Chords for Dire Straits "Sultans of swing" | Archive INA

Tempo:
150 bpm
Chords used:

C

Bb

Dm

A

F

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[N] [A] Maybe we're saying goodnight with the Sultans of Swing.
[E] Thank you.
[G] [Dm]
In the shiver, in the [C] darkness, the rain [Bb] and in the fog, in the [A] meantime
[D] Sound of the [C] river, you stop and you hold [A] everything
[F] My band is blowing Dixie, [C] double-bong time
[Bb] You feel alright when you hear the music
[Dm] [Bb] [C]
Now you [Dm] step inside, but you [C] don't see too [A] many faces
[Dm]
Coming in [C] out of the rain, I hear [Bb] the jazz [A] going on
[F]
Competition in [C] other places
[Bb] Yeah, but the horns, they're blowing, [Dm] that sound, blowing
We [Bb]
[C] on down [Bb] south,
[C] we on [G] down south
[Dm] Check [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] out guitar George, [Bb]
[A] he knows all the chords
[Dm] He's got the rhythm, he doesn't [Bb] want to make a [A] cry or sing
[F] He's an old [C] guitarist, oh, he can't call
[Bb] He gets up under the lights to play his [Dm] thing
[Bb] [C]
[Dm] And Harry doesn't [Bb] mind [A] if he doesn't make the scene
[Dm] He's got a daytime [C] job, he's [Bb] doing [A] alright
He
[F] can play the honky-tonk like [C] anything
[Bb] Saving it up for [Dm] Friday night with
[Bb] [C] the Sultans
[Bb] [C] Oh, with the Sultans [Dm] of Swing
[Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
In [Dm] the crowd of young boys, [C]
they're [Bb] fooling around [A] in the garden
[Dm] Drunk and dressed in [C] their baggies and their black [A] ponchos
So,
[F] they don't give a damn about [C] any trumpet playing band
[Bb] They know what they call fucking [Dm] rules
[Bb] [C]
in the [Bb] Sultans
[C]
Yeah, the Sultans, they [Dm] play real
[Bb] And [C]
[Dm]
[Bb] [C]
[Dm]
[A]
[Dm]
[Bb] [A]
[F]
[C]
[Bb]
[Dm]
[Gm] [C]
[Gm] [C]
[Dm]
[Bb] [C]
[Dm]
[Bb] [C]
[Dm]
then the man, he steps right [G] up to the [A]
microphone
[Dm]
Says at [C] last, just as the time fell [A]
away
[F]
Good night to Frankie, now it's [C] time to [F] go [C] on
And [Bb]
then he makes it fast [Gm] with one more thing
[Dm] [Bb]
[C] We are the [Bb] Sultans,
[C] we are the [Dm] Sultans of Swing
[Bb] [C] [F] [C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Gm]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C] [Dm]
[Bb] [C]
[Dm] [Bb] [C]
[Dm] [Bb] [C]
[Dm] [Bb] [Gm]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb] [F]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[Bb]
[F] [Gm]
[G] [Em]
[F] [E] [Am] [F] [Am]
[E] [Bm]
[F]
Key:  
C
3211
Bb
12341111
Dm
2311
A
1231
F
134211111
C
3211
Bb
12341111
Dm
2311
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[N] _ _ _ _ [A] Maybe we're saying goodnight with the Sultans of Swing.
[E] Thank you. _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ In the shiver, in the [C] darkness, the rain [Bb] and in the fog, in the [A] meantime _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] Sound of the [C] river, you stop and you hold [A] everything _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ My band is blowing Dixie, [C] double-bong time
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] You feel alright when you hear the music _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ Now you [Dm] step inside, but you [C] don't see too [A] many faces
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
Coming in [C] out of the rain, I hear [Bb] the jazz [A] going on
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ Competition in [C] other places _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ Yeah, but the horns, they're blowing, [Dm] that sound, blowing
_ _ We [Bb] _ _
_ [C] _ on down [Bb] south, _ _
_ [C] _ we on [G] down south
[Dm] _ Check [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] out guitar George, _ [Bb] _
[A] he knows all the chords _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ He's got the rhythm, he doesn't [Bb] want to make a [A] cry or sing _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ He's an old _ [C] guitarist, oh, he can't call _
_ _ [Bb] He gets up under the lights to play his [Dm] _ thing _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] And Harry doesn't [Bb] mind [A] if he doesn't make the scene _
_ _ [Dm] He's got a daytime [C] job, he's [Bb] doing [A] alright
_ He _
_ _ _ [F] _ can play the honky-tonk like [C] anything _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ Saving it up for [Dm] Friday night _ with _
_ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ the Sultans
[Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ Oh, with the Sultans [Dm] of Swing
_ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ In [Dm] the crowd of young boys, [C]
they're [Bb] fooling around [A] in the garden _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ Drunk and dressed in [C] their baggies and their black [A] ponchos
So, _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ they don't give a damn about [C] any trumpet _ playing band
_ _ _ [Bb] _ They know what they call fucking [Dm] rules _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _
in the [Bb] Sultans
_ _ _ [C] _
Yeah, the Sultans, they [Dm] play real _
[Bb] And _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm]
then the man, he steps right [G] up to the [A]
microphone
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
Says at [C] last, just as the time fell [A]
away
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ Good night to Frankie, now it's [C] time to [F] go [C] on
And [Bb] _
then he makes it fast [Gm] with one more thing
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[C] _ We are the [Bb] Sultans, _ _
[C] _ we are the _ [Dm] Sultans of Swing
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[F] _ [E] _ _ [Am] _ [F] _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [E] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _

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This song was written by Mark Knopfler.

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