[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
(Dm) (C)
You get a shiver in the dark, It's
(Bb)
raining in the park
(A)
But meantime
(A7) (Dm)
South of the river
(C) (Bb) (A)
You stop and you hold everything
(F)
A band is blowing Dixie
(C)
Double four time
(Bb)
You feel alright
When you hear the music ring
(Dm) (Bb) (C) (Dm)
Well now you step inside
(C) (Bb) (A)
But you don't see too many faces
(A7) (Dm) (C) (Bb) (A)
Coming in out of the rain they hear the jazz go down
(F) (C)
Competition in other places
(Bb) (Dm) (Bb)
Uh but the horns they blowin' that sound
[Pre-Chorus]
(C) (Bb)
Way on downsouth
(C)
Way on downsouth
[Chorus]
(Dm) (Bb)
London town
(C) (Dm) (C) (Bb) (C)
[Verse 2]
(Dm) (C)
Check out guitar George
(Bb) (A)
He knows all the chords
(A7) (Dm)
Mind, it's strictly rhythm
(C) (Bb) (A)
He doesn't want to make it cry or sing
(F) (C)
Left-handed old guitar is all he can afford
(Bb)
When he gets up under the lights to play his thing
(Dm) (Bb) (C) (Dm) (C) (Bb) (A) (A7)
And Harry doesn't mind if he doesn't make the scene
(Dm) (C) (Bb) (A)
He's got a daytime job, he's doing alright
(F) (C)
He can play the honky tonk like anything
(Bb) (Dm) (Bb)
Savin' it up, for Friday night
[Pre-Chorus]
(C) (Bb)
With the Sultans
(C) (Dm) (C) (Bb)
With the Sultans of Swing
[Chorus]
(C) (Dm) (C) (Bb) (C)
[Verse 3]
(Dm) (C)
And a crowd a young boys They're
(Bb) (A)
foolin' around in the corner
(A7) (Dm) (C) (Bb)
Drunk and dressed in their best brown baggies
(A)
And their platform soles
(F)
They don't give a damn
(C) (Bb)
About any trumpet playin' band
(Dm) (Bb)
It ain't what they call rock and roll
[Pre-Chorus]
(C) (Bb)
And the Sultans
(C) (Dm) (C) (Bb) (C)
Yeah, the Sultans, they play creole, creole
[Chorus]
(Dm) (C) (Bb) (C)
[Solo 1]
(Dm) (C) (Bb) (A) (A7) (Dm) (C)
(Bb) (A) (F) (C) (Bb)
(Dm) (Bb) (C) (Bb)
(C) (Dm) (C) (Bb) (C) (Dm) (C) (Bb)
(C)
[Verse 4]
(Dm)
And then the man
(C) (Bb) (A)
He steps right up to the microphone
(A7) (Dm) (C)
And says at last
(Bb) (A)
Just as the time bell rings
(F) (C) (Bb)
"Goodnight, now it's time to go home"
Then he makes it fast
(Dm) (Bb)
With one more thing
[Pre-Chorus]
(C) (Bb)
We are the Sultans
[Chorus]
(C) (Dm) (C) (Bb) (C) (Dm) (C) (Bb) (C)
We are the Sultans of Swing
[Solo 2]
(Dm) (C) (Bb) (C) (Dm) (C) (Bb) (C)
(Dm) (C) (Bb) (C) (Dm) (C) (Bb) (C)
(Dm) (C) (Bb) (C) (Dm) (C) (Bb) (C)
(Dm) (C) (Bb) (C)