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

INTRO: [Bm x8]

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

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

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

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

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

BREAK 2:
[G] [A] With the sultans, [G] [A] with the sultans
of [Bm] swing [G] [A] [A] // [Bm] [G] [A] [A]

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

BREAK 3:
[G] [A] And the sultans, [G] [A] and the sultans
played [Bm] creole [G] [A] [A] // [Bm] [G] [A] [A]

INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE + break]

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

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

INSTRUMENTAL: [Bm] [G] [A] [A] : [Multiple Times]