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

INTRO: [Cm x8]

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

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

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

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

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

BREAK 2:
[Ab] [A#] With the sultans, [Ab] [A#] with the sultans
of [Cm] swing [Ab] [A#] [A#] // [Cm] [Ab] [A#] [A#]

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

BREAK 3:
[Ab] [A#] And the sultans, [Ab] [A#] and the sultans
played [Cm] creole [Ab] [A#] [A#] // [Cm] [Ab] [A#] [A#]

INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE + break]

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

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