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 [G#] park but [G] meantime
[Cm] South of the river you [A#] stop and you [G#] hold every-[G]-thing
[D#] A band is blowing Dixie, double four [A#] time
[G#] You feel alright, when you hear that music [Cm] ring [G#] [A#]

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

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

VERSE 3:
You check out [Cm] guitar George [A#] [G#], he knows [G] all the chords
[Cm] Mind he's strictly rhythm, he [A#] doesn't want to [G#] make it [G] 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 [Cm] thing [G#] [A#]

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

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

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

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

INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE + break]

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

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

INSTRUMENTAL: [Cm] [G#] [A#] [A#] : [Multiple Times]