Chords for Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing (Bass backing track)
Tempo:
148.05 bpm
Chords used:
C
Bb
Dm
A
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Dm] [Am]
[Dm]
You get a shiver in the dark, [C] it's raining [Bb] in the park [A] of mean time.
[Dm]
Sound of the [C] river, you're stopping, you're holding [A] everything.
[F]
A band is blowing, Dixie, double [C]
ball time.
[Am] [Bb]
You feel alright when you hear the [Dm] music, great.
How do you hear it?
[Bb]
[C] Well, I step inside, but you don't see too [A] many faces.
[Dm]
Coming in out of the rain, [Bb] you hear the [A] jazz go down.
[F]
Competition in all [C] the places.
[Bb]
But the horns, they're blowing [Dm] that sound.
[Bb]
Way on down south, [C]
way on down [D] south, London time.
[Bb] [F] [C]
[Dm]
[Bb] [C]
[Dm] Check out guitar [C] George, [Bb] [A] he knows all the chords.
[Dm]
Mighty strictly [C] rhythm, he doesn't [Bb] want to make [A] it cry or sing.
[F]
There's an old [C] guitarist, he can't afford, [Bb]
when he gets up under the lights to play [Dm] his thing.
[Bb] [C]
And [Dm]
Harry [C] doesn't mind [Bb] if he [A]
doesn't make a scene.
[Dm]
He's got a day [C] time job, [Bb] he's doing [A] alright.
[F]
He can play the horn, don't [C] like anything.
[Bb]
Saving it up Friday [G] night.
[Dm] [Bb]
[C] With the sultans, with the sultans [Dm] off swing.
[Bb] [F]
[Dm]
[Bb] [C]
[Dm] And the crowded young [C] boys, they're fooling around [A] in the corner.
[Dm]
Drunk and dressed [C] in their fat brown baggies and [A] their platform soles.
[F]
They don't give a damn about [C] any trumpet playing band.
[Bb]
It ain't what they call [Dm] rock and roll.
[Bb]
[C] And the sultans, [Bb]
[C] yeah the sultans, [G] they play [D] Creole.
[Bb] [C]
Creole.
[Dm]
[Bb] [C]
[G]
[Dm] [C] [A]
[Dm]
[C] [A]
[F]
[C]
[Bb]
[Dm]
[Bb]
[C]
[G]
[Dm] [Bb] [F]
[C] [Dm]
[Bb] [C]
[Dm]
And then the [C] man stands right up [A] to the microphone.
[Dm]
And [C] says at last, it's just a [A] time bell ring.
[F]
For tonight, now [C] it's time to go home.
[Bb]
Then he makes it fast with one more [Dm] thing.
[Bb]
[C] We are the [Bb] sultans,
[C] we are the [D] sultans off swing.
[Bb] [F]
[Dm]
[Bb] [C]
[G]
[Dm] [Bb] [C]
[Dm]
[Bb] [C]
[Dm]
Creole.
[Bb] [C] [Dm]
[Bb] [C]
[Dm]
[Bb] [C]
[Dm]
[Bb] [C]
[Dm]
[Bb] [C]
[Dm]
[Bb] [F] [C]
[Dm]
[Bb] [C]
[D]
[Dm]
You get a shiver in the dark, [C] it's raining [Bb] in the park [A] of mean time.
[Dm]
Sound of the [C] river, you're stopping, you're holding [A] everything.
[F]
A band is blowing, Dixie, double [C]
ball time.
[Am] [Bb]
You feel alright when you hear the [Dm] music, great.
How do you hear it?
[Bb]
[C] Well, I step inside, but you don't see too [A] many faces.
[Dm]
Coming in out of the rain, [Bb] you hear the [A] jazz go down.
[F]
Competition in all [C] the places.
[Bb]
But the horns, they're blowing [Dm] that sound.
[Bb]
Way on down south, [C]
way on down [D] south, London time.
[Bb] [F] [C]
[Dm]
[Bb] [C]
[Dm] Check out guitar [C] George, [Bb] [A] he knows all the chords.
[Dm]
Mighty strictly [C] rhythm, he doesn't [Bb] want to make [A] it cry or sing.
[F]
There's an old [C] guitarist, he can't afford, [Bb]
when he gets up under the lights to play [Dm] his thing.
[Bb] [C]
And [Dm]
Harry [C] doesn't mind [Bb] if he [A]
doesn't make a scene.
[Dm]
He's got a day [C] time job, [Bb] he's doing [A] alright.
[F]
He can play the horn, don't [C] like anything.
[Bb]
Saving it up Friday [G] night.
[Dm] [Bb]
[C] With the sultans, with the sultans [Dm] off swing.
[Bb] [F]
[Dm]
[Bb] [C]
[Dm] And the crowded young [C] boys, they're fooling around [A] in the corner.
[Dm]
Drunk and dressed [C] in their fat brown baggies and [A] their platform soles.
[F]
They don't give a damn about [C] any trumpet playing band.
[Bb]
It ain't what they call [Dm] rock and roll.
[Bb]
[C] And the sultans, [Bb]
[C] yeah the sultans, [G] they play [D] Creole.
[Bb] [C]
Creole.
[Dm]
[Bb] [C]
[G]
[Dm] [C] [A]
[Dm]
[C] [A]
[F]
[C]
[Bb]
[Dm]
[Bb]
[C]
[G]
[Dm] [Bb] [F]
[C] [Dm]
[Bb] [C]
[Dm]
And then the [C] man stands right up [A] to the microphone.
[Dm]
And [C] says at last, it's just a [A] time bell ring.
[F]
For tonight, now [C] it's time to go home.
[Bb]
Then he makes it fast with one more [Dm] thing.
[Bb]
[C] We are the [Bb] sultans,
[C] we are the [D] sultans off swing.
[Bb] [F]
[Dm]
[Bb] [C]
[G]
[Dm] [Bb] [C]
[Dm]
[Bb] [C]
[Dm]
Creole.
[Bb] [C] [Dm]
[Bb] [C]
[Dm]
[Bb] [C]
[Dm]
[Bb] [C]
[Dm]
[Bb] [C]
[Dm]
[Bb] [F] [C]
[Dm]
[Bb] [C]
[D]
Key:
C
Bb
Dm
A
F
C
Bb
Dm
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ You get a shiver in the dark, [C] it's raining [Bb] in the park [A] of mean time.
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _
Sound of the [C] river, you're stopping, you're holding [A] everything.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
A band is blowing, Dixie, double [C]
ball time.
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ [Bb] _
You feel alright when you hear the [Dm] music, great.
_ _ How do you hear it?
[Bb] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ Well, I step inside, but you don't see too [A] many faces.
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
Coming in out of the rain, [Bb] you hear the [A] jazz go down.
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ Competition in all [C] the places.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ But the horns, they're blowing [Dm] that sound.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
Way on down south, _ _ [C] _
_ way on down [D] south, London time.
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] Check out guitar [C] George, _ [Bb] _ [A] he knows all the chords.
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _
Mighty strictly [C] rhythm, he doesn't [Bb] want to make [A] it cry or sing.
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
There's an old _ [C] guitarist, _ he can't afford, _ _ [Bb] _
when he gets up under the lights to play [Dm] his thing.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ And [Dm] _ _
Harry [C] doesn't mind [Bb] if he [A] _
doesn't make a scene.
_ _ [Dm] _
He's got a day [C] time job, [Bb] he's doing [A] alright.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
He can play the horn, don't [C] like anything.
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
Saving it up Friday [G] night.
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[C] _ With the sultans, _ _ _ _ with the sultans [Dm] off swing.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] And the crowded young [C] boys, they're fooling around [A] in the corner.
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
Drunk and dressed [C] in their fat brown baggies and [A] their platform soles.
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _
They don't give a damn about [C] any trumpet playing band.
_ [Bb] _ _
It ain't what they call [Dm] rock and roll.
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[C] _ And the sultans, [Bb] _ _ _
[C] _ yeah the sultans, [G] they play [D] Creole.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ Creole.
_ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Dm] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Dm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm]
And then the [C] man stands right up [A] to the microphone.
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
And [C] says at last, it's just a [A] time bell ring.
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ For tonight, _ now [C] it's time to go home.
_ [Bb] _ _
Then he makes it fast with one more [Dm] thing.
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[C] _ We are the [Bb] sultans, _ _
[C] _ we are the _ [D] sultans off swing.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Dm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
Creole.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ You get a shiver in the dark, [C] it's raining [Bb] in the park [A] of mean time.
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _
Sound of the [C] river, you're stopping, you're holding [A] everything.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
A band is blowing, Dixie, double [C]
ball time.
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ [Bb] _
You feel alright when you hear the [Dm] music, great.
_ _ How do you hear it?
[Bb] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ Well, I step inside, but you don't see too [A] many faces.
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
Coming in out of the rain, [Bb] you hear the [A] jazz go down.
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ Competition in all [C] the places.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ But the horns, they're blowing [Dm] that sound.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
Way on down south, _ _ [C] _
_ way on down [D] south, London time.
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] Check out guitar [C] George, _ [Bb] _ [A] he knows all the chords.
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _
Mighty strictly [C] rhythm, he doesn't [Bb] want to make [A] it cry or sing.
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
There's an old _ [C] guitarist, _ he can't afford, _ _ [Bb] _
when he gets up under the lights to play [Dm] his thing.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ And [Dm] _ _
Harry [C] doesn't mind [Bb] if he [A] _
doesn't make a scene.
_ _ [Dm] _
He's got a day [C] time job, [Bb] he's doing [A] alright.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
He can play the horn, don't [C] like anything.
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
Saving it up Friday [G] night.
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[C] _ With the sultans, _ _ _ _ with the sultans [Dm] off swing.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] And the crowded young [C] boys, they're fooling around [A] in the corner.
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
Drunk and dressed [C] in their fat brown baggies and [A] their platform soles.
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _
They don't give a damn about [C] any trumpet playing band.
_ [Bb] _ _
It ain't what they call [Dm] rock and roll.
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[C] _ And the sultans, [Bb] _ _ _
[C] _ yeah the sultans, [G] they play [D] Creole.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ Creole.
_ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Dm] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Dm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm]
And then the [C] man stands right up [A] to the microphone.
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
And [C] says at last, it's just a [A] time bell ring.
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ For tonight, _ now [C] it's time to go home.
_ [Bb] _ _
Then he makes it fast with one more [Dm] thing.
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[C] _ We are the [Bb] sultans, _ _
[C] _ we are the _ [D] sultans off swing.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Dm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
Creole.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _