Chords for Sultans Of Swing by Jay Smith
Tempo:
144 bpm
Chords used:
C
Bb
Dm
F
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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[A]
[D]
[Dm]
[A] You [Dm] get a shiver in the [C] dark, it's raining [Bb] in the park [A] in the meantime.
South of the river [C] you stop and you [Bb] hold [A] everything.
[F]
Band is blowing Dixie, [C] double more time.
You feel alright when you hear the music [Dm]
[D]
[Dm]
[A] You [Dm] get a shiver in the [C] dark, it's raining [Bb] in the park [A] in the meantime.
South of the river [C] you stop and you [Bb] hold [A] everything.
[F]
Band is blowing Dixie, [C] double more time.
You feel alright when you hear the music [Dm]
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C
Bb
Dm
F
A
C
Bb
Dm
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] You [Dm] get a shiver in the [C] dark, it's raining [Bb] in the park [A] in the meantime.
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm]
South of the river [C] you stop and you [Bb] hold [A] everything.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ Band is blowing Dixie, [C] double more time.
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
You feel alright when you hear the music [Dm]
ring.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ But [Dm] now you step inside, [C] but you don't [Bb] see too [A] many faces.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm]
Come in and out [C] of the rain [Bb] you hear the jazz [A] will die.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ Competition in other [C]
places, _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ but the horns are blowing [Dm] that sound.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _
_ Way on down south, _ _ _ way on down south, [Dm]
London [Bb] town.
_ _ [F] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] Check out guitar George.
[C] He [Bb] _ [A] knows all the chords.
_ [Am] _ _ _ [Dm] _
Mind is strictly [C] rhythm, he doesn't [Bb] want to make a [A] choir sing.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ Just a gold guitar [C] is all that he can hold.
_ _ [Bb] _
When he gets up under the lights and play [Dm] his thing.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [Dm] _
And Harry [C] doesn't mind [Bb] if he [A]
doesn't make the scene.
_ _ [Dm]
He's got a day [C] time job, [Bb] he's doing [A]
alright.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ He can play the honky tonk [C] like any man.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ Saving it up for Friday [Dm] night.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _
_ With the [Bb] salt _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ and the [Dm] swing.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] And a crowd of young boys, [C] they're fooling [Bb] around in [A] the corner.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
Drunk and dressed up [C] in their baggies [Bb] and their platform [A]
soles.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ Don't give a damn about [C] no trumpet playing band.
[Am] _ _ [Bb] _
It ain't what they call rock [Dm] and roll.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _
_ And the [Bb] saltums, _ _ [C] _
_ _ yeah the _ saltums [Dm] play the song.
Play the Creole, [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ Creole.
_ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
And a man [C] he steps right [A] up to the microphone.
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
Says it last [C] just [Bb] before the time [A] bell rings.
_ Good _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ night, now [C] it's time to go _ home.
[Bb] _ _
He makes it fast, one more [Dm]
thing.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _
_ Where the [Bb] saltums, _ _ [C] _
_ _ where the saltums [Dm] are swinging.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [C]
And the _ _ saltums, [Dm] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [G] where _ [Dm] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm]
the _ [Bb] _ _ _ [G] _ [C] saltums _ _ are swinging.
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] You [Dm] get a shiver in the [C] dark, it's raining [Bb] in the park [A] in the meantime.
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm]
South of the river [C] you stop and you [Bb] hold [A] everything.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ Band is blowing Dixie, [C] double more time.
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
You feel alright when you hear the music [Dm]
ring.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ But [Dm] now you step inside, [C] but you don't [Bb] see too [A] many faces.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm]
Come in and out [C] of the rain [Bb] you hear the jazz [A] will die.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ Competition in other [C]
places, _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ but the horns are blowing [Dm] that sound.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _
_ Way on down south, _ _ _ way on down south, [Dm]
London [Bb] town.
_ _ [F] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] Check out guitar George.
[C] He [Bb] _ [A] knows all the chords.
_ [Am] _ _ _ [Dm] _
Mind is strictly [C] rhythm, he doesn't [Bb] want to make a [A] choir sing.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ Just a gold guitar [C] is all that he can hold.
_ _ [Bb] _
When he gets up under the lights and play [Dm] his thing.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [Dm] _
And Harry [C] doesn't mind [Bb] if he [A]
doesn't make the scene.
_ _ [Dm]
He's got a day [C] time job, [Bb] he's doing [A]
alright.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ He can play the honky tonk [C] like any man.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ Saving it up for Friday [Dm] night.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _
_ With the [Bb] salt _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ and the [Dm] swing.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] And a crowd of young boys, [C] they're fooling [Bb] around in [A] the corner.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
Drunk and dressed up [C] in their baggies [Bb] and their platform [A]
soles.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ Don't give a damn about [C] no trumpet playing band.
[Am] _ _ [Bb] _
It ain't what they call rock [Dm] and roll.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _
_ And the [Bb] saltums, _ _ [C] _
_ _ yeah the _ saltums [Dm] play the song.
Play the Creole, [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ Creole.
_ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
And a man [C] he steps right [A] up to the microphone.
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
Says it last [C] just [Bb] before the time [A] bell rings.
_ Good _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ night, now [C] it's time to go _ home.
[Bb] _ _
He makes it fast, one more [Dm]
thing.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _
_ Where the [Bb] saltums, _ _ [C] _
_ _ where the saltums [Dm] are swinging.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [C]
And the _ _ saltums, [Dm] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [G] where _ [Dm] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm]
the _ [Bb] _ _ _ [G] _ [C] saltums _ _ are swinging.
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _


























