Sultans Of Swing
Dire Straits
You get a
Dm
shiver in the dark, it's
C
raining in the
B
park but
A
meantime
Dm
South of the river you s
C
top and you h
B
old everyth
A
ing
F
A band is blowing Dixie double
C
four time
B
You feel alright when you hear that music r
Dm
ing
B
C
Well now, you
Dm
step inside but you
C
don't see too
B
many
A
faces
Dm
Coming in out of the
C
rain to hear the
B
jazz go
A
down
F
Competition in other p
C
laces
B
Uh, but the horns, they blowin' that
Dm
sound.
You check out
Dm
Guitar George
C
B
he knows
A
all the chords
Dm
Mind he's strictly rhythm he
C
doesn't want to
B
make it cry
A
or sing
F
They say an old guitar is
C
all he can afford
B
When he gets up under the lights to play his thi
Dm
ng
B
C
Dm
And Harry doesn't
C
mind
B
if he doesn't
A
make the scene
Dm
He's got a daytime
C
job he's
B
doing alr
A
ight
F
He can play the honky tonk like a
C
nything
B
S aving it up for Friday night
Dm
B
C
With the Sultans of
Dm
Swing
Then a
Dm
crowd of young boys they're
C
fooling a
B
round in the
A
corner
Dm
Drunk and dressed in their best
C
brown baggies
B
and their plat
A
form soles
F
They don't give a damm about any
C
trumpet playing band
B
It ain't what they call, Rock'n'R
Dm
oll
B
C
Yeah the Sultans played
Dm
Creole
Dm
And then the man he st
C
eps right
B
up to the m
A
icrophone
Dm
And says at
C
last just as the
B
time
A
bell rings
A7
F
"Goodnight, now it's t
C
ime to go home"
B
Then he makes it fast with one more
Dm
thing:
B
Cb
We are the Sultans of
Dm
Swing"
1978 /album Dire Straits/
Mark Knopfler - Vocals and Lead Guitar,
David Knopfler - Rhythm Guitar,
John Illsley - Bass Guitar,
Pick Withers - Drums