Chords for Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing HQ / LYRICS
Tempo:
148.15 bpm
Chords used:
C
Bb
Dm
A
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[D]
[Dm]
You get a shiver in the [C] dark, it's [Bb] raining in the [A] park, mean time.
[Em]
[Dm] Sound of the river, you [C] stop [Bb] and you hold [A] everything.
[F] A band is growing, Dixie, [C] double ball time.
[Bb] You feel alright, when you hear the music [Dm] play.
[Bb]
[C]
[G] Well, I [Dm] step [C] inside, but you don't [Bb] see too [A] many faces.
[Dm] Coming in [C] out of the rain, you [Bb] hear the [A] jazz go down.
[F] Drunk tissue, you know [C] about places.
[Bb] But the horns, they blow it [Dm] not a sound.
[Bb]
Way [C] on [Bb] down south, [C] way on down [G] south, [Dm] from downtown.
[Bb]
[F] [C]
[D] [Dm] [Bb]
[C]
You [D] check out guitar [C] George, [Bb]
[A] he knows all the chords.
[Dm] Mind the [C] strictly rhythm, he [Bb] doesn't want to [A] make us cry or sing.
[F] If there ain't no [C] guitarist, he can't fall.
[Bb]
When he gets up on the lights, play [Dm] him plain.
[Bb]
[C]
[D] [Dm] And Harry [C] doesn't [Bb] mind, if he [A] doesn't make the scene.
[Dm] He's got a daytime [C] job, [Bb] he's doing [A] alright.
[F] He can play the horn, talk [C] like anything.
[Am]
[Bb] Saving it up, Friday [G] night.
[Dm] [Bb]
[C] With the [Bb] sultans, [C] where the salt turns [D] off [Dm] swing.
[Bb]
[F] [C]
[D] [Bb]
[C]
[D] Then the crowdy [Dm] boys [C] start [Bb] fooling around [A] in the corner.
[Dm] Drunk and dressed [C] in their fat brown [Bb] baggies and their [A] platform soles.
[F] They don't give a damn about [C] any trumpet playing band.
[Bb] It ain't what they call rock [Dm] and roll.
[Bb]
[C] Then the [Bb] sultans, [C] yeah the sultans [D] play [Am] Creole.
[Bb]
[C]
[Dm] Then [Bb]
[C]
[D] [C] [Bb]
[A]
[Dm] [C] [Bb]
[A]
[F]
[C] the
[Bb]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C] [Bb]
[C]
[D] [Dm] [Bb]
[F] [C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[F] [C]
[D] [C] man stands [Bb] right up [A] to the microphone.
[Dm] And [C] says at last, [Bb] it's just the [A] time bell rings.
[F] Good night, 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] of [F] swing.
[Bb] [F] [C]
[Dm] [C] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[D] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[F] [C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[N]
[Dm]
You get a shiver in the [C] dark, it's [Bb] raining in the [A] park, mean time.
[Em]
[Dm] Sound of the river, you [C] stop [Bb] and you hold [A] everything.
[F] A band is growing, Dixie, [C] double ball time.
[Bb] You feel alright, when you hear the music [Dm] play.
[Bb]
[C]
[G] Well, I [Dm] step [C] inside, but you don't [Bb] see too [A] many faces.
[Dm] Coming in [C] out of the rain, you [Bb] hear the [A] jazz go down.
[F] Drunk tissue, you know [C] about places.
[Bb] But the horns, they blow it [Dm] not a sound.
[Bb]
Way [C] on [Bb] down south, [C] way on down [G] south, [Dm] from downtown.
[Bb]
[F] [C]
[D] [Dm] [Bb]
[C]
You [D] check out guitar [C] George, [Bb]
[A] he knows all the chords.
[Dm] Mind the [C] strictly rhythm, he [Bb] doesn't want to [A] make us cry or sing.
[F] If there ain't no [C] guitarist, he can't fall.
[Bb]
When he gets up on the lights, play [Dm] him plain.
[Bb]
[C]
[D] [Dm] And Harry [C] doesn't [Bb] mind, if he [A] doesn't make the scene.
[Dm] He's got a daytime [C] job, [Bb] he's doing [A] alright.
[F] He can play the horn, talk [C] like anything.
[Am]
[Bb] Saving it up, Friday [G] night.
[Dm] [Bb]
[C] With the [Bb] sultans, [C] where the salt turns [D] off [Dm] swing.
[Bb]
[F] [C]
[D] [Bb]
[C]
[D] Then the crowdy [Dm] boys [C] start [Bb] fooling around [A] in the corner.
[Dm] Drunk and dressed [C] in their fat brown [Bb] baggies and their [A] platform soles.
[F] They don't give a damn about [C] any trumpet playing band.
[Bb] It ain't what they call rock [Dm] and roll.
[Bb]
[C] Then the [Bb] sultans, [C] yeah the sultans [D] play [Am] Creole.
[Bb]
[C]
[Dm] Then [Bb]
[C]
[D] [C] [Bb]
[A]
[Dm] [C] [Bb]
[A]
[F]
[C] the
[Bb]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C] [Bb]
[C]
[D] [Dm] [Bb]
[F] [C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[F] [C]
[D] [C] man stands [Bb] right up [A] to the microphone.
[Dm] And [C] says at last, [Bb] it's just the [A] time bell rings.
[F] Good night, 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] of [F] swing.
[Bb] [F] [C]
[Dm] [C] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[D] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[F] [C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[N]
Key:
C
Bb
Dm
A
F
C
Bb
Dm
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
You get a shiver in the [C] dark, it's [Bb] raining in the [A] park, mean time.
_ _ [Em] _
_ [Dm] _ Sound of the river, you [C] stop [Bb] and you hold [A] everything. _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ A band is growing, Dixie, [C] double ball time. _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ You feel alright, when you hear the music [Dm] play.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] Well, I [Dm] step _ [C] inside, but you don't [Bb] see too [A] many faces. _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ Coming in [C] out of the rain, you [Bb] hear the [A] jazz go down. _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ Drunk tissue, you know [C] about places. _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ But the horns, they blow it [Dm] not a sound.
_ _ _ [Bb] _
Way _ [C] _ _ on [Bb] down south, _ _ [C] _ way on down [G] south, [Dm] from downtown.
[Bb] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
You [D] check out guitar [C] George, _ [Bb]
[A] he knows all the chords. _ _ _
[Dm] _ Mind the [C] strictly rhythm, he [Bb] doesn't want to [A] make us cry or sing. _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ If there ain't no _ [C] guitarist, he can't fall.
_ [Bb] _
_ _ When he gets up on the lights, play [Dm] him plain.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ [Dm] And Harry [C] doesn't [Bb] mind, if he [A] doesn't make the scene. _
[Dm] _ He's got a daytime [C] job, [Bb] he's doing [A] alright. _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ He can play the horn, talk [C] like anything.
_ _ [Am] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ Saving it up, Friday [G] night.
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [C] _ _ With the [Bb] sultans, _ _ [C] _ _ where the salt turns [D] off [Dm] swing.
_ [Bb] _ _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] Then the crowdy [Dm] boys [C] start [Bb] fooling around [A] in the corner. _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ Drunk and dressed [C] in their fat brown [Bb] baggies and their [A] platform _ soles. _ _
[F] _ _ _ They don't give a damn about [C] any trumpet playing band.
_ [Bb] _ _ It ain't what they call rock [Dm] and roll.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [C] Then _ the [Bb] sultans, _ _ [C] _ _ yeah the sultans [D] play _ [Am] Creole.
[Bb] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] Then _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ the _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ [Dm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [F] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [F] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [C] man stands [Bb] right up [A] to the microphone. _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ And [C] says at last, [Bb] it's just the [A] time bell rings. _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ Good night, _ 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] of [F] swing.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [C] _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
You get a shiver in the [C] dark, it's [Bb] raining in the [A] park, mean time.
_ _ [Em] _
_ [Dm] _ Sound of the river, you [C] stop [Bb] and you hold [A] everything. _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ A band is growing, Dixie, [C] double ball time. _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ You feel alright, when you hear the music [Dm] play.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] Well, I [Dm] step _ [C] inside, but you don't [Bb] see too [A] many faces. _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ Coming in [C] out of the rain, you [Bb] hear the [A] jazz go down. _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ Drunk tissue, you know [C] about places. _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ But the horns, they blow it [Dm] not a sound.
_ _ _ [Bb] _
Way _ [C] _ _ on [Bb] down south, _ _ [C] _ way on down [G] south, [Dm] from downtown.
[Bb] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
You [D] check out guitar [C] George, _ [Bb]
[A] he knows all the chords. _ _ _
[Dm] _ Mind the [C] strictly rhythm, he [Bb] doesn't want to [A] make us cry or sing. _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ If there ain't no _ [C] guitarist, he can't fall.
_ [Bb] _
_ _ When he gets up on the lights, play [Dm] him plain.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ [Dm] And Harry [C] doesn't [Bb] mind, if he [A] doesn't make the scene. _
[Dm] _ He's got a daytime [C] job, [Bb] he's doing [A] alright. _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ He can play the horn, talk [C] like anything.
_ _ [Am] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ Saving it up, Friday [G] night.
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [C] _ _ With the [Bb] sultans, _ _ [C] _ _ where the salt turns [D] off [Dm] swing.
_ [Bb] _ _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] Then the crowdy [Dm] boys [C] start [Bb] fooling around [A] in the corner. _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ Drunk and dressed [C] in their fat brown [Bb] baggies and their [A] platform _ soles. _ _
[F] _ _ _ They don't give a damn about [C] any trumpet playing band.
_ [Bb] _ _ It ain't what they call rock [Dm] and roll.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [C] Then _ the [Bb] sultans, _ _ [C] _ _ yeah the sultans [D] play _ [Am] Creole.
[Bb] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] Then _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ the _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ [Dm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [F] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [F] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [C] man stands [Bb] right up [A] to the microphone. _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ And [C] says at last, [Bb] it's just the [A] time bell rings. _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ Good night, _ 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] of [F] swing.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [C] _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _