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

INTRO: [C#m x8]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE + break]

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

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