Chords for Sultans of swing - Dire Straits Piano Lesson

_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _
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How are we?
We're looking at [Ab] Dire Straits today and Sultans of [B] Swing.
We'll look at
the various parts we need [C] to put together. _ _
_ We'll [F] start with that part, although it's
the chorus part, it's the part you [G] might want to learn first.
It's quite good fun. _
We're starting off in [Dm] D minor, _ then [C] C major, _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
A sharp major, _ you can do about as best as
you can here.
_ It fits with the fingers quite well.
[Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ Then hammer a couple of these. _ _
Then
whilst you're still on the A sharps here, come up for [F] F, _ _ _ then back up to C, _ _ then back
down to [C] C here. _ _ _
_ Whilst keeping this, come up and do another inversion of [F] F, then [C] down
to C. _ _
So put that together and you've got something like this.
[Dm] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
So run through that again. _ _ _ _
D minor, _ C major, [Bb] _ A sharp major.
_ _ Keep that here, _ [F] _ _
an F chord, then come up with the C
here, keeping the same F chord.
_ Then [C] keep the C here and drop down to C.
_ _ _ Keeping this
here, F, C.
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em]
We're going to look at one of the verses, [Dm] starting in D again.
_ _ [C] _
So that's just [Bb] to [A] the microphone.
Now _ if you want, at this point, you can come up, hit this. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ So _ [C] _ _
we're A [Bb] sharp major, _ _ A major.
[A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ So you're just keeping that.
You don't have to do this, but it
adds to it. _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ Same again, D, [C] C, [Bb] A sharp, [A] _ A. _ _ _ _
Now down to F.
F's here and we're going to do [F] a _
_ _ _ _ F sharp.
So _ F's here and we're doing _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] C.
_ Pass over [F] to A.
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
Momentary F on this and C.
[C] _ _ Down to your A sharp.
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ A nice crescendo on [Bb] this A.
_ _ _ _ Up to [Dm] D.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _
_ So that bit, back down to A. _ _
_ [C] C.
We are the [Bb] sultans.
_ [C] _
We are the sultans [D] of swing.
And then we're back to this pattern again
of D, C, A sharp. _ _
[Bb] _ _ Okay.
Then same as beginning. _
A sharp's here, [F] C here.
And then up to C here.
C sharp, C major here.
_ _ [C] _ _
Same again.
Same as the beginning [F] pattern.
_ [C] _ _
_ _ And then [Dm] again. _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Okay.
That's the two main bits you need to put it together.
[N] _ So if you want to do the solo part,
you can just do some triplets on those same chords.
Do something like this.
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Sultans of Swing.
See you next time.
_ _ [N] _