Sultans Of Swing Chords by Dire Straits

[Dm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
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You get a shiver in the [C] dark, it's [Bb] raining in the [A] park of mean time.
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[Dm] Sound of the [C] river, you're stopping, [Bb] you're holding [A] everything. _ _ _
[F] A band is throwing dixie, [C] double ball time.
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[Bb] You feel alright when you hear the [Dm] music play.
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[C] _ _ _ [D] The lights step inside, [C] but you don't [Bb] see too [A] many faces.
_ _ _ [Dm] Coming in [C] out of the rain, you [Bb] hear the [A] jazz go down.
_ _ [F] _ Rock fishing, you know [C] about placing.
_ _ [Bb] _ How about the haunt, they're blowing [Dm] that sound.
_ [Bb] _ _ [C] Way [Bb] on down south, [C] way on down south, [Dm] thunder [Bb] and time.
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[C] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ [Bb] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [D] Check out [C] guitar John, [A] he knows all the chords.
_ [Dm] Money [C] strictly with [Bb] him, he doesn't want to make a [A] cry or sing.
_ [F] _ With an old [C] guitar is all he can afford.
[Bb] _ When he gets up under the lights, [Dm] playin', playin'.
[Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[D] [Dm] And Harry [C] doesn't mind [Bb] if he [A] doesn't make the scene.
[Dm] He's got a day, [C] fine job, [Bb] he's doing [A] alright. _ _ _
[F] He can play the honk-tonk [C] like anything. _ _
[Bb] Saving it up Friday [Dm] night with [Bb] _
[C] _ the [Bb] sultans, [C] _ with the sultans [D] off [Am] swing.
[Bb] _ [F] _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ _
[D] Then the crowd of young boys [C] start [Bb] fooling around [A] in the corner. _ _
[Dm] Drunk and dressed [C] in their fat brown [Bb] baggies and their [A] platform clothes. _ _
[F] They don't give a damn about [C] any trumpet playing band. _
[Bb] It ain't what they call rock [Dm] and roll.
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[C] _ Then the [Bb] sultans, [C] _ yeah the sultans [D] play [Am] Creole.
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[Dm] _ _ [C] _ [Bb] _ [A] _ _ _ _
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[Dm] Creole.
And [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Dm] then the [C] man steps [Bb] right up [A] to the microphone. _ _
[Dm] And [C] says at last [Bb] just as the [A] time bell rings. _ _
[F] _ Good night, [C] now it's time to go home.
[Bb] And he makes it fast.
One [Dm] more thing.
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[C] _ We are the [Bb] sultans.
[C] _ We are the [Dm] sultans off swing.
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