Chords for Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing (Lyrics)

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You get a shiver in the [C] dark, it's [Bb] raining in the [A] park, mean _ time.
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[Dm] Sound of the river, [C] you stop and [Bb] you hold [A] everything. _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ A band is blowing, Dixie, [C] double ball time.
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You feel alright when you hear the [Dm] music, Craig.
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_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [G] I like [Dm] stepping inside, [C] but you [Bb] don't see too [A] many faces.
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_ Coming [C] in out of the [Bb] rain, you hear the [A] jazz go down.
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_ _ _ _ Competition, you know [C] about placing.
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_ _ But the horns, they [Dm] blowing out of sound.
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[C] _ _ Way on down [Bb] south, _ _
[C] _ _ way on down south, [Dm] London town.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] Check out guitar [C] John, _ [Bb] _ [A] he knows all the chords.
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Man is strictly [C] with him, he [Bb] doesn't want to make [A] a cry or _ sing.
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_ _ If Dan and Old Guitar [C] is on, he can't fall.
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When he gets up under the lights, play [Dm] his thing.
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[Dm] _ And Harry [C] doesn't [Bb] mind if [A] he doesn't make the scene.
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He's got a day, [C] time's up, [Bb] he's doing [A]
alright.
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_ He can play the horn, talk [C] like anything.
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_ _ _ _ _ It's Friday [G]
[Dm] night, _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[C] _ _ with the [Bb] Sultans, _ _
[C] _ _ with the _ [D] Sultans on the [Dm] swing.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] And a crowd of young [C] boys keep [Bb] fooling around.
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_ they're dressed [C] in their best [Bb] brown baggies and [A] their platforms.
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_ don't give a damn [C] about any trumpet playing band.
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_ It ain't what they call [Dm] rock and roll,
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[C] _ _ Then the [Bb] sultans, _ _
[C] _ _ yeah the sultans, they [D] play [Dm] Creole.
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[C] _ _ _ Creole. _ _ _
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_ Creole.
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[C] _ _ _ _ _ And [Dm] _
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then the [C] man steps [Bb] right up [A] to the microphone.
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_ And [C] says at last, [Bb] just as the [A] time bell rings,
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_ _ Good night, _ [C] now it's time to go home.
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_ Then he makes it fast, one [Dm] more thing.
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[C] _ _ We are the [Bb] sultans, _ _
[C] _ _ we are the _ [Dm] sultans of Swin.
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