Dire Straits, Sultans Of Swing (1978)
^{Key: :[Dm] (w: Mark Knopler)}

INTRO: [Dm x8]

VERSE 1:
You get a [Dm] shiver in the dark, it's a [C] raining in the [Bb] park but [A] meantime
[Dm] South of the river you [C] stop and you [Bb] hold every-[A]-thing
[F] A band is blowing Dixie, double four [C] time
[Bb] You feel alright, when you hear that music [Dm] ring [Bb] [C]

VERSE 2:
Now you [Dm] step inside but you [C] don't see [Bb] too many [A] faces
[Dm] Coming in out of the [C] rain they hear the [Bb] jazz go [A] down
[F] Competition in other [C] places
Ahh [Bb] but the horns, they blowin' that [Dm] sound

BREAK 1:
[Bb] [C] Way on down south, [Bb] [C] way on down south
[Dm] London town [Bb] [C] [C] // [Dm] [Bb] [C] [C]

VERSE 3:
You check out [Dm] guitar George [C] [Bb], he knows [A] all the chords
[Dm] Mind he's strictly rhythm, he [C] doesn't want to [Bb] make it [A] cry or sing
[F] And an old guitar is [C] all he can afford
[Bb] When he gets up under the lights to play his [Dm] thing [Bb] [C]

VERSE 4:
[Dm] And Harry doesn't [C] mind if he [Bb] doesn't make the [A] scene
[Dm] He's got a daytime [C] job he's [Bb] doing al-[A]-right
[F] He can play honky tonk just like [C] anything
[Bb] Saving it up for Friday [Dm] night

BREAK 2:
[Bb] [C] With the sultans, [Bb] [C] with the sultans
of [Dm] swing [Bb] [C] [C] // [Dm] [Bb] [C] [C]

VERSE 5:
And a [Dm] crowd of young boys they're [C] fooling a-[Bb]-round in the [A] corner
[Dm] Drunk and dressed in their [C] best brown [Bb] baggies and their [A] platform soles
[F] They don't give a damn about any [C] trumpet playing band
[Bb] It ain't what they call rock and [Dm] roll

BREAK 3:
[Bb] [C] And the sultans, [Bb] [C] and the sultans
played [Dm] creole [Bb] [C] [C] // [Dm] [Bb] [C] [C]

INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE + break]

VERSE 6:
[Dm] And then the man [C] steps right [Bb] up to the [A] microphone
[Dm] And says at last just [C] as the [Bb] time bell [A] rings
[F] Goodnight now it's [C] time to go home
[Bb] And he makes it fast with one more [Dm] thing

BREAK 4:
[Bb] [C] We are the sultans, [Bb] [C] we are the sultans
of [Dm] swing [Bb] [C] [C] // [Dm] [Bb] [C] [C]

INSTRUMENTAL: [Dm] [Bb] [C] [C] : [Multiple Times]