in the south in [A] Maine time.
[D] Sound of the river, you [C] stop and you hold [A]
everything.
My
[F] band is blowing Dixie, [C] double-bomb time.
[Bb] You feel alright when you hear the music.
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
Now you [Dm] step inside, but you [C] don't see too [A] many faces.
[Dm] Coming in [C] out of the rain, I hear [Bb] the jazz.
[A]
[F] Competition in [C] other places.
Yeah, [Bb] but the horn is still blowing, [Dm] that sound, blow it.
[Bb] [C] We on down [Bb] south, [C] we on down south, [Dm] on down south.
[Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
Check [Dm] out Guitar [C] George, [Bb] [A] he knows all the chords.
[Dm] He see the rhythm, he doesn't [Bb] want to make a [A] cry or sing.
[F] He's in a new guitar, [C] it's all he can pull.
[Bb] And he gets up under the lights to play his [Dm] thing.
[Bb] [C]
[Dm] And Harry doesn't [Bb] mind if [A] he doesn't make a scene.
[Dm] He's got a daytime [C] job, [Bb] he's doing [A] alright.
[F]
He can play the honky-tonk like [C] anything.
[Bb] They say they did it all, Friday [Dm] night.
[Bb] [C]
With the south, [Bb] with [C]
the south, south, [Dm] south, south.
[Bb] [C]
[Dm]
[Bb] [C]
Then [Dm] the crowd of young boneless [C] ass [Bb] fooling around [A] in the corner.
[Dm]
Drunken festing their [C] baggies in their black [A] poncho.
[F]
They don't give a damn about [C] any trumpet playing.
[Bb] It ain't [Gm] what they call rock and roll.
[Dm] [Bb]
[C] And the south [Bb] tends
[C] to [Dm] play Creole.
[Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm]
[A]
[Dm] [C] [Bb]
[A]
[F]
[C]
[Bb]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] And then the man he stands [Bb] right up to the [A] microphone.
[Dm] He says that it lasts just as the time bell [A] rings.
[F] Good night, the funky who knows [C] time to go on.
[Bb] And he makes it fast with one more [Dm] thing.
[Bb]
[C] We are the south [Bb] tends, [C] we are the south tends, [Dm] south swing.
[Bb] South,
[C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] south, [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Gm]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] south.
[Bb] [C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[Gm] [C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[F] [C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[Bm]
[Db]
[B]
Key:
C
Bb
Dm
A
F
C
Bb
Dm
[N] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ [A]
Maybe we'll sing goodnight [B] with the Sultans of Swing.
Thank [G] _ you. _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ I've got a shiver in my [C] dark, it's a raining [Bb] in the south in [A] Maine time. _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] Sound of the river, you [C] stop and you hold [A]
everything.
_ _ _ _ My _
[F] _ _ band is blowing Dixie, [C] double-bomb time. _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ You feel alright when you hear the music.
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
Now you [Dm] step inside, but you [C] don't see too [A] many faces. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ Coming in [C] out of the rain, I hear [Bb] the jazz.
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ Competition in [C] other places. _ _ _ _
_ Yeah, [Bb] _ _ but the horn is still blowing, [Dm] that sound, blow it. _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ We on down [Bb] south, _ _ _ [C] _ we on down south, [Dm] on down south.
[Bb] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ Check [Dm] out Guitar [C] George, _ [Bb] _ [A] he knows all the chords. _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ He see the rhythm, he doesn't [Bb] want to make a [A] cry or sing. _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ He's in a new guitar, [C] it's all he can pull.
_ _ _ [Bb] And he gets up under the lights to play his [Dm] thing. _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] And Harry doesn't [Bb] mind if [A] he doesn't make a scene.
_ _ _ [Dm] He's got a daytime [C] job, [Bb] he's doing [A] alright. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
He can play the honky-tonk like [C] anything.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] They say they did it all, Friday [Dm] night. _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _
With the south, _ [Bb] _ with [C] _
_ the south, south, [Dm] south, south.
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ Then [Dm] the crowd of young boneless [C] ass [Bb] fooling around [A] in the corner.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
Drunken festing their [C] baggies in their black [A] poncho.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
They don't give a damn about [C] any trumpet playing. _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ It ain't [Gm] what they call rock and roll.
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [C] _ And the south [Bb] tends _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ to [Dm] play Creole.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] And then the man he stands [Bb] right up to the [A] microphone. _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] He says that it lasts just as the time bell [A] rings. _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ Good night, the funky who knows [C] time to go on.
_ _ [Bb] And he makes it fast with one more [Dm] thing.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [C] _ We are the south [Bb] tends, _ _ [C] _ we are the south tends, [Dm] south swing.
_ [Bb] South, _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] south, _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ south.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Maybe we'll sing goodnight [B] with the Sultans of Swing.
Thank [G] _ you. _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ I've got a shiver in my [C] dark, it's a raining [Bb] in the south in [A] Maine time. _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] Sound of the river, you [C] stop and you hold [A]
everything.
_ _ _ _ My _
[F] _ _ band is blowing Dixie, [C] double-bomb time. _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ You feel alright when you hear the music.
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
Now you [Dm] step inside, but you [C] don't see too [A] many faces. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ Coming in [C] out of the rain, I hear [Bb] the jazz.
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ Competition in [C] other places. _ _ _ _
_ Yeah, [Bb] _ _ but the horn is still blowing, [Dm] that sound, blow it. _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ We on down [Bb] south, _ _ _ [C] _ we on down south, [Dm] on down south.
[Bb] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ Check [Dm] out Guitar [C] George, _ [Bb] _ [A] he knows all the chords. _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ He see the rhythm, he doesn't [Bb] want to make a [A] cry or sing. _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ He's in a new guitar, [C] it's all he can pull.
_ _ _ [Bb] And he gets up under the lights to play his [Dm] thing. _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] And Harry doesn't [Bb] mind if [A] he doesn't make a scene.
_ _ _ [Dm] He's got a daytime [C] job, [Bb] he's doing [A] alright. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
He can play the honky-tonk like [C] anything.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] They say they did it all, Friday [Dm] night. _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _
With the south, _ [Bb] _ with [C] _
_ the south, south, [Dm] south, south.
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ Then [Dm] the crowd of young boneless [C] ass [Bb] fooling around [A] in the corner.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
Drunken festing their [C] baggies in their black [A] poncho.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
They don't give a damn about [C] any trumpet playing. _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ It ain't [Gm] what they call rock and roll.
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [C] _ And the south [Bb] tends _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ to [Dm] play Creole.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] And then the man he stands [Bb] right up to the [A] microphone. _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] He says that it lasts just as the time bell [A] rings. _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ Good night, the funky who knows [C] time to go on.
_ _ [Bb] And he makes it fast with one more [Dm] thing.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [C] _ We are the south [Bb] tends, _ _ [C] _ we are the south tends, [Dm] south swing.
_ [Bb] South, _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] south, _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ south.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _