Chords for Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing (1978)

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You get a shiver in the [C] dark, it's raining [Bb] in the [A] park, it's mean time. _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ Sound of the river, [C] you're stopping, [Bb] you're holding [A] everything. _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ A band is blowing, Dixie, [C] double ball time. _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ You feel alright when you hear the [Dm] music.
_ _ You feel [Bb] alright _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ when _ [Dm] you step _ [C] inside, but you [Bb] don't see [A] too many faces. _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ Coming in out of the [Bb] rain to hear the [A] jazz go down. _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ Competition in [C] all the places, _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ but the horns, they're [Dm] blowing that sound.
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_ [C] _ _ Way on down [Bb] south, _
_ [C] _ _ way on down [Dm] south, London town.
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[Dm] Check out Guitar [C] John, _ [Bb] _
[A] he knows all the chords. _ _ _
[Dm] _ Mighty strictly [C] rhythm, he [Bb] doesn't want to make [A] a cry or sing. _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ If an old guitar [C] is off, he can't fall. _ _
[Bb] _ When he gets up under the lights, play [D] his thing.
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[D] _ _ And Harry [C] doesn't [Bb] mind if [A] he _ doesn't make a scene. _ _
[Dm] _ He's got a day [C] time job, [Bb] he's [A] doing alright. _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ He can play the horn, talk [C] like anything. _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ Shaving it up, _ [D] Friday [Dm] night.
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_ [C] _ _ With the [Bb] sultans, _
_ [C] _ _ with the sultans [D] off swing.
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[Dm] And the crowded 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 _ _ _ _ soles.
[F] _ _ They don't give a damn _ [C] about any trumpet playing band. _
[Bb] _ _ It ain't what they call [Dm] rock and roll.
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_ [C] _ _ And the [Bb] sultans, _
_ [C] _ _ yeah the _ sultans they [D] play Creole.
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[C] _ _ _ _ Creole. Creole. _ _
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_ [Dm] And then the [C] man [Bb] steps right up [A] to the microphone. _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ He [C] says at last [Bb] just as the [A] time bell rings. _ _ _ _ _
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Now [C] it's time to go home. _
[Bb] _ _ Then he makes it fast, with one [Dm] more thing.
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_ [C] _ _ We are the [Bb] sultans, _ [C] _ _ we are the _ sultans [Dm] off swing.
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[Dm] _ _ The [Bb] sultans, yeah. _
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