Sultans Of Swing Chords – Dire Straits

Intro

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Dm         Dm
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Verse 1

          Dm                       C              Bb       A
You get a shiver in the dark, 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
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   You feel alright when you hear that music ring

Verse 2

              Dm                  C         Bb       A
Well now, you step inside but you don't see too many faces
Dm                   C                Bb      A
Coming in out of the rain to hear the jazz go down
F                    C
Competition in other places
Bb                                  Dm
Uh, but the horns they blowin' that sound
Bb C
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        way on down south
Bb C
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        way on down south
Dm
London Town

Instrumental

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Dm C  Bb C
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Verse 3

          Dm         C           Bb A
You check out Guitar George,     he knows all the chords
Dm                           C               Bb          A
Mind he's strictly rhythm he doesn't want to make it cry or sing
F                         C
They say an old guitar is all he can afford
Bb                                               Dm  Bb C
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   When he gets up under the lights to play his thing

Verse 4

Dm                C    Bb    A
And Harry doesn't mind if he doesn't make the scene
Dm                 C         Bb    A
He's got a daytime job, he's doin' alright
F                               C
He can play the honky tonk like anything
Bb                             Dm  Bb C
                                    -
   Saving it up for Friday night
                  Bb C
                   -
with the Sultans
                    Dm
with the Sultans of Swing

Instrumental

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Verse 5

       Dm                           C       Bb            A
Then a crowd of young boys, they're foolin' 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 about any trumpet playin' band
Bb                                 Dm   Bb C
                                         -
   It ain't what they call rock and roll
                Bb C
                 -
and the Sultans
                             Dm
Yeah, the Sultans, they play Creole

Instrumental

Dm C  Bb C
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...             Creole
Dm C  Bb C
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Lead

Dm C Bb A A
Dm C Bb A A
F F C C
Bb Bb Dm Dm Bb
C C Bb C C

Instrumental

Dm C  Bb C
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Dm C  Bb C
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Verse 6

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 ring
F                   C
Goodnight, now it's time to go home
Bb                                     Dm   Bb C
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   Then he makes it fast with one more thing
                   Bb C
                    -
We are the Sultans
                      Dm
We are the Sultans of Swing

Instrumental

Dm C  Bb C
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Dm C  Bb C
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Outro Solo

Dm C  Bb C
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(repeat and fade, approx x7)