Sultans Of Swing

key: Dm 
 
(single snare beat) 
Dm / C-C / Dm / C-C 
Intro lead 
           Dm 
You get a shiver in the dark 
         C           Bb       A 
it`s raining in the park but meantime 
Dm                      C           Bb          A 
south of the river you stop and you hold everything 
F                   C 
a band is blowing Dixie double four time 
        Bb                                 Dm    Bb-C 
you feel alright when you hear that music ring 
 
 
               Dm              C        Bb          A 
(Now) you step inside but you don`t see too many faces 
 Dm                   C                        Bb      A 
coming in out of the rain to (you) hear the jazz go down 
F                       C 
too much competition too many other places 
Bb                                    Dm 
but not too many horns can make that sound 
(But not too many horns are blowing that sound) 
Bb-C 
        way on downsouth 
Bb-C 
        way on downsouth 
Dm              Dm-C-Bb-C       Dm-C-Bb-C 
London town 
 
                Dm          C       Bb          A 
you check out Guitar George he knows all the chords 
Dm                                                 C   Bb             A 
mind he`s (his) strictly rhythm he doesn`t want to make it cry or sing 
F                       C 
and an old guitar is all he can afford 
Bb                                              Dm   Bb-C 
when he gets up under the lights to play his thing 
Dm                      C     Bb         A 
  (and) harry doesnb`t mind if he doesn`t make the scene 
Dm             C        Bb                  A 
  he(`s) got a daytime job he`s doing al(l)right 
F                               C 
  he can play honky tone just like anything 
(He can play the honky tonk like anything) 
Bb                      Dm      Bb-C 
  saving it up for friday night 
                  Bb-C 
with the sultans 
                     Dm     Dm-C-Bb-C 
with the sultans of swing 
                             Dm-C-Bb-C 
 
        Dm                          C           Bb            A 
and a crowd of young boys they`re fooling around in the corner 
Dm                                    C                Bb           A 
drunk and dressed in their best brown baggies and their platform soles 
F                                       C 
they don`t give a damn about (`bout) any trumpet playing band 
   Bb                           Dm      Bb-C 
it ain`t what they call rock and roll 
                Bb-C 
and the sultans 
                        Dm     Dm-C-Bb-C 
and the sultans played creole 
(Yeah the Sultans they played Creole) 
 
                                Dm-C-Bb-C 
 
Lead 1: ( chords:Follow 1 full verse) 
 
Dm                    C         Bb         A 
and then the man he steps right up to the microphone 
Dm          C                Bb         A    (A7) 
and says at last just as the time bell rings 
F                           C 
thank you goodnight now it`s time to go home 
        Bb                  Dm          Bb-C 
and he makes it fast with one more thing 
                  Bb-C 
we are the sultans 
                      Dm        Dm-C-Bb-C 
we are the sultans of swing 
 
Dm      -       C       -       Bb      -       C 
1.25            0.5           2.25              4.0