Chords for Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing (1979) [Raridade]

Tempo:
153.2 bpm
Chords used:

C

Bb

Dm

F

A

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing (1979) [Raridade] chords
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[Dm]
Get a shiver in the [C] south, if you're raining [Bb] in the [A] park, big south.
[Dm]
South of the [C] river is something [Bb] you hope, [A]
everything.
[F]
When the slow index hit, [C] double fall time.
[F] [Bb]
Feel alright when you hear the [G] music play.
[Dm] [Bb]
[C] [Dm]
You know you're slipping side, [C] but you [Bb] don't see too [A] many faces.
[Dm] Coming [C] in that [Bb] rain to hear the [A] tracks go down.
[G]
[F] Competition in other [C] places.
[F]
[Bb] Yeah, but the horns, they blow [Dm] it like the sun.
[Bb]
[C] We're on down [Bb] south,
[C] we're on down [Dm]
south.
[Bb] [F] Check [C]
[Dm] [Bb] [F]
[C]
[Dm] out guitar Joe.
[C] [Bb]
[A] He knows nearly all the chords.
[F] [Dm] He's strictly random, [C] he doesn't [Bb] want to make it [A] go.
[F] You send a new [C] guitarist, all he can afford.
[Bb] When he gets up on the lights, play [G] that thing.
[D] [Bb]
[C]
[D] And [C] Harry doesn't [Bb] mind, if [A] he does it, make him see man.
[Dm] He's got it [C] in time Joe, [Bb] he's [A] doing alright.
[Fm] [F] He can play an honky [C] tonk like anything.
[F]
[Bb] Saving it up, [G] Friday [Dm] night.
[Bb]
[C] With the Sultan, [Bb]
[C] with the Sultan [Dm] and the thoughts that.
[Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [C] [Bb]
[F] [C]
[Dm] And the crowded [C] boys that's [Bb] fooling around [A] in the corner.
[Dm] Drumming, [C] wrestling their [Bb] backies in their [A] platform so high.
[F] They don't give a damn [C] about any trumpet playing band.
[Bb] It ain't what they call [G] walking on [Dm] the road.
[Bb]
[C] You send the [Bb] Sultan,
[C] yeah the Sultan [Dm] play the Creole.
[Bb]
[F] [C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[F] [C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[Fm] [Am]
[Dm] [Gm]
[A]
[F]
[C] [Am]
[Bb]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C] [Bb]
[C]
[D] [G] [Dm] [Bb]
[F] [C]
[Dm] [C] [Bb]
[F] [C]
[Dm] And then the [C] man step [Bb] right up, [A] got microphone.
[Dm] Say [C] that last, [Bb] just as a [A] time bell.
[F] Good night, thank you, [C] now it's time to go home.
[Am]
[Bb] Let me make it say it fast, one [Am] more [Dm] thing.
[Bb]
[C] We are the [Bb] Sultan,
[C] we are the [Dm] Sultan's offspring.
[Bb] Uh-oh.
[C] [Dm] [Am] [Bb]
[F] [C]
[D] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [D] [Bb]
[C]
[D] [Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [C] [Bb]
[G] [C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb] [F]
[C]
[D] [Bb]
[C]
[G]
Key:  
C
3211
Bb
12341111
Dm
2311
F
134211111
A
1231
C
3211
Bb
12341111
Dm
2311
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To learn Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing chords, anchor your practice on these foundational sequence of chords - Dm, C, Dm, Bb, A, Dm, C, Bb, F and C. For best results, commence at 76 BPM and progress to the song's BPM of 153. Adjust the capo based on your vocal range and chord preference, keeping the song's key of F Major in mind.

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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Get a shiver in the [C] south, if you're raining [Bb] in the [A] park, big south.
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
South of the [C] river is something [Bb] you hope, [A]
everything.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ When the slow index hit, [C] double fall time.
_ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ Feel alright when you hear the [G] music play.
[Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm]
You know you're slipping side, [C] but you [Bb] don't see too [A] many faces. _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ Coming [C] in that [Bb] rain to hear the [A] tracks go down.
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _
[F] _ _ _ _ Competition in other [C] places.
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ Yeah, but the horns, they blow [Dm] it like the sun.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [C] _ _ We're on down [Bb] south, _
_ [C] _ _ we're on down [Dm]
south.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] Check _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] out guitar Joe.
[C] _ _ [Bb] _
[A] He knows nearly all the chords. _ _ _ _
[F] _ [Dm] He's strictly random, [C] he doesn't [Bb] want to make it [A] go. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ You send a new _ [C] guitarist, all he can afford. _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ When he gets up on the lights, play [G] that thing.
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ And [C] Harry doesn't [Bb] mind, if [A] he does it, make him see man.
[Dm] _ He's got it [C] in time Joe, [Bb] he's [A] doing alright. _ _ _ _ _ _
[Fm] _ [F] He can play an honky [C] tonk like anything.
_ _ _ [F] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ Saving it up, _ [G] Friday [Dm] night.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [C] _ _ With the Sultan, [Bb] _ _
_ [C] _ _ with the Sultan [Dm] and the thoughts that.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ And the crowded [C] boys that's [Bb] fooling around [A] in the corner. _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ Drumming, [C] wrestling their [Bb] backies in their [A] platform so high. _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ They don't give a damn [C] about any trumpet playing band. _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ It ain't what they call [G] walking on [Dm] the _ road.
[Bb] _ _
_ _ [C] _ You send the [Bb] Sultan, _
_ _ [C] _ _ yeah the Sultan [Dm] play the Creole.
_ [Bb] _ _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Fm] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ [Dm] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[F] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ And then the [C] man step [Bb] right up, [A] got microphone. _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ Say [C] that last, [Bb] just as a [A] time bell. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ Good night, thank you, [C] now it's time to go home.
_ [Am] _ _
[Bb] _ _ Let me make it say it fast, one [Am] more [Dm] thing.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [C] _ _ We are the [Bb] Sultan, _
_ [C] we _ are the _ [Dm] Sultan's offspring.
_ [Bb] _ Uh-oh.
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Am] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[F] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ [D] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [C] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[G] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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This song, written by Mark Knopfler, is among the lineup of tracks on the Cologne album.

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