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 [A#] park but [A] meantime
[Dm] South of the river you [C] stop and you [A#] hold every-[A]-thing
[F] A band is blowing Dixie, double four [C] time
[A#] You feel alright, when you hear that music [Dm] ring [A#] [C]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE + break]

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

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

INSTRUMENTAL: [Dm] [A#] [C] [C] : [Multiple Times]