Sultans of swing

You get a Dm shiver in the dark

 it's C raining in the Bb park but A meantime

 Dm south of the river you C stop and you Bb hold A everything

 F a band is blowing C Dixie double four time

 you feel Bb alright when you hear that music Dm ring BbC



 Verse 1

 (Now) you step Dm inside but you C don't see Bb too many A faces

 Dm coming in out of the C rain to (you) hear the Bb jazz go A down

 F too much competition too C many other places

 Bb but not too many horns can make that Dm sound

 (But not too many horns are blowing that sound)



 Bb C way on down south

 Bb C way on down south

 Dm London town DmCBbCDmCBbC



 Instrumental

 DmCBbC

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 Verse 2

 you check out Dm Guitar George C he knows Bb all the A chords

 Dm mind he's (his) strictly rhythm he doesn't want to C make Bb it cry or A sing

 F and an old guitar is all C he can afford

 Bb when he gets up under the lights to play his Dm thingBbC

 Dm (and) harry doesn't C mind if Bb he doesn't A make the scene

 Dm he('s) got a C daytime Bb job he's doing A al(l)right

 F he can play honky tone just C like anything

 (He can play the honky-tonk like anything)

 Bb saving it up for Dm Friday night BbC

 with the sultans Bb C with the sultans of Dmswing



 Instrumental

 DmCBbC

 DmCBbC



 Verse

 And a Dm crowd of young boys they're C fooling around Bb in the A corner

 Dm drunk and dressed in their best brown C baggies and their Bb platform A soles

 F they don't give a damn about ('bout) any C trumpet playing band

 it Bb ain't what they call rock and Dm rollBbC and the sultans BbC

 and the sultans played Dmcreole (Yeah the Sultans they played Creole)



 Instrumental

 DmCBbC

 DmCBbC



 Lead 1

 Dm and then the man he C steps right Bb up to the A microphone

 Dm and says at C last just as the Bb time bell A ringsA7

 F thank you goodnight now it's C time to go home

 and he Bb makes it fast with Dm one more thingBb C

 we are the sultans BbC, we are the sultans of Dm swing DmCBbC



 Outtro

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