Chords for Dire Straits-Sultans of Swing (with lyrics)
Tempo:
148.05 bpm
Chords used:
C
Bb
Dm
F
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Dm]
[D] [Dm]
You get a shiver in the dark, [C] it's [Bb] raining in the [A] park of mean time.
[Em]
[Dm] Sound of the river, you [C] stop and [Bb] you hold [A] everything.
[F] A band of slow and dixie, [C] double ball tongues.
[F]
[Bb] You feel alright when you hear the music [Dm] play.
[Bb]
[C]
[D] The lights step inside, [C] but you don't [Bb] see too [A] many faces.
[Dm] Coming in out [C] of the rain, you [Bb] hear the [A] jazz go down.
[F] Optician, you know the [C] place.
[F]
[Bb] But the horns, they blow in [Dm] that sound.
[Bb]
[C] Way on down [Bb] south, [C] way on down south, [Dm] London [Bb] town.
[F] [C]
[D] [Am] [Bb]
[C]
[D] Check out guitar [C] George, [Bb]
[A] he knows all the chords.
[Dm] Money's strictly [C] with him, he [Bb] doesn't want to [A] make it cry or sing.
[F] If there ain't no guitarist, [C] he can't fall.
[Bb]
When he gets up under the lights, play his [Dm] thing.
[Bb]
[C]
[D] And Harry [C] doesn't [Bb] mind if he [A] doesn't make a scene.
[Dm] He's got a big [C] time [Bb] job, he's [A] doing alright.
[F] He can play the horn, talk [C] like anything.
[Bb] The blues, they're swinging it up Friday [G] [Dm] night.
[Bb]
[C] With the [Bb] sultans, [C] with the sultans [D] off [Dm] swing.
[Bb]
[F] [C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[D] Then the crowd [Dm] of young boys, [C] they're [Bb] fooling around [A] in the corner.
[Dm] Dressed in [C] 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] they play trio.
[F] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[D] [C] [Bb]
[A] Then
[Dm] [C] [Bb]
[A]
[F]
[C]
[Bb]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C] [Bb]
[C]
[D] [C] [Bb] the
[F] [C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[F] [C]
[Dm] [C] man gets [Bb] right up [A] to the microphone.
[Dm] [C] Says at last, [Bb] it's the [A] time bell rings.
Good
[F] night, now it's [C] time to go home.
[Bb] Then he makes it fast, one [Dm] more thing.
[Bb]
[C] We are the [Bb]
sultans, [C] we are the sultans [D] off [Dm] swing.
[Bb] [F] [C]
[Dm] [C] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[F] [C]
[D]
[N]
[D] [Dm]
You get a shiver in the dark, [C] it's [Bb] raining in the [A] park of mean time.
[Em]
[Dm] Sound of the river, you [C] stop and [Bb] you hold [A] everything.
[F] A band of slow and dixie, [C] double ball tongues.
[F]
[Bb] You feel alright when you hear the music [Dm] play.
[Bb]
[C]
[D] The lights step inside, [C] but you don't [Bb] see too [A] many faces.
[Dm] Coming in out [C] of the rain, you [Bb] hear the [A] jazz go down.
[F] Optician, you know the [C] place.
[F]
[Bb] But the horns, they blow in [Dm] that sound.
[Bb]
[C] Way on down [Bb] south, [C] way on down south, [Dm] London [Bb] town.
[F] [C]
[D] [Am] [Bb]
[C]
[D] Check out guitar [C] George, [Bb]
[A] he knows all the chords.
[Dm] Money's strictly [C] with him, he [Bb] doesn't want to [A] make it cry or sing.
[F] If there ain't no guitarist, [C] he can't fall.
[Bb]
When he gets up under the lights, play his [Dm] thing.
[Bb]
[C]
[D] And Harry [C] doesn't [Bb] mind if he [A] doesn't make a scene.
[Dm] He's got a big [C] time [Bb] job, he's [A] doing alright.
[F] He can play the horn, talk [C] like anything.
[Bb] The blues, they're swinging it up Friday [G] [Dm] night.
[Bb]
[C] With the [Bb] sultans, [C] with the sultans [D] off [Dm] swing.
[Bb]
[F] [C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[D] Then the crowd [Dm] of young boys, [C] they're [Bb] fooling around [A] in the corner.
[Dm] Dressed in [C] 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] they play trio.
[F] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[D] [C] [Bb]
[A] Then
[Dm] [C] [Bb]
[A]
[F]
[C]
[Bb]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C] [Bb]
[C]
[D] [C] [Bb] the
[F] [C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[F] [C]
[Dm] [C] man gets [Bb] right up [A] to the microphone.
[Dm] [C] Says at last, [Bb] it's the [A] time bell rings.
Good
[F] night, now it's [C] time to go home.
[Bb] Then he makes it fast, one [Dm] more thing.
[Bb]
[C] We are the [Bb]
sultans, [C] we are the sultans [D] off [Dm] swing.
[Bb] [F] [C]
[Dm] [C] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[F] [C]
[D]
[N]
Key:
C
Bb
Dm
F
A
C
Bb
Dm
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
You get a shiver in the dark, [C] it's [Bb] raining in the [A] park of mean time.
_ _ [Em] _
_ [Dm] _ Sound of the river, you [C] stop and [Bb] you hold [A] everything. _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ A band of slow and dixie, [C] double ball tongues.
_ _ [F] _ _
_ [Bb] You feel alright when you hear the music [Dm] play.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] The lights step inside, [C] but you don't [Bb] see too [A] many faces. _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ Coming in out [C] of the rain, you [Bb] hear the [A] jazz go down. _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ Optician, you know the [C] place.
_ _ _ [F] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ But the horns, they blow in [Dm] that sound.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [C] _ Way on down [Bb] south, _ _ [C] _ way on down south, [Dm] London [Bb] town. _ _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [Am] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] Check out guitar [C] George, [Bb] _
[A] he knows all the chords. _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ Money's strictly [C] with him, he [Bb] doesn't want to [A] make it cry or sing. _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ If there ain't no guitarist, [C] _ he can't fall.
_ [Bb] _
_ _ When he gets up under the lights, play his [Dm] thing.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ And Harry [C] doesn't [Bb] mind if he [A] _ doesn't make a scene. _
_ [Dm] He's got a big [C] time [Bb] job, he's [A] doing alright. _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ He can play the horn, talk [C] like anything. _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ The blues, they're swinging it up Friday [G] [Dm] night.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [C] _ With the [Bb] sultans, _ _ [C] _ _ with the _ sultans [D] off [Dm] swing.
[Bb] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] Then the crowd [Dm] of young boys, [C] they're [Bb] fooling around [A] in the corner. _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ Dressed in [C] 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] they play trio.
[F] _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _
[A] Then _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ [Bb] the _
_ [F] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [F] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ [C] man gets [Bb] right up [A] to the microphone. _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [C] Says at last, [Bb] it's the [A] time bell rings.
_ Good _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ night, _ now it's [C] time to go home.
_ [Bb] _ _ Then he makes it fast, one [Dm] more thing.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [C] _ _ We are the [Bb]
sultans, _ [C] _ _ we are the sultans [D] off [Dm] swing.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [C] _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
[D] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
You get a shiver in the dark, [C] it's [Bb] raining in the [A] park of mean time.
_ _ [Em] _
_ [Dm] _ Sound of the river, you [C] stop and [Bb] you hold [A] everything. _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ A band of slow and dixie, [C] double ball tongues.
_ _ [F] _ _
_ [Bb] You feel alright when you hear the music [Dm] play.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] The lights step inside, [C] but you don't [Bb] see too [A] many faces. _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ Coming in out [C] of the rain, you [Bb] hear the [A] jazz go down. _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ Optician, you know the [C] place.
_ _ _ [F] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ But the horns, they blow in [Dm] that sound.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [C] _ Way on down [Bb] south, _ _ [C] _ way on down south, [Dm] London [Bb] town. _ _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [Am] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] Check out guitar [C] George, [Bb] _
[A] he knows all the chords. _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ Money's strictly [C] with him, he [Bb] doesn't want to [A] make it cry or sing. _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ If there ain't no guitarist, [C] _ he can't fall.
_ [Bb] _
_ _ When he gets up under the lights, play his [Dm] thing.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ And Harry [C] doesn't [Bb] mind if he [A] _ doesn't make a scene. _
_ [Dm] He's got a big [C] time [Bb] job, he's [A] doing alright. _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ He can play the horn, talk [C] like anything. _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ The blues, they're swinging it up Friday [G] [Dm] night.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [C] _ With the [Bb] sultans, _ _ [C] _ _ with the _ sultans [D] off [Dm] swing.
[Bb] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] Then the crowd [Dm] of young boys, [C] they're [Bb] fooling around [A] in the corner. _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ Dressed in [C] 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] they play trio.
[F] _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _
[A] Then _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ [Bb] the _
_ [F] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [F] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ [C] man gets [Bb] right up [A] to the microphone. _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [C] Says at last, [Bb] it's the [A] time bell rings.
_ Good _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ night, _ now it's [C] time to go home.
_ [Bb] _ _ Then he makes it fast, one [Dm] more thing.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [C] _ _ We are the [Bb]
sultans, _ [C] _ _ we are the sultans [D] off [Dm] swing.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [C] _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _