Sultans Of Swing

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- 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    
+72
-9
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King Virgil

THIS AIN’T A SCENE
IT’S A

GAH
DEH
ARHS
RAHS

Instead of the dreaded ‘E’ chord, I used e 7 so there wouldn’t be an awkward pause between Am and the other…….It works for me, it sounds basically the same but just easier to transition

regional_at_melanie

OH MY G- I LOVE THIS SONG *headbangs into wall*

Heythatsprettygood

No! Why would you do that ‘truelivesofthefaboulousphangirls’?!? It doesn’t sound right.

Kat In The Hat

The way I like to sing it works well with either -5 or even +5

mcasper96

I did the same thing before reading the comments and maybe they did it because E is absolutely impossible to play?!?! It does sound better in my opinion, but you do you ‘Heythatsprettygood’.

Danielle

E7 works best for this song

Anyone know the strumming pattern?

Oli

I’m afraid you got some if the lyrics wrong, instead of “god damn arms race” its “gah dah ah rah” *haha kill me*

regional_at_melanie

THIS AINT A SCENE ITS A
GAH
DAH
ARSE
RASE

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Biography

Dire Straits was a British rock band from Newcastle, United Kingdom, formed in 1977 by Mark Knopfler (guitar and vocals), his brother David Knopfler (guitar), John Illsley (bass), and Pick Withers (drums), and subsequently managed by Ed Bicknell. The band were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2018.

Dire Straits emerged during the post-punk era of the late ’70s, and while their sound was minimalistic and stripped down, they owed little to punk.

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