Chords for Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing [Cover by Mary Spender and Josh Turner]
Tempo:
74.1 bpm
Chords used:
C
Bb
Dm
F
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Dm] [C] [Dm]
[Dm] [G] [D]
You get a shiver [C] in the dark, [Bb] it's raining [A] in the park, but meantime
South [D] [C] of the river you [Bb] stop and you [A] hold everything
A
[F] band is blowing Dixie [C] double four time
[F] You
[Bb] feel alright when you hear that [Dm] music ring
[Bb] But
[C] [Dm] now you step inside, [C] but you don't [Bb] see too [A] many faces
Coming [Dm] in [Am] out of the rain to [Bb] hear the jazz [D] roll [A] down
[D] [F] Competition in [C] other places
[F] [Bb] All but the horns, they're [Dm] blowing that sound
[Bb] [C] Way on down [Bb] south
[C] Way on down [D] south [C] London town
[Bb] [F] Check [C] [C] [Dm] [Bb] [C]
[D] out [F] guitar [C] George
[Bb] He [A] knows all the chords
[Dm] [F] Mine is strictly [C] rhythm.
He doesn't [A] want to make a cry or sing
[F] The ten-year-old guitar is [C] all he can afford
[Bb] When he gets up under the lights to [G] play his [Dm] thing
And [Bb] [C]
[D] [Dm] [C] Harry doesn't [Bb] mind [A] if he doesn't make the scene
[E] [F] He's got [C] a daytime [Bb] job.
He's [A] doing all right
He
[F] can play the honky [C]-tonk like anything
[F]
[Bb] Saving it up [G] Friday [Dm] night
[Bb]
[C] with the [Bb] Sultan's
[C] with the
[D] Sultan's [Dm] up swing [Bb] and [F] [C] [F] [C]
[Dm] [Bb] [Dm] [C]
[Dm] a crowd of young [C] boys left [Bb] fooling [A] around in the corner
[A] Drunk [Dm] and [C] dressed in their best [Bb] brown baggies [A] and their platform so
They [G] [F] don't get down
[C] But any trumpet playing
[Bb] It ain't what they call [Dm] rock and roll
[Bb]
[C] They have [Bb] consultants [C] yeah, this is all [Dm] to play Creole [Bb] [C] [C]
[D] Creole
[Bb] [Dm] [C]
[Dm] [F] [Bbm] [A]
[Dm] [C] [Bb] [A]
[F] [C]
[Bb] [Dm] [Bb]
[C] [Bb] [C]
[Dm] [Bb] [F] [C] [F] [C]
[Dm] Then [Bb] [C]
[Dm] the man [C] he [Bb] steps right [A] up to the microphone
[Dm] And [C] says it last this [Bb] is the time [A] though
[F] Good
Night now [C] it's time to go [F] home
[Bb] It makes it fast [Dm] with one more thing
[Bb]
[C] We are [Bb] the [C] Sultan's
We are the [Dm] Sultan's up swing
[Bb] [Dm] [C] [F] [C]
[Dm] [Bb] [Dm] [C]
[Dm] [Bb] [C]
[D] [F] [Bb] [C]
[Dm] [Bb] [F] [C]
[Dm] [Bb] [C]
[Dm] [Bb] [C]
[F] [Bb] [Dm] [C]
[Dm] [Bb] [C] [Dm]
[C] [F] [Am] [E]
[Dm] [Bb] [F] [C] [C] [Dm]
[F] [Bb] [C]
[Dm] [Bb] [Dm] [C] [Dm]
[Bb] [C] [G]
You
Great I can see your hands shaking at the end which means you're nervous because you thought that was gonna be the one
I was like, I'm gonna screw [Dm] this up at some point
You [C] [Dm]
[G] [Dm] [G]
[D] get a shiver [C] in the [Bb] dark.
It's raining [A] in the park the meantime
South [D] [C] of the river you [Bb] stop and you [A] hold everything
[F] Ben is bone [C] Dixie double four time
[Dm] [G] [D]
You get a shiver [C] in the dark, [Bb] it's raining [A] in the park, but meantime
South [D] [C] of the river you [Bb] stop and you [A] hold everything
A
[F] band is blowing Dixie [C] double four time
[F] You
[Bb] feel alright when you hear that [Dm] music ring
[Bb] But
[C] [Dm] now you step inside, [C] but you don't [Bb] see too [A] many faces
Coming [Dm] in [Am] out of the rain to [Bb] hear the jazz [D] roll [A] down
[D] [F] Competition in [C] other places
[F] [Bb] All but the horns, they're [Dm] blowing that sound
[Bb] [C] Way on down [Bb] south
[C] Way on down [D] south [C] London town
[Bb] [F] Check [C] [C] [Dm] [Bb] [C]
[D] out [F] guitar [C] George
[Bb] He [A] knows all the chords
[Dm] [F] Mine is strictly [C] rhythm.
He doesn't [A] want to make a cry or sing
[F] The ten-year-old guitar is [C] all he can afford
[Bb] When he gets up under the lights to [G] play his [Dm] thing
And [Bb] [C]
[D] [Dm] [C] Harry doesn't [Bb] mind [A] if he doesn't make the scene
[E] [F] He's got [C] a daytime [Bb] job.
He's [A] doing all right
He
[F] can play the honky [C]-tonk like anything
[F]
[Bb] Saving it up [G] Friday [Dm] night
[Bb]
[C] with the [Bb] Sultan's
[C] with the
[D] Sultan's [Dm] up swing [Bb] and [F] [C] [F] [C]
[Dm] [Bb] [Dm] [C]
[Dm] a crowd of young [C] boys left [Bb] fooling [A] around in the corner
[A] Drunk [Dm] and [C] dressed in their best [Bb] brown baggies [A] and their platform so
They [G] [F] don't get down
[C] But any trumpet playing
[Bb] It ain't what they call [Dm] rock and roll
[Bb]
[C] They have [Bb] consultants [C] yeah, this is all [Dm] to play Creole [Bb] [C] [C]
[D] Creole
[Bb] [Dm] [C]
[Dm] [F] [Bbm] [A]
[Dm] [C] [Bb] [A]
[F] [C]
[Bb] [Dm] [Bb]
[C] [Bb] [C]
[Dm] [Bb] [F] [C] [F] [C]
[Dm] Then [Bb] [C]
[Dm] the man [C] he [Bb] steps right [A] up to the microphone
[Dm] And [C] says it last this [Bb] is the time [A] though
[F] Good
Night now [C] it's time to go [F] home
[Bb] It makes it fast [Dm] with one more thing
[Bb]
[C] We are [Bb] the [C] Sultan's
We are the [Dm] Sultan's up swing
[Bb] [Dm] [C] [F] [C]
[Dm] [Bb] [Dm] [C]
[Dm] [Bb] [C]
[D] [F] [Bb] [C]
[Dm] [Bb] [F] [C]
[Dm] [Bb] [C]
[Dm] [Bb] [C]
[F] [Bb] [Dm] [C]
[Dm] [Bb] [C] [Dm]
[C] [F] [Am] [E]
[Dm] [Bb] [F] [C] [C] [Dm]
[F] [Bb] [C]
[Dm] [Bb] [Dm] [C] [Dm]
[Bb] [C] [G]
You
Great I can see your hands shaking at the end which means you're nervous because you thought that was gonna be the one
I was like, I'm gonna screw [Dm] this up at some point
You [C] [Dm]
[G] [Dm] [G]
[D] get a shiver [C] in the [Bb] dark.
It's raining [A] in the park the meantime
South [D] [C] of the river you [Bb] stop and you [A] hold everything
[F] Ben is bone [C] Dixie double four time
Key:
C
Bb
Dm
F
A
C
Bb
Dm
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [C] _ [Dm] _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [D]
You get a shiver [C] in the dark, [Bb] it's raining [A] in the park, but meantime
South [D] _ [C] of the river you [Bb] stop and you [A] hold everything
A _
_ [F] band is blowing Dixie [C] double four time
[F] You _
[Bb] feel alright when you hear that [Dm] music ring
[Bb] But _
[C] _ _ _ [Dm] now you step inside, [C] but you don't [Bb] see too [A] many faces
Coming [Dm] _ in [Am] out of the rain to [Bb] hear the jazz [D] roll [A] down
_ [D] _ [F] _ Competition in [C] other places
[F] _ _ [Bb] _ All but the horns, they're [Dm] blowing that sound
_ [Bb] _ [C] _ Way on down [Bb] south
[C] Way on down [D] south [C] London town
[Bb] [F] Check [C] _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Bb] _ [C] _
_ _ _ [D] out [F] guitar [C] George
[Bb] He [A] knows all the chords
_ [Dm] [F] Mine is strictly [C] rhythm.
He doesn't [A] want to make a cry or sing
_ _ [F] The ten-year-old guitar is [C] all he can afford
[Bb] When he gets up under the lights to [G] play his [Dm] thing
And [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ _
[D] _ [Dm] [C] Harry doesn't [Bb] mind [A] if he doesn't make the scene
[E] [F] He's got [C] a daytime [Bb] job.
He's [A] doing all right
He _
[F] _ can play the honky [C]-tonk like anything
_ [F] _
[Bb] _ Saving it up [G] Friday [Dm] night
_ [Bb] _
_ [C] with the [Bb] Sultan's
[C] with the
[D] Sultan's [Dm] up swing [Bb] and [F] _ [C] _ [F] _ [C] _
[Dm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Dm] _ [C] _ _
[Dm] a crowd of young [C] boys left [Bb] fooling [A] around in the corner
[A] Drunk [Dm] and [C] dressed in their best [Bb] brown baggies [A] and their platform so
They [G] _ [F] don't get down
[C] But any trumpet playing
[Bb] It ain't what they call [Dm] rock and roll
[Bb] _
_ [C] They have [Bb] consultants [C] yeah, this is all [Dm] to play Creole [Bb] _ [C] _ [C] _ _ _
[D] Creole
_ [Bb] _ [Dm] _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ [F] _ _ [Bbm] _ [A] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ [C] _ [Bb] _ [A] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _
[C] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ [C] _ [F] _ [C] _
[Dm] Then [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Dm] the man [C] he [Bb] steps right [A] up to the microphone
[Dm] And _ [C] says it last this [Bb] is the time [A] though _ _
[F] _ Good
Night now [C] it's time to go [F] home
[Bb] _ It makes it fast [Dm] with one more thing
_ [Bb] _
_ [C] We are [Bb] the [C] Sultan's
We are the [Dm] Sultan's up swing
[Bb] _ _ [Dm] _ [C] _ [F] _ [C] _
[Dm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Dm] _ [C] _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[D] _ [F] _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ [C] _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[F] _ [Bb] _ _ [Dm] _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ [F] _ [Am] _ [E] _
[Dm] _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ [C] _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _
[F] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ [Bb] _ _ [Dm] _ [C] _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ You
Great I can see your hands shaking at the end which means you're nervous because you thought that was gonna be the one
_ _ I was like, I'm gonna screw [Dm] this up at some point
You _ [C] _ [Dm] _ _
_ [G] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
[D] _ get a shiver [C] in the [Bb] dark.
It's raining [A] in the park the meantime
South [D] _ [C] of the river you [Bb] stop and you [A] hold everything _
_ [F] _ Ben is bone [C] Dixie double four time _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [D]
You get a shiver [C] in the dark, [Bb] it's raining [A] in the park, but meantime
South [D] _ [C] of the river you [Bb] stop and you [A] hold everything
A _
_ [F] band is blowing Dixie [C] double four time
[F] You _
[Bb] feel alright when you hear that [Dm] music ring
[Bb] But _
[C] _ _ _ [Dm] now you step inside, [C] but you don't [Bb] see too [A] many faces
Coming [Dm] _ in [Am] out of the rain to [Bb] hear the jazz [D] roll [A] down
_ [D] _ [F] _ Competition in [C] other places
[F] _ _ [Bb] _ All but the horns, they're [Dm] blowing that sound
_ [Bb] _ [C] _ Way on down [Bb] south
[C] Way on down [D] south [C] London town
[Bb] [F] Check [C] _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Bb] _ [C] _
_ _ _ [D] out [F] guitar [C] George
[Bb] He [A] knows all the chords
_ [Dm] [F] Mine is strictly [C] rhythm.
He doesn't [A] want to make a cry or sing
_ _ [F] The ten-year-old guitar is [C] all he can afford
[Bb] When he gets up under the lights to [G] play his [Dm] thing
And [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ _
[D] _ [Dm] [C] Harry doesn't [Bb] mind [A] if he doesn't make the scene
[E] [F] He's got [C] a daytime [Bb] job.
He's [A] doing all right
He _
[F] _ can play the honky [C]-tonk like anything
_ [F] _
[Bb] _ Saving it up [G] Friday [Dm] night
_ [Bb] _
_ [C] with the [Bb] Sultan's
[C] with the
[D] Sultan's [Dm] up swing [Bb] and [F] _ [C] _ [F] _ [C] _
[Dm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Dm] _ [C] _ _
[Dm] a crowd of young [C] boys left [Bb] fooling [A] around in the corner
[A] Drunk [Dm] and [C] dressed in their best [Bb] brown baggies [A] and their platform so
They [G] _ [F] don't get down
[C] But any trumpet playing
[Bb] It ain't what they call [Dm] rock and roll
[Bb] _
_ [C] They have [Bb] consultants [C] yeah, this is all [Dm] to play Creole [Bb] _ [C] _ [C] _ _ _
[D] Creole
_ [Bb] _ [Dm] _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ [F] _ _ [Bbm] _ [A] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ [C] _ [Bb] _ [A] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _
[C] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ [C] _ [F] _ [C] _
[Dm] Then [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Dm] the man [C] he [Bb] steps right [A] up to the microphone
[Dm] And _ [C] says it last this [Bb] is the time [A] though _ _
[F] _ Good
Night now [C] it's time to go [F] home
[Bb] _ It makes it fast [Dm] with one more thing
_ [Bb] _
_ [C] We are [Bb] the [C] Sultan's
We are the [Dm] Sultan's up swing
[Bb] _ _ [Dm] _ [C] _ [F] _ [C] _
[Dm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Dm] _ [C] _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[D] _ [F] _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ [C] _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[F] _ [Bb] _ _ [Dm] _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ [F] _ [Am] _ [E] _
[Dm] _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ [C] _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _
[F] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ [Bb] _ _ [Dm] _ [C] _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ You
Great I can see your hands shaking at the end which means you're nervous because you thought that was gonna be the one
_ _ I was like, I'm gonna screw [Dm] this up at some point
You _ [C] _ [Dm] _ _
_ [G] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
[D] _ get a shiver [C] in the [Bb] dark.
It's raining [A] in the park the meantime
South [D] _ [C] of the river you [Bb] stop and you [A] hold everything _
_ [F] _ Ben is bone [C] Dixie double four time _