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

INTRO: [D#m x8]

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

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

BREAK 1:
[B] [C#] Way on down south, [B] [C#] way on down south
[D#m] London town [B] [C#] [C#] // [D#m] [B] [C#] [C#]

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

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

BREAK 2:
[B] [C#] With the sultans, [B] [C#] with the sultans
of [D#m] swing [B] [C#] [C#] // [D#m] [B] [C#] [C#]

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

BREAK 3:
[B] [C#] And the sultans, [B] [C#] and the sultans
played [D#m] creole [B] [C#] [C#] // [D#m] [B] [C#] [C#]

INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE + break]

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