Chords for Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler - Sultans of Swing (SHM-CD)
Tempo:
148 bpm
Chords used:
C
Bb
Dm
A
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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[D]
[C] [Dm]
You get a shiver in the [C] dark, it's [Bb] raining in the [A] park of mean time.
[Dm] South of the river [C] you're stopping [Bb] your whole [A] everything.
[F] A band is blowing dixie, [C] double fall time.
[Bb] You feel alright when you're hitting [Dm] this head crank.
[C] You feel [Dm] alright when you're stepping inside, [C] but you don't [Bb] see [A] too many faces.
[Dm] Coming in out [C] of the [Bb] rain you hear the [A] jazz go down.
[C] [Dm]
You get a shiver in the [C] dark, it's [Bb] raining in the [A] park of mean time.
[Dm] South of the river [C] you're stopping [Bb] your whole [A] everything.
[F] A band is blowing dixie, [C] double fall time.
[Bb] You feel alright when you're hitting [Dm] this head crank.
[C] You feel [Dm] alright when you're stepping inside, [C] but you don't [Bb] see [A] too many faces.
[Dm] Coming in out [C] of the [Bb] rain you hear the [A] jazz go down.
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Bb
Dm
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[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.
_ [Em] _ _
_ [Dm] _ South of the river [C] you're stopping [Bb] your whole [A] everything. _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ A band is blowing dixie, [C] double fall time. _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ You feel alright when you're hitting [Dm] this head crank.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ You feel [Dm] alright when you're stepping inside, [C] but you don't [Bb] see [A] too many faces. _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ Coming in out [C] of the [Bb] rain you hear the [A] jazz go down. _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ Competition in all the [C] places, _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ but the horns they're [Dm] blowing that sound.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [C] _ _ Way on down [Bb] south, _ [C] _ _ way on down south, [Dm] London [Bb] town. _ _ _
[F] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [C] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] Check out guitar [C] George, _ [Bb] _
[A] he knows all the chords. _ _ _
[Dm] _ Man is strictly [C] rhythm, he [Bb] doesn't want to make [A] a cry or sing. _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ This animal guitar [C] is all he can fall.
_ [Bb] _
_ When he gets up under the lights, play [Dm] him, play him.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [Dm] And Harry [C] doesn't [Bb] mind if [A] he _ doesn't make a scene. _ _
[Dm] _ He's got a [C] day time [Bb] job, he's doing [A] alright. _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ He can play the horn, talk [C] like anything.
_ _ [Am] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ Saving it up _ [G] Friday [Dm] night.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [C] _ _ With the [Bb] sultans, _
_ [C] _ _ with the sultans [D] off swing.
[C] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[F] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] And a [Dm] crowd of young [C] boys, they're [Bb] fooling around [A] in the corner. _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ Drunk and [C] dressed in their best [Bb] brown baggies and [A] their platform _ _ _ _ _ [F] soles.
_ They don't give a damn _ [C] about any trumpet playing band. _ _
[Bb] _ _ It ain't what they call [Dm] rock and roll.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [C] _ _ And the [Bb] sultans, _
_ [C] _ _ yeah the _ sultans they [D] play the trio.
[Am] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
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_ [D] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ _
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[Dm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ _
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[F] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] And then the [C] man steps [Bb] right up [A] to the microphone. _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [C] Save it last [Bb] just as the [A] time bell rings. _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Now it's [C] time to go home. _
[Bb] _ _ Then he makes it fast with one [Dm] more thing.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [C] _ _ We are the [Bb] sultans, _ [C] _ _ we are the sultans [D] off [Dm] swing.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [Am] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
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[Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
[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.
_ [Em] _ _
_ [Dm] _ South of the river [C] you're stopping [Bb] your whole [A] everything. _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ A band is blowing dixie, [C] double fall time. _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ You feel alright when you're hitting [Dm] this head crank.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ You feel [Dm] alright when you're stepping inside, [C] but you don't [Bb] see [A] too many faces. _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ Coming in out [C] of the [Bb] rain you hear the [A] jazz go down. _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ Competition in all the [C] places, _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ but the horns they're [Dm] blowing that sound.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [C] _ _ Way on down [Bb] south, _ [C] _ _ way on down south, [Dm] London [Bb] town. _ _ _
[F] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [C] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] Check out guitar [C] George, _ [Bb] _
[A] he knows all the chords. _ _ _
[Dm] _ Man is strictly [C] rhythm, he [Bb] doesn't want to make [A] a cry or sing. _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ This animal guitar [C] is all he can fall.
_ [Bb] _
_ When he gets up under the lights, play [Dm] him, play him.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [Dm] And Harry [C] doesn't [Bb] mind if [A] he _ doesn't make a scene. _ _
[Dm] _ He's got a [C] day time [Bb] job, he's doing [A] alright. _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ He can play the horn, talk [C] like anything.
_ _ [Am] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ Saving it up _ [G] Friday [Dm] night.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [C] _ _ With the [Bb] sultans, _
_ [C] _ _ with the sultans [D] off swing.
[C] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[F] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] And a [Dm] crowd of young [C] boys, they're [Bb] fooling around [A] in the corner. _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ Drunk and [C] dressed in their best [Bb] brown baggies and [A] their platform _ _ _ _ _ [F] soles.
_ They don't give a damn _ [C] about any trumpet playing band. _ _
[Bb] _ _ It ain't what they call [Dm] rock and roll.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [C] _ _ And the [Bb] sultans, _
_ [C] _ _ yeah the _ sultans they [D] play the trio.
[Am] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
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[Dm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ _
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[F] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] And then the [C] man steps [Bb] right up [A] to the microphone. _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [C] Save it last [Bb] just as the [A] time bell rings. _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Now it's [C] time to go home. _
[Bb] _ _ Then he makes it fast with one [Dm] more thing.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [C] _ _ We are the [Bb] sultans, _ [C] _ _ we are the sultans [D] off [Dm] swing.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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