Chords for Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing (Official Audio)
Tempo:
148.05 bpm
Chords used:
C
Bb
Dm
A
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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[Dm]
You get a shiver in the [C] dark, it's [Bb] raining in the [A] park of mean time.
[Dm] South of the [C] river you stop and [Bb] you hold [A] everything.
[F] A band is blowing Dixie, [C] double ball time.
[Bb] You feel alright when you hear the music [Dm] play.
[C]
Now [G] you [Dm] step inside [C] but you don't [Bb] see too [A] many places.
[Dm] Coming [C] in out of the [Bb] rain you hear the [A] jazz go down.
You get a shiver in the [C] dark, it's [Bb] raining in the [A] park of mean time.
[Dm] South of the [C] river you stop and [Bb] you hold [A] everything.
[F] A band is blowing Dixie, [C] double ball time.
[Bb] You feel alright when you hear the music [Dm] play.
[C]
Now [G] you [Dm] step inside [C] but you don't [Bb] see too [A] many places.
[Dm] Coming [C] in out of the [Bb] rain you hear the [A] jazz go down.
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You get a shiver in the [C] dark, it's [Bb] raining in the [A] park of mean time.
_ _ [Em] _
_ [Dm] _ South of the [C] river you stop and [Bb] you hold [A] everything. _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ A band is blowing Dixie, [C] double ball time.
_ _ [F] _ _
_ [Bb] You feel alright when you hear the music [Dm] play.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
Now [G] you [Dm] step inside [C] but you don't [Bb] see too [A] many places. _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ Coming [C] in out of the [Bb] rain you hear the [A] jazz go down. _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ Competition in all the [C] places. _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ But the horns they [Dm] blow in that sound.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [C] _ _ Way on down [Bb] south, _ [C] _ _ way on down south, [Dm] London town.
You [Bb] _ _ _ _
[F] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] check out guitar [C] George, [Bb] _
[A] he knows all the chords. _ _ _
[Dm] _ Man is strictly [C] with him, he [Bb] doesn't want to make [A] a cry or sing. _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ If an old guitar [C] is on, he can't fall.
_ [F] _
[Bb] _ _ When he gets up under the lights, play his [Dm] thing.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ [Dm] And Harry [C] doesn't [Bb] mind [A] if he doesn't make the scene. _ _
[Dm] _ He's got a [C] daytime [Bb] job, he's [A] doing alright. _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ He can play the horn, talk [C] like anything. _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ Saving it up [G] Friday night [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [C] _ with the [Bb] sultans.
_ _ [C] _ _ With the _ sultans [D] off swing.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] And the [Dm] crowded young boys, [C] they're [Bb] fooling around [A] in the corner. _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ London dressed in [C] their fat brown [Bb] baggies and their [A] platform _ _ _ _ [F] soles.
_ 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] _ _ And the [Bb] sultans, _ _ [C] _ _ yeah the sultans [D] they play Creole.
[Am] _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ Creole. _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ Creole.
[C] [Bb] And _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [F] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ then the [C] man steps [Bb] right up [A] to the microphone. _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ And says [C] at last, [Bb] just as the [A] time bell rings. _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ Goodnight, _ [C] now it's time to go home.
_ [Bb] _ And he makes it fast with one [Dm] more thing.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [C] _ _ We are the [Bb] sultans, _ _ [C] _ _ we are the sultans [Dm] off swing.
_ [Bb] _ _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] Sultans. _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
You get a shiver in the [C] dark, it's [Bb] raining in the [A] park of mean time.
_ _ [Em] _
_ [Dm] _ South of the [C] river you stop and [Bb] you hold [A] everything. _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ A band is blowing Dixie, [C] double ball time.
_ _ [F] _ _
_ [Bb] You feel alright when you hear the music [Dm] play.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
Now [G] you [Dm] step inside [C] but you don't [Bb] see too [A] many places. _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ Coming [C] in out of the [Bb] rain you hear the [A] jazz go down. _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ Competition in all the [C] places. _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ But the horns they [Dm] blow in that sound.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [C] _ _ Way on down [Bb] south, _ [C] _ _ way on down south, [Dm] London town.
You [Bb] _ _ _ _
[F] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] check out guitar [C] George, [Bb] _
[A] he knows all the chords. _ _ _
[Dm] _ Man is strictly [C] with him, he [Bb] doesn't want to make [A] a cry or sing. _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ If an old guitar [C] is on, he can't fall.
_ [F] _
[Bb] _ _ When he gets up under the lights, play his [Dm] thing.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ [Dm] And Harry [C] doesn't [Bb] mind [A] if he doesn't make the scene. _ _
[Dm] _ He's got a [C] daytime [Bb] job, he's [A] doing alright. _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ He can play the horn, talk [C] like anything. _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ Saving it up [G] Friday night [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [C] _ with the [Bb] sultans.
_ _ [C] _ _ With the _ sultans [D] off swing.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] And the [Dm] crowded young boys, [C] they're [Bb] fooling around [A] in the corner. _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ London dressed in [C] their fat brown [Bb] baggies and their [A] platform _ _ _ _ [F] soles.
_ 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] _ _ And the [Bb] sultans, _ _ [C] _ _ yeah the sultans [D] they play Creole.
[Am] _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ Creole. _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ Creole.
[C] [Bb] And _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [F] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ then the [C] man steps [Bb] right up [A] to the microphone. _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ And says [C] at last, [Bb] just as the [A] time bell rings. _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ Goodnight, _ [C] now it's time to go home.
_ [Bb] _ And he makes it fast with one [Dm] more thing.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [C] _ _ We are the [Bb] sultans, _ _ [C] _ _ we are the sultans [Dm] off swing.
_ [Bb] _ _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] Sultans. _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
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