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

INTRO: [A#m x8]

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

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

BREAK 1:
[Gb] [G#] Way on down south, [Gb] [G#] way on down south
[A#m] London town [Gb] [G#] [G#] // [A#m] [Gb] [G#] [G#]

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

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

BREAK 2:
[Gb] [G#] With the sultans, [Gb] [G#] with the sultans
of [A#m] swing [Gb] [G#] [G#] // [A#m] [Gb] [G#] [G#]

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

BREAK 3:
[Gb] [G#] And the sultans, [Gb] [G#] and the sultans
played [A#m] creole [Gb] [G#] [G#] // [A#m] [Gb] [G#] [G#]

INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE + break]

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

BREAK 4:
[Gb] [G#] We are the sultans, [Gb] [G#] we are the sultans
of [A#m] swing [Gb] [G#] [G#] // [A#m] [Gb] [G#] [G#]

INSTRUMENTAL: [A#m] [Gb] [G#] [G#] : [Multiple Times]