Dire Straits

Sultans Of Swing

{t:SULTANS OF SWING}
{st:Dire Straits}
{c:key: Dm}

{c:Intro lead}
Dm C C Dm C C
you get a sDmhiver in the dark
its rainCing in the pBbark but mAeantime
Dmsouth of the river you sCtop and you Bbhold everythAing
Fa band is blowing DiCxie double four time
you feelBb alright when you hear that music rDmingBb C

you step Dminside but you dCon't see Bbtoo many facAes
Dmcoming in out of the Crain to hear the jaBbzz go doAwn
Ftoo much competition tooC many other places
Bbbut not too many horns can make that sDmound
Bb C way on downsouth
Bb C way on downsouth
DmLondon townDm C Bb C Dm C Bb C

you check out guDmitar george Che knowsBb all the choArds
Dmmind he's strictly rhythm he doesn't want to CmakeBb it cry or singA
Fand an old guitar is allC he can afford
Bbwhen he gets up under the lights to play his thiDmngBb C
Dm and harry doesnb't mCind ifBb he doesn'tA make the scene
Dm he's got a Cdaytime jBbob he's doing alriAght
F he can play honky tone just liCke anything
Bb saving it up for fridaDmy nightBb C
with the sultansBb C
with the sultans of sDmwingDm C Bb C
Dm C Bb C

and a crDmowd of young boys they're foColing aroundBb in the cornerA
Dmdrunk and dressed in their best brown Cbaggies and theirBb platform solAes
Fthey don't give a damn about anyC trumpet playing band
it Bbain't what they call rock andDm rollBb C
and the sultansBb C
and the sultans played cDmreoleDm C Bb C
Dm C Bb C

Lead 1: ( chords:Follow 1 full verse)

Dmand then the man he stCeps right Bbup to the mAicrophone
Dmand says at Clast just as the Bbtime bell rAingsA7
Fthank you goodnight now it'sC time to go home
and he mBbakes it fast with onDme more thingBb C
we are the sultansBb C
we are the sultans of DmswingDm C Bb C

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