Chords for Mark Knopfler & Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing HQ
Tempo:
148.05 bpm
Chords used:
C
Bb
Dm
A
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Dm]
[D] [Dm]
You get a shiver in the [C] dark, it's a [Bb] rainin' in the park [A] of mean time
[Em] [Dm] Sound of the river, [C] you're stoppin' your [Bb] home, [A] everything
A [F] band is blowin', Dixie, double [C] ball time
You [Bb] feel alright when you hear the [Dm] music play
[Bb] And [C]
I [Dm] step inside, [C]
but you [Bb] don't see too [A] many faces
[Dm] Comin' in [C] out of the rain, [Bb] you hear the [A] jazz go down
[F]
Competition in all [C] the places,
[Bb] but the horns, they [Dm] blowin' that sound
[Bb] [C] Way on down [Bb] south, [C] way on down [Dm] south, London town
[Bb]
[F] [C]
[D] [F] [Bb]
[C]
[D] Check out guitar [C] John, [Bb] he [A] knows all the chords
[Dm] Money's strictly with [C] him, he doesn't [Bb] wanna make a [A] cry or sing
[F] If an old guitar [C] is all he can afford
[Bb] When he gets up under the lights, play [Dm] his thing
[Bb] And [C]
[D] Harry [C] doesn't mind [Bb] if he [A] doesn't make a scene
[Dm] He's got a day, [C]
time's up, [Bb] he's doin' [A] alright
He [F] can play the honk-tonk [C] like anything
[Bb] Slippin' it up Friday [G] night
[Dm]
[Bb] With [C] the Sultan, [Bb] [C] with the Sultan [D] of [Dm] swing
[Bb]
[F] [C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[D] And a crowd [Dm] of young [C] boys, they're [Bb] foolin' around [A] in the corner
[Dm] Drunk and dressed [C] in their fast brown [Bb] baggies and their [A] platform soles
[F] They don't give a damn about [C] any trumpet playin' band
[Bb] It ain't what they call rock [Dm] and roll
[Bb] [C] And the Sultan, [Bb] [C] yeah the Sultan is [D] the playin' [Am] Creole
[Bb]
[C]
Creole
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[D] [C]
[Bb] [A]
[Dm] [C]
[Bb] [A]
[F]
[C]
[Bb]
[Dm]
[Bb] [C]
[Bb] [C]
[D] [C] [Bb]
[F] [C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[F] [C]
[Dm] And then the [C] man steps [Bb] right up [A] to the microphone
And [Dm] says [C] at last [Bb] just as the [A] time bell rings
[F] Good night, now it's [C] time to go home
[Bb] Then he makes it fast with one [Dm] more thing
[Bb] We [C] are the [Bb] Sultans, [C] we are the [Dm] Sultans of swing
[Bb] [F] [C]
[Dm] [Am] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[D] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [N]
[D] [Dm]
You get a shiver in the [C] dark, it's a [Bb] rainin' in the park [A] of mean time
[Em] [Dm] Sound of the river, [C] you're stoppin' your [Bb] home, [A] everything
A [F] band is blowin', Dixie, double [C] ball time
You [Bb] feel alright when you hear the [Dm] music play
[Bb] And [C]
I [Dm] step inside, [C]
but you [Bb] don't see too [A] many faces
[Dm] Comin' in [C] out of the rain, [Bb] you hear the [A] jazz go down
[F]
Competition in all [C] the places,
[Bb] but the horns, they [Dm] blowin' that sound
[Bb] [C] Way on down [Bb] south, [C] way on down [Dm] south, London town
[Bb]
[F] [C]
[D] [F] [Bb]
[C]
[D] Check out guitar [C] John, [Bb] he [A] knows all the chords
[Dm] Money's strictly with [C] him, he doesn't [Bb] wanna make a [A] cry or sing
[F] If an old guitar [C] is all he can afford
[Bb] When he gets up under the lights, play [Dm] his thing
[Bb] And [C]
[D] Harry [C] doesn't mind [Bb] if he [A] doesn't make a scene
[Dm] He's got a day, [C]
time's up, [Bb] he's doin' [A] alright
He [F] can play the honk-tonk [C] like anything
[Bb] Slippin' it up Friday [G] night
[Dm]
[Bb] With [C] the Sultan, [Bb] [C] with the Sultan [D] of [Dm] swing
[Bb]
[F] [C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[D] And a crowd [Dm] of young [C] boys, they're [Bb] foolin' around [A] in the corner
[Dm] Drunk and dressed [C] in their fast brown [Bb] baggies and their [A] platform soles
[F] They don't give a damn about [C] any trumpet playin' band
[Bb] It ain't what they call rock [Dm] and roll
[Bb] [C] And the Sultan, [Bb] [C] yeah the Sultan is [D] the playin' [Am] Creole
[Bb]
[C]
Creole
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[D] [C]
[Bb] [A]
[Dm] [C]
[Bb] [A]
[F]
[C]
[Bb]
[Dm]
[Bb] [C]
[Bb] [C]
[D] [C] [Bb]
[F] [C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[F] [C]
[Dm] And then the [C] man steps [Bb] right up [A] to the microphone
And [Dm] says [C] at last [Bb] just as the [A] time bell rings
[F] Good night, now it's [C] time to go home
[Bb] Then he makes it fast with one [Dm] more thing
[Bb] We [C] are the [Bb] Sultans, [C] we are the [Dm] Sultans of swing
[Bb] [F] [C]
[Dm] [Am] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[D] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [N]
Key:
C
Bb
Dm
A
F
C
Bb
Dm
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ You get a shiver in the [C] dark, it's a [Bb] rainin' in the park [A] of mean time
_ [Em] _ _ [Dm] _ Sound of the river, [C] you're stoppin' your [Bb] home, [A] everything
_ A _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ band is blowin', Dixie, double [C] ball time
You _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ feel alright when you hear the [Dm] music play _ _
_ [Bb] _ And [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ I [Dm] step inside, [C]
but you [Bb] don't see too [A] many faces _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ Comin' in [C] out of the rain, [Bb] you hear the [A] jazz go down _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
Competition in all [C] the places, _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ but the horns, they [Dm] blowin' that sound _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ _ Way on down [Bb] south, _ _ [C] _ _ way on down [Dm] south, London town
[Bb] _
_ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [F] _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] Check out guitar [C] John, _ [Bb] he [A] knows all the chords _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ Money's strictly with [C] him, he doesn't [Bb] wanna make a [A] cry or sing _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ If an old guitar [C] is all he can afford
_ _ [Bb] _ _ When he gets up under the lights, play [Dm] his thing _ _ _
[Bb] And _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ Harry [C] doesn't mind [Bb] if he [A] _ doesn't make a scene
_ _ [Dm] He's got a day, [C]
time's up, [Bb] he's doin' [A] alright _ _ _
_ He [F] _ _ can play the honk-tonk [C] like anything _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ Slippin' it up Friday [G] night
[Dm] _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ With [C] _ _ the Sultan, [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ _ with the Sultan [D] of [Dm] swing
_ [Bb] _
_ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] And a crowd [Dm] of young [C] boys, they're [Bb] foolin' around [A] in the corner _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ Drunk and dressed [C] in their fast brown [Bb] baggies and their [A] platform _ _ soles
_ [F] _ _ _ They don't give a damn about [C] any trumpet _ playin' band
_ _ [Bb] _ It ain't what they call rock [Dm] and roll _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] And the Sultan, [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ _ yeah the Sultan is [D] the playin' [Am] Creole
[Bb] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
Creole
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [C] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [F] _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [F] _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] And then the [C] man steps [Bb] right up [A] to the microphone _
And _ _ [Dm] _ _ says [C] at last [Bb] just as the [A] time bell rings _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ Good night, _ now it's [C] time to go home
_ [Bb] _ _ Then he makes it fast with one [Dm] more thing _ _ _
_ [Bb] We _ [C] _ _ are the [Bb] Sultans, _ _ [C] _ _ we are the _ [Dm] Sultans of swing
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Am] _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ You get a shiver in the [C] dark, it's a [Bb] rainin' in the park [A] of mean time
_ [Em] _ _ [Dm] _ Sound of the river, [C] you're stoppin' your [Bb] home, [A] everything
_ A _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ band is blowin', Dixie, double [C] ball time
You _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ feel alright when you hear the [Dm] music play _ _
_ [Bb] _ And [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ I [Dm] step inside, [C]
but you [Bb] don't see too [A] many faces _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ Comin' in [C] out of the rain, [Bb] you hear the [A] jazz go down _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
Competition in all [C] the places, _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ but the horns, they [Dm] blowin' that sound _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ _ Way on down [Bb] south, _ _ [C] _ _ way on down [Dm] south, London town
[Bb] _
_ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [F] _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] Check out guitar [C] John, _ [Bb] he [A] knows all the chords _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ Money's strictly with [C] him, he doesn't [Bb] wanna make a [A] cry or sing _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ If an old guitar [C] is all he can afford
_ _ [Bb] _ _ When he gets up under the lights, play [Dm] his thing _ _ _
[Bb] And _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ Harry [C] doesn't mind [Bb] if he [A] _ doesn't make a scene
_ _ [Dm] He's got a day, [C]
time's up, [Bb] he's doin' [A] alright _ _ _
_ He [F] _ _ can play the honk-tonk [C] like anything _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ Slippin' it up Friday [G] night
[Dm] _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ With [C] _ _ the Sultan, [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ _ with the Sultan [D] of [Dm] swing
_ [Bb] _
_ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] And a crowd [Dm] of young [C] boys, they're [Bb] foolin' around [A] in the corner _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ Drunk and dressed [C] in their fast brown [Bb] baggies and their [A] platform _ _ soles
_ [F] _ _ _ They don't give a damn about [C] any trumpet _ playin' band
_ _ [Bb] _ It ain't what they call rock [Dm] and roll _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] And the Sultan, [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ _ yeah the Sultan is [D] the playin' [Am] Creole
[Bb] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
Creole
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [C] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [F] _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [F] _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] And then the [C] man steps [Bb] right up [A] to the microphone _
And _ _ [Dm] _ _ says [C] at last [Bb] just as the [A] time bell rings _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ Good night, _ now it's [C] time to go home
_ [Bb] _ _ Then he makes it fast with one [Dm] more thing _ _ _
_ [Bb] We _ [C] _ _ are the [Bb] Sultans, _ _ [C] _ _ we are the _ [Dm] Sultans of swing
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Am] _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [N] _ _