Chords for Dire Straits Sultans of Swing on Guitar
Tempo:
147.9 bpm
Chords used:
C
Bb
Dm
F
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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[C]
[D] [G]
[Dm] [C]
[Dm]
You get a shiver in the [C] dark, it's raining [Bb] in the [A] park in the meantime.
[Dm] Sound of the river [C] is stopping you whole, [A]
everyday.
A band is going, they say, [C] double ball time.
[D] [G]
[Dm] [C]
[Dm]
You get a shiver in the [C] dark, it's raining [Bb] in the [A] park in the meantime.
[Dm] Sound of the river [C] is stopping you whole, [A]
everyday.
A band is going, they say, [C] double ball time.
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C
Bb
Dm
F
D
C
Bb
Dm
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
You get a shiver in the [C] dark, it's raining [Bb] in the [A] park in the _ _ meantime.
[Em] _ _ _
[Dm] _ Sound of the river [C] is stopping you whole, [A] _
everyday.
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ A band is going, they say, [C] double ball time.
_ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _
You feel alright when you hear the [D]
music.
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ You feel the [D] light step [C] inside, but you [Bb] don't see [A] too many faces.
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ Coming in out of the [Bb] rain, you hear the [A] jazz go down.
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ Competition is all [C] about the place and _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ all about the horns, they're blowing [Dm] that sound.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[C] _ _ Way on down [Bb] south, _ _
[C] _ _ way on down [Dm] south, London town.
[Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] Check out Guitar [C] John, _ [Bb] _ [A] he knows all the chords.
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _
Mind his strictly [C] rhythm, he doesn't [Bb] want to make [A] us cry or sing.
_ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ If Danny knows guitar [C] is all he can pull,
_ _ [Bb] _
when he gets up on the lights, play [Dm] his thing.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[D] _ Harry [C] doesn't [Bb] mind if [A] he doesn't make a scene.
_ _ [D] _
He's got a day, [C] time's [Bb] up, he's doing [A]
alright.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ He can play the horn, don't [C] like anything.
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ Saving it up, _ [G] Friday [Dm] night.
_ _ [D] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[C] _ _ With the [Bb] sultans, _ _
[C] _ _ with the sultans [Dm]
off swing.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] And a crowd of young [C] boys, they're [Bb] fooling around [A] each corner.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
Some of them [C] dressed in their brown [Bb] baggies and [A] their platform _ songs.
_ _ _ [F] _
_ They don't give a damn _ [C] about any trumpet playing band.
_ _ [Bb] _
_ It ain't what they call [D] rock and roll.
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[C] _ _ And the [Bb] sultans, _ _
[C] _ _ yeah the sultans [D] play Creole.
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [C] _ _ Creole.
_ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [C] Creole.
[Bb] Creole.
_ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] And then the [C] man [Bb] steps right up [A] to the microphone.
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ Nevertheless, [Bb] just as the [A] time bell rings.
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ Good night, _ [C] now it's time to go home.
_ [E] _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ We _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[C] are _ the [Bb] Sultans _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ of [Dm] Swing.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C]
We are the _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ Sultans of [D] Swing.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
You get a shiver in the [C] dark, it's raining [Bb] in the [A] park in the _ _ meantime.
[Em] _ _ _
[Dm] _ Sound of the river [C] is stopping you whole, [A] _
everyday.
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ A band is going, they say, [C] double ball time.
_ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _
You feel alright when you hear the [D]
music.
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ You feel the [D] light step [C] inside, but you [Bb] don't see [A] too many faces.
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ Coming in out of the [Bb] rain, you hear the [A] jazz go down.
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ Competition is all [C] about the place and _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ all about the horns, they're blowing [Dm] that sound.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[C] _ _ Way on down [Bb] south, _ _
[C] _ _ way on down [Dm] south, London town.
[Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] Check out Guitar [C] John, _ [Bb] _ [A] he knows all the chords.
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _
Mind his strictly [C] rhythm, he doesn't [Bb] want to make [A] us cry or sing.
_ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ If Danny knows guitar [C] is all he can pull,
_ _ [Bb] _
when he gets up on the lights, play [Dm] his thing.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[D] _ Harry [C] doesn't [Bb] mind if [A] he doesn't make a scene.
_ _ [D] _
He's got a day, [C] time's [Bb] up, he's doing [A]
alright.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ He can play the horn, don't [C] like anything.
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ Saving it up, _ [G] Friday [Dm] night.
_ _ [D] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[C] _ _ With the [Bb] sultans, _ _
[C] _ _ with the sultans [Dm]
off swing.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] And a crowd of young [C] boys, they're [Bb] fooling around [A] each corner.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
Some of them [C] dressed in their brown [Bb] baggies and [A] their platform _ songs.
_ _ _ [F] _
_ They don't give a damn _ [C] about any trumpet playing band.
_ _ [Bb] _
_ It ain't what they call [D] rock and roll.
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[C] _ _ And the [Bb] sultans, _ _
[C] _ _ yeah the sultans [D] play Creole.
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [C] _ _ Creole.
_ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [C] Creole.
[Bb] Creole.
_ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] And then the [C] man [Bb] steps right up [A] to the microphone.
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ Nevertheless, [Bb] just as the [A] time bell rings.
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ Good night, _ [C] now it's time to go home.
_ [E] _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ We _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[C] are _ the [Bb] Sultans _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ of [Dm] Swing.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C]
We are the _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ Sultans of [D] Swing.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _