- single snare beat - Dm / C-C / Dm / C-C Intro lead Dm You get a shiver in the dark C Bb A it's raining in the park but meantime Dm C Bb A south of the river you stop and you hold everything F C a band is blowing Dixie double four time Bb Dm Bb-C you feel alright when you hear that music ring Dm C Bb A - Now - you step inside but you don't see too many faces Dm C Bb A coming in out of the rain to - you - hear the jazz go down F C too much competition too many other places Bb Dm but not too many horns can make that sound - But not too many horns are blowing that sound - Bb-C way on downsouth Bb-C way on downsouth Dm Dm-C-Bb-C Dm-C-Bb-C London town Dm C Bb A you check out Guitar George he knows all the chords Dm C Bb A mind he's - his - strictly rhythm he doesn't want to make it cry or sing F C and an old guitar is all he can afford Bb Dm Bb-C when he gets up under the lights to play his thing Dm C Bb A - and - harry doesnb't mind if he doesn't make the scene Dm C Bb A he- 's - got a daytime job he's doing al- l -right F C he can play honky tone just like anything - He can play the honky tonk like anything - Bb Dm Bb-C saving it up for friday night Bb-C with the sultans Dm Dm-C-Bb-C with the sultans of swing Dm-C-Bb-C Dm C Bb A and a crowd of young boys they're fooling around in the corner Dm C Bb A drunk and dressed in their best brown baggies and their platform soles F C they don't give a damn about - 'bout - any trumpet playing band Bb Dm Bb-C it ain't what they call rock and roll Bb-C and the sultans Dm Dm-C-Bb-C and the sultans played creole - Yeah the Sultans they played Creole - Dm-C-Bb-C Lead 1: - chords: Follow 1 full Verse - Dm C Bb A and then the man he steps right up to the microphone Dm C Bb A - A7 - and says at last just as the time bell rings F C thank you goodnight now it's time to go home Bb Dm Bb-C and he makes it fast with one more thing Bb-C we are the sultans Dm Dm-C-Bb-C we are the sultans of swing
