Chords for Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing (Revolver, Aug 12, 1978) - 45th Anniversary
Tempo:
146.2 bpm
Chords used:
C
Bb
Dm
A
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Oh, so good.
[Dm]
[C] [Dm]
[Am] [D]
Yeah, you [Dm] got a shiver in the [C] dark,
[Bb] Raining in the [A] pond,
Meantime.
[Dm] Sound the [C] river, you're stumping [Bb] your own,
[A] Everything.
[F] My band is Chloe Dixie,
[C] Double four, now.
[Bb] Feel alright, when you hear the [Dm] music,
When
[Bb] [C]
[Dm] I step inside,
[C] But you don't [Bb] see too [A] many fakes.
[Dm] Coming [C] out of rain,
[Bb] They hear the [A] jazz go down.
[F] Competition, [C] you know the blazing.
[Bb] Yeah, but the horns,
The blowing, [Dm] that sound blowing.
[Bb]
[C] Way on down [Bb] south,
[C] Way on down [D] south,
London town.
[Bb]
[G] [C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] Check out guitar [C] George,
[Bb] [A] He knows all the chords.
[Dm] Strict rhythm, he [C] doesn't wanna make [Bb] it cry [A] hard.
They
[F] say the new [C] guitarist,
Oh, he can't afford.
[Bb] When he gets up on the lights,
They [D] hear his name.
[Dm]
[Bb] [C]
[D] And [C] Harry doesn't [Bb] mind,
If [A] he doesn't play the scene.
[Dm] He's got a [C] daytime job,
[Bb] He's [A] doing alright.
[F] He can play the honky [C]-tonk, Like anything.
And he's waving
[Bb] [Gm] it up,
[Dm] Friday night.
[Bb] [C] With the
[Gm] sultans,
[C] With the [Dm] sultans on the swing.
[Bb]
[C]
[D] [Bb]
[F] [C]
[D] [Cm]
[Bb] [A]
[C] [Dm] [C]
[A]
[F]
[C]
[Bb]
[C] [Dm]
[Bb] [C]
[Bb] [C]
[D] [Bb]
[C]
[D] [Bb]
[G] [C]
[Dm] And then the [C] man steps right up [A] the microphone,
[Dm] Says at last, [Bb] it's just a [A] time-bound rain.
[F] Thank you.
[C] Now it's time to go home.
[Bb] [Gm] And he makes it fast,
But one [Dm] more thing,
[Bb] [C] We are the [Bb] sultans,
[C] We are the sultans [Dm] on the swing.
[Bb] [G] [C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[G] [C]
[A] [Dm]
[C]
[D] [Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[D] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[D] [Bb]
[C]
[D] [Am] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[Eb] [N]
[Dm]
[C] [Dm]
[Am] [D]
Yeah, you [Dm] got a shiver in the [C] dark,
[Bb] Raining in the [A] pond,
Meantime.
[Dm] Sound the [C] river, you're stumping [Bb] your own,
[A] Everything.
[F] My band is Chloe Dixie,
[C] Double four, now.
[Bb] Feel alright, when you hear the [Dm] music,
When
[Bb] [C]
[Dm] I step inside,
[C] But you don't [Bb] see too [A] many fakes.
[Dm] Coming [C] out of rain,
[Bb] They hear the [A] jazz go down.
[F] Competition, [C] you know the blazing.
[Bb] Yeah, but the horns,
The blowing, [Dm] that sound blowing.
[Bb]
[C] Way on down [Bb] south,
[C] Way on down [D] south,
London town.
[Bb]
[G] [C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] Check out guitar [C] George,
[Bb] [A] He knows all the chords.
[Dm] Strict rhythm, he [C] doesn't wanna make [Bb] it cry [A] hard.
They
[F] say the new [C] guitarist,
Oh, he can't afford.
[Bb] When he gets up on the lights,
They [D] hear his name.
[Dm]
[Bb] [C]
[D] And [C] Harry doesn't [Bb] mind,
If [A] he doesn't play the scene.
[Dm] He's got a [C] daytime job,
[Bb] He's [A] doing alright.
[F] He can play the honky [C]-tonk, Like anything.
And he's waving
[Bb] [Gm] it up,
[Dm] Friday night.
[Bb] [C] With the
[Gm] sultans,
[C] With the [Dm] sultans on the swing.
[Bb]
[C]
[D] [Bb]
[F] [C]
[D] [Cm]
[Bb] [A]
[C] [Dm] [C]
[A]
[F]
[C]
[Bb]
[C] [Dm]
[Bb] [C]
[Bb] [C]
[D] [Bb]
[C]
[D] [Bb]
[G] [C]
[Dm] And then the [C] man steps right up [A] the microphone,
[Dm] Says at last, [Bb] it's just a [A] time-bound rain.
[F] Thank you.
[C] Now it's time to go home.
[Bb] [Gm] And he makes it fast,
But one [Dm] more thing,
[Bb] [C] We are the [Bb] sultans,
[C] We are the sultans [Dm] on the swing.
[Bb] [G] [C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[G] [C]
[A] [Dm]
[C]
[D] [Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[D] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[D] [Bb]
[C]
[D] [Am] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[Eb] [N]
Key:
C
Bb
Dm
A
D
C
Bb
Dm
_ Oh, so good.
[Dm] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _
Yeah, you [Dm] got a shiver in the [C] dark,
[Bb] Raining in the [A] pond,
_ Meantime. _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ Sound the [C] river, you're stumping [Bb] your own,
[A] Everything. _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ My band is Chloe Dixie,
[C] Double four, now. _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ Feel alright, when you hear the [Dm] music,
When _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] I step inside,
[C] But you don't [Bb] see too [A] many fakes. _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ Coming [C] out of rain,
[Bb] They hear the [A] jazz go down. _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ Competition, [C] you know the blazing. _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ Yeah, but the horns,
The blowing, [Dm] that sound blowing.
_ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ Way on down [Bb] south,
_ _ [C] _ _ Way on down [D] south,
London town.
[Bb] _ _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] Check out guitar [C] George, _
[Bb] _ [A] He knows all the chords. _
_ _ [Dm] _ Strict rhythm, he [C] doesn't wanna make [Bb] it cry [A] hard.
They _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ say the new [C] guitarist,
Oh, he can't afford.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ When he gets up on the lights,
They [D] hear his name.
[Dm] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ And [C] Harry doesn't [Bb] mind,
If [A] he doesn't play the scene.
_ _ [Dm] _ He's got a [C] daytime job,
[Bb] He's [A] doing alright. _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ He can play the honky [C]-tonk, Like anything.
And he's waving _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Gm] _ it up,
[Dm] Friday night. _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ _ With the _
[Gm] sultans,
_ [C] _ _ With the _ [Dm] sultans on the swing.
_ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
[Bb] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ [Dm] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ And then the [C] man steps right up [A] the microphone, _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ Says at last, [Bb] it's just a [A] time-bound rain. _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ Thank you.
_ [C] Now it's time to go home.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [Gm] And he makes it fast,
But one [Dm] more thing, _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ _ We are the [Bb] sultans,
_ _ [C] _ _ We are the sultans [Dm] on the swing.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ [Am] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
[Dm] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _
Yeah, you [Dm] got a shiver in the [C] dark,
[Bb] Raining in the [A] pond,
_ Meantime. _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ Sound the [C] river, you're stumping [Bb] your own,
[A] Everything. _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ My band is Chloe Dixie,
[C] Double four, now. _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ Feel alright, when you hear the [Dm] music,
When _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] I step inside,
[C] But you don't [Bb] see too [A] many fakes. _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ Coming [C] out of rain,
[Bb] They hear the [A] jazz go down. _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ Competition, [C] you know the blazing. _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ Yeah, but the horns,
The blowing, [Dm] that sound blowing.
_ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ Way on down [Bb] south,
_ _ [C] _ _ Way on down [D] south,
London town.
[Bb] _ _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] Check out guitar [C] George, _
[Bb] _ [A] He knows all the chords. _
_ _ [Dm] _ Strict rhythm, he [C] doesn't wanna make [Bb] it cry [A] hard.
They _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ say the new [C] guitarist,
Oh, he can't afford.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ When he gets up on the lights,
They [D] hear his name.
[Dm] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ And [C] Harry doesn't [Bb] mind,
If [A] he doesn't play the scene.
_ _ [Dm] _ He's got a [C] daytime job,
[Bb] He's [A] doing alright. _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ He can play the honky [C]-tonk, Like anything.
And he's waving _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Gm] _ it up,
[Dm] Friday night. _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ _ With the _
[Gm] sultans,
_ [C] _ _ With the _ [Dm] sultans on the swing.
_ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
[Bb] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ [Dm] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ And then the [C] man steps right up [A] the microphone, _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ Says at last, [Bb] it's just a [A] time-bound rain. _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ Thank you.
_ [C] Now it's time to go home.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [Gm] And he makes it fast,
But one [Dm] more thing, _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ _ We are the [Bb] sultans,
_ _ [C] _ _ We are the sultans [Dm] on the swing.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ [Am] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _