Dire Straits - 1978 (Key: F)
Dm C Bb A7
Dm C Bb
You get a shiver in the dark Dm A7
It's raining in the park but meantimeDm C
South of the river, you stop and you hold everythingBb A7
A band is blowing Dixie, double-four timeDm C
You feel alright when you hear the music ringDm C
Well, now you step inside, but you don't see too many facesBb A7
Coming in out of the rain, they hear the jazz go downF C
Competition in other placesBb Dm
Uh, but the horns they blowin' that soundBb C
Way on down southBb C
Way on down south, London townDm C Bb
You check out guitar George, he knows all the chords Dm A7
Mind, it's strictly rhythm, he doesn't want to make it cry or singDm C
They said an old guitar is all he can affordBb A7
When he gets up under the lights to play his thingDm C
And Harry doesn't mind if he doesn't make the sceneBb A7
He's got a daytime job, he's doing alrightDm C
He can play the honky-tonk like anythingBb A7
Savin' it up for Friday nightDm C Bb
With the SultansDm C Bb
We're the Sultans of SwingDm C
Then a crowd of young boys, they're foolin' around in the cornerBb A7
Drunk and dressed in their best, brown baggies and their platform solesDm C
They don't give a damn about any trumpet playin' bandBb A7
It ain't what they call rock and rollDm C Bb
And the SultansDm C Bb
Yeah, the Sultans, they play Creole, CreoleDm C Bb A7
Dm C Bb A7
Dm C
And then the man, he steps right up to the microphoneBb A7
And says at last, just as the time bell ringsDm C
"Goodnight, now it's time to go home"Bb A7
Then he makes it fast with one more thingDm C Bb
"We are the SultansDm C Bb
We are the Sultans of Swing"C Dm Bb C
C Dm Bb C
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