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

INTRO: [Fm x8]

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

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

BREAK 1:
[Db] [D#] Way on down south, [Db] [D#] way on down south
[Fm] London town [Db] [D#] [D#] // [Fm] [Db] [D#] [D#]

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

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

BREAK 2:
[Db] [D#] With the sultans, [Db] [D#] with the sultans
of [Fm] swing [Db] [D#] [D#] // [Fm] [Db] [D#] [D#]

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

BREAK 3:
[Db] [D#] And the sultans, [Db] [D#] and the sultans
played [Fm] creole [Db] [D#] [D#] // [Fm] [Db] [D#] [D#]

INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE + break]

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

BREAK 4:
[Db] [D#] We are the sultans, [Db] [D#] we are the sultans
of [Fm] swing [Db] [D#] [D#] // [Fm] [Db] [D#] [D#]

INSTRUMENTAL: [Fm] [Db] [D#] [D#] : [Multiple Times]