Chords for Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing [Live @ Revolver '78]
Tempo:
146.5 bpm
Chords used:
C
Bb
Dm
A
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Hey listen, I went up to see the [Ab] old man the other day and I said listen I [G] want to introduce next week's band
because this little band I saw [Bb] in London a few weeks ago, they're the best band I've seen in a [N] long time.
Put your hands together for Dire Street!
[Dm] [C]
[Dm]
[Am] [D] Yeah, you get [Dm] a shiver in the [C] dark, it's [Bb] raining in the [A] pub, meantime
[Am]
[Dm] Sound the [C] river, you're stuck in [Bb] your room, [A] everything
[F]
A band is slowly dixing, [C] level falls up
[Bb] Feel alright when you hear the [Dm] music
When [Bb]
[C] I
[Dm] step inside, [C] but you [Bb] don't see too [A] many places
Coming
[Dm] [Am] in hot and rainy, [Bb] they hear the [A] jazz go down
[F] Competition in [C] other places
[Bb] [Gm] Yeah, but the horns are [Dm] blowing, that sound blowing
[Gm]
Way [C] on down [Bb] south
[C] Way on down [Dm] south
[Am] London's at
[Bb]
[C]
[Dm] Check [C] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] out guitar [C] Charles
[Bb]
[A] He knows all the chords
[Dm] Strict rhythm, [C] he doesn't want to [Bb] make any [A] cryo
[F] He said the new guitar [C] is all he can afford
[Bb] When he gets up on the lights, [G] play his [Dm] thing
He's got a good [Bb] voice
[C]
[D] And [C] Harry doesn't [Bb] mind [A] if he doesn't play the scene
[Dm] He's got a [C] daytime [Bb] job, he's [A] doing alright
[Am]
He [F] can play the honky [C]-tonk like anything
[Bb] [Gm] Saving it up [Dm] Friday night
[Gm] With
[C] the [Bb] softest, [C] with [Am] the softest, [Dm] I'm [C] swinging
[Bb]
[C] With the
[Dm] softest, [Bb] [F]
[C]
[D] with the softest, [Cm] [Bb]
[A] I'm swinging
And [Dm] [C] [Bb]
[A]
[F]
[C]
[Bb]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Am] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [C] [Bb]
[F] [C]
[Dm] then the [C] man, he steps [Bb] right [A] up the microphone
[Dm] [C] Says at last, this [Bb] is the [A] time that I'll ring
[F] Thank you
[C] Now it's time to go home
[Bb] And he makes it fast, [G] but one [Dm] more thing
We [Bb]
[C] are the south [Bb] end
[C] We are the south end [Dm] of the swing
[C] [Bb]
[C]
[G] [Dm] [C] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Gm] [Dm]
[C]
[D] [Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[D] [C] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[D] [A] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[F] [C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[N]
Thank you
because this little band I saw [Bb] in London a few weeks ago, they're the best band I've seen in a [N] long time.
Put your hands together for Dire Street!
[Dm] [C]
[Dm]
[Am] [D] Yeah, you get [Dm] a shiver in the [C] dark, it's [Bb] raining in the [A] pub, meantime
[Am]
[Dm] Sound the [C] river, you're stuck in [Bb] your room, [A] everything
[F]
A band is slowly dixing, [C] level falls up
[Bb] Feel alright when you hear the [Dm] music
When [Bb]
[C] I
[Dm] step inside, [C] but you [Bb] don't see too [A] many places
Coming
[Dm] [Am] in hot and rainy, [Bb] they hear the [A] jazz go down
[F] Competition in [C] other places
[Bb] [Gm] Yeah, but the horns are [Dm] blowing, that sound blowing
[Gm]
Way [C] on down [Bb] south
[C] Way on down [Dm] south
[Am] London's at
[Bb]
[C]
[Dm] Check [C] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] out guitar [C] Charles
[Bb]
[A] He knows all the chords
[Dm] Strict rhythm, [C] he doesn't want to [Bb] make any [A] cryo
[F] He said the new guitar [C] is all he can afford
[Bb] When he gets up on the lights, [G] play his [Dm] thing
He's got a good [Bb] voice
[C]
[D] And [C] Harry doesn't [Bb] mind [A] if he doesn't play the scene
[Dm] He's got a [C] daytime [Bb] job, he's [A] doing alright
[Am]
He [F] can play the honky [C]-tonk like anything
[Bb] [Gm] Saving it up [Dm] Friday night
[Gm] With
[C] the [Bb] softest, [C] with [Am] the softest, [Dm] I'm [C] swinging
[Bb]
[C] With the
[Dm] softest, [Bb] [F]
[C]
[D] with the softest, [Cm] [Bb]
[A] I'm swinging
And [Dm] [C] [Bb]
[A]
[F]
[C]
[Bb]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Am] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [C] [Bb]
[F] [C]
[Dm] then the [C] man, he steps [Bb] right [A] up the microphone
[Dm] [C] Says at last, this [Bb] is the [A] time that I'll ring
[F] Thank you
[C] Now it's time to go home
[Bb] And he makes it fast, [G] but one [Dm] more thing
We [Bb]
[C] are the south [Bb] end
[C] We are the south end [Dm] of the swing
[C] [Bb]
[C]
[G] [Dm] [C] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Gm] [Dm]
[C]
[D] [Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[D] [C] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[D] [A] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[F] [C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[N]
Thank you
Key:
C
Bb
Dm
A
F
C
Bb
Dm
_ _ _ _ Hey listen, _ _ I went up to see the [Ab] old man the other day and I said listen I [G] want to introduce next week's band
because this little band I saw [Bb] in London a few weeks ago, they're the best band I've seen in a [N] long time.
Put your hands together for Dire Street! _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ [D] _ _ Yeah, you get [Dm] a shiver in the [C] dark, it's [Bb] raining in the [A] pub, meantime
_ [Am] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ Sound the [C] river, you're stuck in [Bb] your room, [A] everything
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ A band is slowly dixing, [C] level falls up _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ Feel alright when you hear the [Dm] music
_ _ When _ [Bb] _ _
[C] I _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] step inside, [C] but you [Bb] don't see too [A] many places
_ _ Coming _
[Dm] _ _ [Am] in hot and rainy, [Bb] they hear the [A] jazz go down _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ Competition in [C] other places _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [Gm] Yeah, but the horns are [Dm] blowing, that sound blowing
_ _ [Gm] _
Way [C] _ _ on down [Bb] south
_ [C] _ _ Way on down [Dm] south
_ [Am] London's at
[Bb] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] Check [C] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] out guitar _ [C] Charles
[Bb] _
[A] He knows all the chords _ _ _
[Dm] _ Strict rhythm, [C] he doesn't want to [Bb] make any [A] cryo _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ He said the new guitar [C] is all he can afford _
[Bb] When he gets up on the lights, [G] play his [Dm] thing
He's got a good [Bb] voice _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ And [C] Harry doesn't [Bb] mind [A] if he _ doesn't play the scene _
[Dm] He's got a [C] daytime [Bb] job, he's [A] doing alright
_ _ _ _ [Am]
He [F] _ _ can play the honky [C]-tonk like anything _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [Gm] Saving it up [Dm] Friday night
_ _ [Gm] With _
_ _ [C] _ _ the [Bb] softest, _ _ [C] _ _ with [Am] the softest, [Dm] I'm _ [C] swinging
[Bb] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ With the _
[Dm] _ softest, _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[D] with the softest, _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ I'm swinging
And [Dm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [C] _ [Bb] _ _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ then the [C] man, he steps [Bb] right [A] up the microphone _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ [C] Says at last, this [Bb] is the [A] time that I'll ring _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ Thank you
[C] Now it's time to go home
_ [Bb] _ And he makes it fast, [G] but one [Dm] more thing
_ We _ [Bb] _
_ _ [C] _ _ are the south [Bb] end
_ [C] We _ are the south end [Dm] of the swing
[C] _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ [Dm] _ _ _ [C] _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ [Dm] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [C] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [A] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[F] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ Thank you _ _ _ _ _
because this little band I saw [Bb] in London a few weeks ago, they're the best band I've seen in a [N] long time.
Put your hands together for Dire Street! _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ [D] _ _ Yeah, you get [Dm] a shiver in the [C] dark, it's [Bb] raining in the [A] pub, meantime
_ [Am] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ Sound the [C] river, you're stuck in [Bb] your room, [A] everything
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ A band is slowly dixing, [C] level falls up _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ Feel alright when you hear the [Dm] music
_ _ When _ [Bb] _ _
[C] I _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] step inside, [C] but you [Bb] don't see too [A] many places
_ _ Coming _
[Dm] _ _ [Am] in hot and rainy, [Bb] they hear the [A] jazz go down _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ Competition in [C] other places _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [Gm] Yeah, but the horns are [Dm] blowing, that sound blowing
_ _ [Gm] _
Way [C] _ _ on down [Bb] south
_ [C] _ _ Way on down [Dm] south
_ [Am] London's at
[Bb] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] Check [C] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] out guitar _ [C] Charles
[Bb] _
[A] He knows all the chords _ _ _
[Dm] _ Strict rhythm, [C] he doesn't want to [Bb] make any [A] cryo _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ He said the new guitar [C] is all he can afford _
[Bb] When he gets up on the lights, [G] play his [Dm] thing
He's got a good [Bb] voice _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ And [C] Harry doesn't [Bb] mind [A] if he _ doesn't play the scene _
[Dm] He's got a [C] daytime [Bb] job, he's [A] doing alright
_ _ _ _ [Am]
He [F] _ _ can play the honky [C]-tonk like anything _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [Gm] Saving it up [Dm] Friday night
_ _ [Gm] With _
_ _ [C] _ _ the [Bb] softest, _ _ [C] _ _ with [Am] the softest, [Dm] I'm _ [C] swinging
[Bb] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ With the _
[Dm] _ softest, _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[D] with the softest, _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ I'm swinging
And [Dm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [C] _ [Bb] _ _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ then the [C] man, he steps [Bb] right [A] up the microphone _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ [C] Says at last, this [Bb] is the [A] time that I'll ring _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ Thank you
[C] Now it's time to go home
_ [Bb] _ And he makes it fast, [G] but one [Dm] more thing
_ We _ [Bb] _
_ _ [C] _ _ are the south [Bb] end
_ [C] We _ are the south end [Dm] of the swing
[C] _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ [Dm] _ _ _ [C] _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ [Dm] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [C] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [A] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[F] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ Thank you _ _ _ _ _