Sultans Of Swing Chords by Dire Straits

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_ _ You get a shiver in the [C] dark, it's raining [Bb] in the [A] park, mean time.
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_ _ [Dm] _ _ Sound of the river, [C] you stop and [Bb] you hold [A] everything. _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ A band is blowing, Dixie, [C] double ball time. _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ You feel alright when you hear the music, [Dm] baby. _ _ _
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_ You [Dm] step _ [C] inside, but you [Bb] don't see [A] too many places. _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ Coming [C] in out of the [Bb] rain, you hear the [A] jazz go down. _ _ _
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Competition in [C] all the places. _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ But the horns, they blow [Dm] in that sound. _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ _ Way on down [Bb] south, _ _ [C] _ _ way on down south, [Dm] London [C] time.
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_ [D] Check out Guitar [C] John, _
[Bb] _ [A] he knows all the chords. _
_ _ [Dm] _ Mind the stringy [C] rhythm, he doesn't [Bb] want to make [A] it cry or sing. _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ If Danny knows guitar [C] is all, he can't fall.
[Bb] _ _ _ When he gets up under the lights, play [Dm] his thing.
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_ _ _ [Dm] _ And Harry [C] doesn't mind [Bb] if he [A] _ doesn't make a scene.
_ _ [Dm] _ He's got a day [C] time job, [Bb] he's doing [A] alright. _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ He can play the honk-tonk [C] like anything.
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_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ Shaving it up Friday [G] [Dm] night _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ with [C] _ _ the [Bb] Sultan's, _ _ [C] _ _ with the _ [Dm] Sultan's off swing.
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_ [D] And the crowded [Dm] young [C] boys start [Bb] fooling around [A] in the corner. _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ Something's [C] messing up that crowd, [Bb] baggies in that [A] platform so. _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ They don't give a damn about [C] any trumpet playing band.
_ [Bb] _ _ It ain't what they call rock [Dm] and roll. _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ _ And the _
[Bb] Sultan's, _ [C] _ _ yeah the Sultan's, [D] they play Creole.
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_ _ [Dm] _ And then the [C] man steps [Bb] right up [A] to the microphone. _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ Says [C] at last, [Bb] just as the [A] time bell rings. _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ Goodnight, _ [C] now it's time to go home.
_ [Bb] _ _ Then he makes it fast, one [Dm] more thing. _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ _ We are the [Bb] Sultan's, _ [C] _ _ we are the _ [D] Sultan's off [Dm] swing.
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